Middletown
by Will Eno

Middletown, Will Eno’s loving response to Our Town, follows its citizens while they go about their lives, interacting, connecting and misconnecting in poignant moments as the days and seasons pass. As if channeling Beckett and Sartre, Will Eno has woven existential angst into the words and thoughts of his citizens as they struggle to find their footing on a spinning earth in a vast unknowable universe. Eno’s language is poetic, funny, sometimes sardonic, but always rich with ideas and gentle reminders of the moments of awe and mystery that are part of this everyday journey.

Directed by

Ann Bronston

Creative Team

Production Design – Barbara Kallir
Assistant Director – Graham King
Sound Design – Daniel Coronel
Stage Managers – Graham King and Bianca Martucci-Rikheim

CAST

Oscar Best
Sarah Brooke
Rebecca Crandal
Tania Getty
Martha Hackett
John Johannessen
Zachary Kanner
Jeff LeBeau
Linda Lodge
James Morris
Melissa Paladino
Tony Pasqualini
Michael Redfield
Miranda Wynne

Shakespeare, Inc.
by Joe Tyler Gold

Interactive Shakespeare, where the audience controls the story! Something’s rotten in the firm of Den Marketing. After his father’s untimely death, Hamlet returns from grad school pissed off. Not only has his uncle Claudius taken over his father’s company, Den Marketing, he has also married Hamlet’s mother. Hamlet is immediately smitten with Rosalind, a hot new account exec. Just then his phone DINGS with a zoom link from his dead father. What should Hamlet do? Check his Email or Pursue Rosalind? The audience gets to decide. With sixteen possible paths featuring all the best Shakespearean scenes and characters, this is a unique experience you don’t want to miss!

Directed by

Kiff Scholl

Creative Team

Producers – Tammy Caplan, Tania Getty, and Joe Tyler Gold
Stage Manager – Bianca Martucci-Rikheim and Clarissa Biener

CAST

Marwa Bernstein
Frank Demma
Anthony Foux
Linda Lodge
Jay Paulson
Penny Safranek
William Salyers
Sharron Shayne
Carole Weyers
Susan Wilder
Lesley Williams

The Spy Who Went Into Rehab
by Gregg Ostrin

What happens when a James Bond-like spy gets sent to rehab because of his drinking, gambling, womanizing and anger issues?  You get THE SPY WHO WENT INTO REHAB. It’s a comedic look at how an outdated male relic who still embodies Toxic Masculinity learns to think differently, courtesy of a colorful group of Woke, self-aware recovering addicts. His journey to enlightenment gets derailed, however, when his archenemy shows up for a final confrontation.

Directed by

Cyndy Fujikawa

Creative Team

Lighting Design – Michael Franco
Stage Managers – Bianca Martucci-Rikheim and Kole

CAST

Satiar Pourvesi
Jill Renner
Rachel Townsend
Stuart W. Howard
Alondra Andrade
Cyndy Fujikawa

The Madwoman of Chaillot
by Jean Giraudeoux

French dramatist Jean Giraudoux’s most renowned play. A poetic satire about the eccentric, idealistic and slightly mad Countess Aurelia (the Madwoman of Chaillot) who believes that good must prevail over evil. She decides to stand up to the corrupt powerful leaders of Paris by putting them on trial for their greed.

Directed by

Jean Marc-Demmer

Creative Team

Set Deisgn – Rita Obermeyer and Jon Johanson
Stage Managers – Bianca Martucci-Rikheim and James Morris

CAST

Talia Gloster
Robert Eddy
Shaun Baker
Ben Martin
Jon Johannessen
Mary Polhemus
Beatrix Davinson
Alan Curelop
Pete Rockwell
Lily Rudnick
Bryan Marcelo
Jon Preston
Penny Safranek
Robert Levit
Tobias Echeverria
Elijah-Blu Smith
Dennis Madden
Laura Liguori
Katina Mastellos
Rita Obermeyer
Jack Geren
Mark Adler
Nell Murphy

American La Ronde

A simple silver bracelet travels through the lives of ten bold and desperate lovers, giving us a glimpse of the intrigue and heartache left in its wake. American La Ronde is a provocative and fully contemporary re-imagining of Schnitzler’s notorious play Reigen, also known as its French translation, La Ronde. Sexy, literate, emotional, and highly theatrical.

