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Living Out
By Lisa Loomer / Directed by Jo
Bonney
With Liza Colón-Zayas, Judith
Hawking, Kathryn Meisle, Zilah
Mendoza, Kelly Coffield Park,
Gary Perez, Maria Elena Ramirez,
Joseph Urla
Sets by Neil Patel / Costumes by
Emilio Sosa / Lighting by David
Weiner/ Sound by John Gromada
/ Production Stage Manager Pamela
Edington / Stage Manager
Kelly Hance
World Premiere Production by Center
Theatre Group / Mark
Taper Forum of Los Angeles / Artistic
Director Gordon
Davidson
"Finally, finally, a real play!
Living Out is provocative and
thrilling, an evening
that reinvigorates your faith in the
power of theatre!"
— John Simon, New York
Magazine
"A
bitingly funny new comedy!
The plight of working mothers is
explored from two pointedly
contrasting perspectives in this
sympathetic and sensitive
new play."
— Charles Isherwood,
Variety
"Enjoyable and disturbing!
Living Out is a domestic tragicomedy
about money,
power, love, babies and all the
absurd, painful ironies that
bring women together and keep them
apart."
— Linda Winer, Newsday
"Living
Out is so contemporary!
I admired the production's tightly
wound coherence. Ms.
Loomer supplies plenty of spot-on
details, and director Jo
Bonney uses every theatrical
resource."
— Margo Jefferson, The New
York Times
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Dinner With Demons
Written and Performed by Jonathan
Reynolds
Directed by Peter Askin
Sets by Heidi Ettinger / Lighting by
Kevin Adams / Sound by John Gromada /
Production Stage
Manager Kelly Hance
This production was made possible, in
part, with the generous support of
All-Clad Metalcrafters,
Altria, and DeLonghi.
"A
delicious experience!
Everything about it was magical!
Dinner With Demons is
the best thing I've seen all year!
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— Mario Batali, Master Chef
and Food Network
Star
"Spectacular! Everything looks
and smells scrumptious! Reynolds
reminisces about his life
while he whips up an elaborately
prepared meal."
— Donald Lyons, New York
Post
"Engaging and memorable! The
fragrant bouquet of fried onions,
baked apples and
caramelized sugar fills the theatre
as Reynolds tosses and
blends fears, regrets and revelations
in a culinary catharsis
that touches on everything from
parents and children to his
obsessive crush on Kim Novak."
— Michael Kuchwara,
Associated Press
"Seductive! The loquacious
Reynolds dazzles us by effortlessly
deep-frying a turkey,
making a potato soufflé and
cooking up a rare
vegetable called cardoon, while
telling us interesting
stories of his family."
— Jacques Le Sourd, The
Journal News
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Wintertime
By Charles L. Mee / Directed by David
Schweizer
With Tina Benko, Brienin Bryant,
Marylouise Burke, T. Scott
Cunningham, Carmen de Lavallade,
Chistopher Denham, Nicholas Hormann,
Marsha Mason, Danny
Mastrogiorgio, Paul Schoeffler
Costumes by David Zinn / Sets by
Andrew Liberman / Lighting by Kevin
Adams / Sound by Eric
Shim / Production Stage Manager
Christine Lemme / Stage
Manager Kelly Hance
Wintertime was made possible, in
part, with the generous support of
the Axe-Houghton
Foundation.
"A romp
of a sex farce! Marsha
Mason is a 'Dolce Vita' earth goddess
in Mr. Mee's latest
excursion into the whacked-out
wonderland of love!"
— Ben Brantley, The New York
Times
"A
passionate pean to mighty
Eros!"
— Robert Simonson, Time Out
New York
"The
prettiest show in town! An
amusing fantasia on love. Anyone
seeking refuge from the
bang-bang-bling-bling world will find
two hours of escape in
the fanciful Wintertime."
— Michael Sommers, The Star
-Ledger
"Endlessly tantalizing! Mr. Mee
reveals himself to be an intellectual
vaudevillian, a kind of
hyperliterate Marx brother."
