August 14th - September 28th, 2013
Rattlestick Theater Presents
The Hilltown Plays: By Lucy Thurber
A 5-play cycle staged on the Cherry Lane Theatre's studio and mainstages, as well as the Axis Theatre, the Rattlestick Playwrights Theater and the New Ohio Theatre. The plays comprise Theater: Village, the inaugural West Village Theater Festival.
SCARCITY Directed By Daniel Talbott
CAST Ellen - Natalie Gold Rachel - Izzy Hanson-Johnston Billy - Will Pullen Gloria - Pamela Shaw Martha - Didi O'Connell Herb - Gordon Joseph Weiss Louis - Michael Warner
PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER - Devorah Jaffe
COLLABORATORS SET DESIGNER - Raul Abrego
SOUND DESIGNER - Janie Bullard
PRODUCTION MANAFER - Eugenia Furneaux LIGHT DESIGNER - Joel Moritz COSTUME DESIGNER - Tristan Raines
Produced at the Cherry Lane Studio Theater.
"A young Rachel watches her dejected father and mother deal with the day-to-day drudgery of their lives in a small Western Massachusetts town, determined to hold the family together while her older brother Billy looks for an escape. Their lives are interrupted by the comings and goings of equally desperate friends, and a teacher whose own desires disrupt everything in an unexpected way."
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ASHEVILLE
Directed By Karen Allen (World Premiere)
CAST Joey - George West Carruth Amanda - Aubrey Dollar Harry - Andrew Garman Shelly - Tasha Lawrence Joe - James McMenamin Jake - Joe Tippett Celia - Mia Vallet
PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER - Megan Schwarz Dickert
COLLABORATORS
SOUND DESIGNER - Bart Fasbender
PRODUCTION MANAGER - Eugenia Furneaux SET DESIGNER - John McDermott COSTUME DESIGNER - Jessica Pabst
LIGHT DESIGNER - Matt Richards FIGHT CHOREOGRAPHER - UnkleDave’s Fight-House.
Produced at the Cherry Lane Theater.
"Sixteen year-old Celia longs for more than her small Western Massachusetts town, but finds herself trapped in an unhealthy vicious cycle with her alcoholic mother and her burnout boyfriend, Jake. When Jake proposes to her, Celia must decide what she wants from her life – especially as a friendship with a neighbor becomes complicated."
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WHERE WE'RE BORN Directed By Jackson Gay
CAST Tony - Christopher Abbott Drew - Daniel Abeles Lilly - Betty Gilpin Vin - Nick Winthrop Lawson Franky - MacKenzie Meehan
PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER - Catherine Costanzo.
COLLABORATORS SOUND DESIGNER - Broken Chord
PRODUCTION MANAGER - Eugenia Furneaux
SET DESIGNER - John McDermott COSTUME DESIGNER - Katherine Roth
LIGHT DESIGNER - Paul Whitaker
FIGHT CHOREOGRAPHER - UnkleDave’s Fight-House.
Produced at the Rattlestick Theater.
"Home after her first semester at a prestigious East Coast college, Lilly is confronted with her working class roots and the ties that bind her to her rural Massachusetts town. Seeking solace in the home of her cousin Tony and his girlfriend Franky, Lilly struggles to bridge the gap between the girl she was and the young woman she is becoming."
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KILLERS AND OTHER FAMILY
Directed By Caitriona McLaughlin
CAST Claire - Aya Cash Danny - Shane McRae Elizabeth - Samantha Soule Jeff - Chris Stack
PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER - Michelle Scalpone
COLLABORATORS SOUND DESIGNER - Steve Fontaine
PRODUCTION MANAGER - Eugenia Furneaux
SET DESIGNER - John McDermott
COSTUME DESIGNER - Emily Rebholz
LIGHT DESIGNER - David Zeffren
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR - Emma Rosa Went
FIGHT CHOREOGRAPHER - UnkleDave’s Fight-House.
Produced at the Axis Theater.
"Trying to escape her painful past, Elizabeth has dedicated herself to finishing her dissertation and building a life with her partner, Claire. Their routine is disrupted by a visit from Elizabeth's brother and her troubled childhood lover, as they threaten to ruin all she's built and pull her back into a cycle of destruction."
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STAY
Directed By Gaye Taylor Upchurch
CAST Billy - McCaleb Burnett
Julia - Mikaela Feely-Lehmann Rachel - Hani Furstenberg Tommy - Brian Miskell
Voice of Martha Lawrence - Deirdre O’Connell Floating Girl - Jenny Seastone Stern
PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER - Samantha Watson
COLLABORATORS
VIOLENCE CONSULTANT - J. David Brimmer LIGHT DESIGNER - Burke Brown
PRODUCTION MANAGER - Eugenia Furneaux SET DESIGNER - Rachel Hauck PROJECTIONS DESIGNER - Sean Leo
COSTUME DESIGNER - Jessica Pabst SOUND DESIGNER - Leon Rothenberg
MOVEMENT CONSULTANT - Dan Safer
Produced at the New Ohio Theater
"Years of hard work have finally paid off for Rachel, who now holds a coveted professorship and enjoys success as a published author. Her world is turned upside down when her degenerate brother appears on her doorstep and a brilliant but troubled student unleashes chaos in her life."
Photos by Sandra Couldart & Joan Marcus.
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