June 6-21, 2008
A co-production with Engine37.
Producer: Neal J. Freeman & Anna Olivia Moore for The Gallery Players/Engine37
Set Designer: Hannah Shafran
Costume Designer: Ana Marie A. Salamat
Lighting Designer: John Eckert
Festival Stage Manager: Emily Ballou
Stage Manager: G Zhang
Associate Producer: Angela Astle
Assistant Director/Assistant Stage Manager: Emily Johnson
The Reckoning of Kit & Little Boots by Nat Cassidy (World Premiere)
Directed by Neal J. Freeman
Hope’s Arbor by Rich Espey (New York Premiere)
Directed by Heather Siobhan Curran
Presented in repertory
June 6-15 at The Gallery Players
June 17-21 at Manhattan Theatre Source
Full performance schedule below.
Special two play discount: The purchase of a full price ticket for one production allows the buyer to purchase a ticket for the second production for $10. Details and discount code available with online purchase.
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The Reckoning of Kit & Little Boots by Nat Cassidy is a fiery, impassioned, hallucinatory, comedic, and ultimately poignant exploration of the art of writing, what it is that calls an author to a particular subject, and the dangers that lie in the obsessions of a creative mind. As Christopher Marlowe lies bleeding to death from a fatal knife-wound to the face, his life flashes before his eyes (or, rather, eye). His host for this journey is his own personal Mephistopheles, a character about whom he never got the chance to write: the infamous Roman emperor, Caligula.
Pictured: Nat Cassidy (Christopher Marlowe) in The Reckoning of Kit & Little Boots. Photo by Jennifer Maufrais Kelly.
Featuring:
Christopher Marlowe - Nat Cassidy*
Caligula - David Ian Lee*
Thomas Kyd - Alex Herrald
William Shakespeare - Keith Foster*
Dorothy Marlowe - Lara Stoby
Anne Marlowe - Anna Olivia Moore*
Sir Francis Walsingham - Andrew Firda*
*member, Actors’ Equity Association
Pictured (l to r): Nat Cassidy (Christopher Marlowe) and David Ian Lee (Caligula) in The Reckoning of Kit & Little Boots. Photo by Jennifer Maufrais Kelly.
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Hope’s Arbor by Rich Espey is a fast-paced comedy that tells the story of Hope Horrishall’s attempted escape from the rigors of prestigious Thwaite Academy, the oldest continuously operating girls’ boarding school southwest of the Connecticut River. Rejecting the life that has been meticulously planned out for her by her parents and school, Hope’s journey through on-line and real-life relationships leads her to a surprising discovery about what, and whom, she really wants. Hope’s Arbor was a 2007 finalist at the Lark Play Development Center’s Playwrights Week 2007 and received the Carol Weinberg Award for best play at the 2006 Baltimore Playwrights Festival.
Pictured (l to r): Justin Herfel (Peter), Lauren Marcus (Hope), Jessica Ko (Saiko), and Justine Campbell-Elliott (Jean) in Hope’s Arbor. Photo by Bella Muccari.
Featuring:
Hope - Lauren Marcus*
Jean - Justine Campbell-Elliott
Peter - Justin Herfel*
Chris - James Holloway*
Caitelynne - Emily Hagburg
Saiko - Jessica Ko
*member, Actors’ Equity Association
Pictured: Lauren Marcus (Hope) in Hope’s Arbor. Photo by Bella Muccari.
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Please join us at The Gallery Players June 19-21 at 8pm for a staged reading of
The Resurrection of Dismas & Gestas by Jacob M. Appel
A new full-length comedy exploring the fear of dying and the joy of finding meaning in both life and art.
Directed by Angela Astle
Cast:
Luther - Thomas DelPizzo
Molly - Allison Whittinghill
Agatha - Hanna Hayes
Zachariah - Russell Feder
Samantha - Dominique Leavitt
Tickets are $5 and available at the door.
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Full performance schedule with locations:
Fri 6/6
8pm, Hope’s Arbor at The Gallery Players
Sat 6/7
8pm, Kit & Little Boots at The Gallery Players
Sun 6/8
3pm, Kit & Little Boots at The Gallery Players
7pm, Hope’s Arbor at The Gallery Players
Wed 6/11
8pm, Kit & Little Boots at The Gallery Players
Thurs 6/12
8pm, Hope’s Arbor at The Gallery Players
Fri 6/13
8pm, Kit & Little Boots at The Gallery Players
Sat 6/14
2pm, Kit & Little Boots at The Gallery Players
8pm, Hope’s Arbor at The Gallery Players
Sun 6/15
3pm, Hope’s Arbor at The Gallery Players
Tues 6/17
8pm, Kit & Little Boots at Manhattan Theatre Source
Wed 6/18
8pm, Hope’s Arbor at Manhattan Theatre Source
Thurs 6/19
8pm, Kit & Little Boots at Manhattan Theatre Source
8pm, Dismas & Gestas at The Gallery Players
Fri 6/20
8pm, Hope’s Arbor at Manhattan Theatre Source
8pm, Dismas & Gestas at The Gallery Players
Sat 6/21
4pm, Hope’s Arbor at Manhattan Theatre Source
8pm, Kit & Little Boots at Manhattan Theatre Source
8pm, Dismas & Gestas at The Gallery Players
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Nat Cassidy’s plays include a new adaptation of John Fowles’ “The Collector” and an adaptation of Dostoevsky’s “The Eternal Husband.” As an actor, he has appeared in almost 30 productions in New York City. As a director, he has helmed projects at Manhattan Theatre Source, Theatre Row, and the Knitting Factory. As a singer and songwriter, he has written and recorded three albums with Nat Cassidy & the Nines and performed at places like the Knitting Factory, Mo Pitkin’s, Pete’s Candy Store, Galopagos, and others.
Rich Espey is a playwright and teacher living in Baltimore. Rich’s plays have been produced in New York by Three Graces Theater, Turtle Shell Productions, Native Aliens Theatre Collective and This Woman’s Work Theatre Co. Rich is a two time winner of the Carol Weinberg Award for best play at the Baltimore Playwrights Festival and was honored with an Individual Artist Award in Playwriting by the Maryland State Arts Council in 2007. He is a member of the Dramatists Guild, a member of Lizard Claw Playwrights, and serves as Chair of the Baltimore Playwrights Festival. He teaches science at The Park School of Baltimore.
Jacob M. Appel’s plays have been performed at the Manhattan Repertory Theatre, Adrienne Theatre (Philadelphia), Detroit Repertory Theatre, Heller Theater (Tulsa), Curtain Players (Columbus), Epilogue Players (Indianapolis), and the Little Theatre of Alexandria. He has also published eighty short-stories, most recently in Alaska Quarterly Review, Greensboro Review, Missouri Review, and Southwest Review. Jacob is a graduate of the MFA program in creative writing at New York University and currently teaches at the Gotham Writers Workshop.