Written by

Steven Dietz
DATES

May 19 – Opening
June 18 – Closing

Fri 8pm, Sat 8pm, Sun 3pm
Dark (May 26,27,28)

WOMEN IN JEOPARDY

written by Wendy MacLeod

Three divorced women navigate friendship, aging, romance, and murder in this hilarious 90-minute romp.  Set in Salt Lake City, the play follows working women over a three day period.  Enamored by her new relationship, Liz introduces her new boyfriend to long-time pals Mary and Jo, upheaving their comfortable patterns of Chardonnay Tuesday, Fun Runs and Book Clubs. Soon a local crime has the girls gabbing, and accusations begin to fly.  Mary and Jo indulge in their suspicions and play the role of detectives as they try to uncover the truth and protect those that they love. Meanwhile Liz’s 19 year old daughter and her snowboarding boyfriend ride the slopes of their own drama.  It’s a comedy about friendship, parenting, aging, and love.

“The laughs in Wendy MacLeod’s play … come fast and furious … It’s all good, silly fun, directed with precise comic timing… a new work that’s modern, lively, and loads of fun.” – Boston Globe

Directed by
Victoria Pearlman
Produced by
Tania Getty
Dalia Vosylius
With
Marlene Galan (Mary)
Dalia Vosylius (Jo)
Tania Getty (Liz)
Neil McGowan (Dr. Scull/Sgt. Sponsüllar)
Jessie Guthrie (Amanda)
Parker Huseby (Trenner)
Rebecca Crandall (Female Swing)
Designers
William Wilday
Jessica Peeters
Juliette Lunger
Keith Stevenson
Stage Manager
Ruthie Geronimo

UK UNDERDOG

written and performed by Steve Spiro

Directed by
Ann Bronston

“Terrific” – Hugh Laurie 

“Funny, emotionally charged… It will speak to your heart.” – Broadway World 

“You’re going to run with him all the way. I know I did.” – Orson Bean 

If you missed the show when it first played at PRT, or if you loved it and want more, now is your chance too see this wonderful show! UK UNDERDOG is based on true events in a London, Jewish boy’s life. Bullied and humiliated at school, Steve Spiro realizes his strength to move forward; but that ultimately comes at a price. Told with humor and plenty of chutzpah, Steve reveals how the struggles of our past can be a gift to the future and that . . . no matter what . . . never give up!

Steve Spiro was born in London, England. He completed a 2 year Drama program and went on to obtain a place on the “British Stunt Register.” (Being the youngest stunt performer on the register at that time). A former amateur boxer, Spiro moved to Los Angeles where he obtained his green card and later became an American citizen. He studied for several years with renown acting coach Larry Moss and is also member of ‘The Pacific Resident Theatre’ in Venice.

“Steve Spiro is on stage for approximately 65 minutes recounting his early years as young teen being bullied in 1980s England…you will laugh, you will cry, you will shake your head knowingly. Go see this gem!”  – Audience Member 

 “I was blown away by its brilliance. The theme: bullying and overcoming it with charm, grace, perseverance, and talent—grabs us with every heartbreaking and heartwarming millisecond.” – Audience Member

 

Steve is the co-founder of START Rescue, a nonprofit transport and spay/neuter group. Since its inception in 2011, START has transported over 15,500 dogs/cats from high kill California shelters to loving “forever homes” in the Pacific Northwest and funded over 13,000 spay/neuter surgeries for low-income households.

THE REALISTIC JONESES

Written by Will Eno

Directed by Max Mayer

In a little town in the mountains two couples named Jones grapple with the big and small questions of life in funny and not so funny ways in this 3 time Drama League and 2 time Drama Desk Award winning play mounted on Broadway to great critical acclaim in 2014.

“Plays as funny and moving, as wonderful and weird as “The Realistic Joneses,” by Will Eno, do not appear often on Broadway. Or ever, really…Mr. Eno’s voice may be the most singular of his generation, but it’s humane, literate and slyly hilarious. He makes the most mundane language caper and dance, revealing how absurd attempts at communication can be. He also burrows into the heart of his characters to reveal the core of their humanity: the fear and loneliness and unspoken love that mostly remains hidden beneath the surface as we plug away at life, come what may…The Realistic Joneses brought me a pleasurable rush virtually unmatched by anything I’ve seen this season.”

Charles Isherwood, NY Times, 2014

With

Melissa Weber Bales
Brian Letscher
Bruce Nozick
Terry Walters