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starting september 1st
rattlestick playwrights theater
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underneathmybed
by florencia lozano
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underneathmybed written by florencia lozano directed by pedro pascal september 1 – october 10, 2010 wed-sat at 8pm sun at 3pm mon at 8pm FEATURING: Vanessa Aspillaga Maria Cellaria-Mancini Matthew Dellapina Audrey Esparza Vivia Font Charles Goforth Yetta Gottesman Paula Pizzi Marina Pulido Ed Trucco
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there’s something underneath daisy’s bed…something or someone. everything is not fine in newton. the ghosts of a foreign dirty war invade the home of the chaotic jimenez family, while a woman remembers the moment in her life when she disappeared for good.
underneathmybed is the second full length play from acclaimed actress and playwright florencia lozano, best known to television as tea delgado on “one life to live.”
please be aware that there is no late seating.
MEET THE TEAM:
Florencia Lozano (Playwright) was born in Princeton, NJ and raised in Newton, MA and earned degrees from Brown University and New York University. She is best known for her portrayal of the tough as nails attorney Téa Delgado on the daytime television drama “One Life To Live.” Her other television credits include “Law & Order: Criminal Intent,” “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,” “Gossip Girl,” “Lipstick Jungle” and “Ugly Betty.” Florencia has also appeared in numerous films. She played opposite Halle Berry and Bruce Willis in “Perfect Stranger” and recently starred in Franc. Reyes’ “The Ministers” with Harvey Keitel and John Leguizamo. Some of her other film credits include “Bittersweet Place,” “Deception,” “Transbeman” and “Veronika Decides to Die.” In addition to her film and television work, Florencia is also an accomplished stage actress, and playwright. Her stage credits include Where’s My Money (LAB, MTC), Dirty Story (LAB), Macbeth (Delacorte), Last Easter (MCC), Privilege (Second Stage) and Right You Are (National Actors Theatre). Her first full length play entitled Under Her Breath was written while she was at Brown. Two of her ten minute plays, Bitch and Charlie Go Back to Charlie’s House and Sheila, Jack, Claire Danes and The Man On My Roof were produced by the LAByrinth Theater Company where she is a member and associate director. She has worked at New York Theatre Workshop, 52nd Street Project, Williamstown Theatre Festival, and at the Eugene O’Neill Playwright’s Conference. underneathmybed, Ms. Lozano’s second full-length play, has been in development since 2008 (with director Pedro Pascal) and workshopped at LAByrinth, Dixon Place, and at Rattlestick’s Evening Readings Series.
Pedro Pascal (Director) is a member of the LAByrinth Theater Company and has developed work with them as a writer, actor and director. Florencia Lozano’s underneathmybed was first presented at the LAB Summer Intensive ’08, then again as part of The Barn Series/Live Nude Plays at the Public Theater. He directed Lozano’s third play Girl in Window for the same festival the following year. His first play Flaca Loves Bone was part of the LAByrinth Summer Intensive ’09, directed by Sarah Silverman, and was then presented again as part of LAB’s Punch the Clock Festival, which he directed. He has been working with David Van Asselt and Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, directing readings of Daniel Talbott’s Yosemite and David Anzuelo’s Killing Play. This is Pedro’s directorial debut.
Assistant Director: Lyssa Mandel
Sets by Raul Abrego, Costumes by Olivera Gajic, Lighting by Nicole Pearce, Sound by Janie Bullard, Video design by S. Katy Tucker, Props by Eugenia Furneaux-Arends
Production Stage Manager: Melissa Mae Gregus
Assistant Stage Manager: Michael John Carroll
Rattlestick is proud to continue our 16th Season with underneathmybed. Our diverse, critically acclaimed 14th Season featured premieres from Craig Wright, Stephen Belber, Sheila Callaghan, Jessica Dickey, and Killers and Other Family, and premiered Mando Alvarado’s Post No Bills, Craig Wright’s Blind, and Annie Baker’s Obie Award-winning play, The Aliens.
Our 2010/2011 Season will continue with three more bold world premieres: There Are No More Big Secrets by Heidi Schreck, The Hallway Trilogy, by Adam Rapp, and Carson McCullers Talks About Love by Suzanne Vega. Be sure to join us again as we continue into another exciting season with America’s most engaging young playwrights! Find out MORE about our season Here!
Plays by Dan Klores, Heidi Schreck, Florencia Lozano, Adam Rapp & Suzanne Vega
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