— Jeremy McCarter, The New
York Sun
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Afterbirth: Kathy & Mo's Greatest Hits
Starring Kathy Najimy and Mo Gaffney
Written by Mo Gaffney and Kathy
Najimy
Directed by Mark Brokaw
Costumes by Linda Ross / Sets by
Allen Moyer / Lighting by Mary Louise
Geiger/ Sound by John
Gottlieb / Production Stage Manager
Pamela Edington /
Assistant Stage Manager Gerald
Cosgrove
Special Thanks to Susan Dietz.
"Affectionate, warm, embracing -
social commentary without
condescension! The empathy with
which they invest their alter egos
remains very much of the
present. Their generosity of spirit
creates a soothing
retreat from the harsh comedy that
rules the airwaves."
— Ben Brantley, The New York
Times
"A
refreshing reminder of how
relevant, heartwarming and - well,
funny - sketch comedy can
be! It's certainly a pleasure basking
in the sisterly
chemistry of its two stars. The duo's
remarkable rapport
carries the night. They seem to have
an instinctive
understanding of each other's comic
rhythms. The older
material remains fresh."
— The Associated Press
"The
lovable comediennes have
brought back their popular sister
act, mixing poignant
observation of universal human truths
with gently sculpted
satire. It's hard not to warm to
these appealingly easygoing
performers, Najimy warm and bubbly,
Gaffney gruff and
wry."
— Charles Isherwood,
Variety
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TOP:
Ally Sheedy. BOTTOM: Keith Nobbs,
Marin Ireland (Photos: Joan
Marcus) |
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The Triple Happiness
By Brooke Berman / Directed by
Michael John Garcés
With Betsy Aidem, Mark Blum, Marin
Ireland, Keith Nobbs, Jesse J. Perez,
Ally Sheedy
Costumes by Miranda Hoffman / Sets by
Andromache Chalfant / Lighting by Ben
Stanton / Sound by
Sunil Rajan / Production Stage
Manager Kelly Hance / Stage
Manager Jennifer O'Byrne
"A
splashy new play! Full of
wit! The Triple Happiness
leaves you feeling giddy!
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— Neil Genzlinger, The New
York Times
"Ally
Sheedy Shines!No other
actress plays neurotic self-
absorption as well as she does!
Heavily made up and wearing a killer
black dress, she manages
to infuse even her reading of the
name Dickens (as in
Charles) with a wildly erotic charge.
She's clearly having a
great time, and her delight is
infectious! Keith Nobbs is
Hilarious as the college kid who
can't believe his luck! Mark
Blum and Betsey Aidem are amusing as
the baffled hosts!"
— Frank Scheck, New York
Post
"The
strong cast is charming!
Ally Sheedy's performance has a
spikey, appropriately
disruptive force, full of domineering
forthrightness of a
woman accustomed to fame! Playwright
Brooke Berman has a
gratifyingly fleet way with quirky
dialogue, and director
Michael John Garcés keeps the
pace sprightly with the
help of Sunil Rajan's energetic,
'80s-pop sound design."
— Gordon Cox, Newsday
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TOP:
Gavin Creel. BOTTOM: Peter Stadlen,
Heather Mazur (Photos:
Joan Marcus) |
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The
Mystery Plays
By Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa / Directed
by Connie Grappo
With Gavin Creel, Scott Ferrara,
Leslie Lyles, Mark Margolis, Heather
Mazur, Peter Stadlen
Costumes by Amanda Walker / Sets by
Sandra Goldmark / Lighting by S. Ryan
Schmidt / Sound by
Daniel Baker / Production Stage
Manager Kelly Hance / Stage Manager
Nathan K. Claus
"Under
Connie Grappo's fluid
direction, Gavin Creel is excellent
as an ordinary guy caught
up in the surreal, while Scott
Ferrara, at first likable,
soon sends chills as a man hiding
deep reservoirs of
evil"
— Donald Lyons, New York
Post
"In this
production, the
director (Connie Grappo), the
designers of sets, costumes,
lighting and sound - and a cast of
six who know how to make
you feel hell will break loose any
minute - all consipire to
make his vision irrestistible."
— D.J.R. Bruckner, The New
York Times
"Under
Grappo's sure-handed
direction, the performances are
strong, particularly Creel's
subtle work in the first play. Leslie
Lyles is excellent in a
series of supporting roles. And
Margolis is invaluable in his
roles."
— Jacques le Sourd, The
Journal News
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