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RATTLESTICK PLAYWRIGHTS THEATER
CONTINUES ITS 17th SEASON
WITH THE WORLD PREMIERE OF
Yosemite
by Daniel Talbott
Yosemite tells the story of three siblings who are sent out into the snow-silent woods in the Sierra Nevada foothills to dig a hole that will be deep enough to bury a family secret. As they dig, they search for a way to escape or be rescued from their lives as the snow continues to fall and the world sinks around them.
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Yosemite written by Daniel Talbott directed by Pedro Pascal January 18 – February 26, 2012 Wed-Fri at 8PM Sat at 2PM and 8PM Sun at 3PM
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FEATURING:
Kathryn Erbe
Noah Galvin
Seth Numrich
Libby Woodbridge
MEET THE TEAM:
Daniel Talbott (Playwright), is an actor, director, playwright, producer, literary manager, and artistic director. He was born in the Bay Area and moved around the country with his family before landing back there for high school, and now lives in Brooklyn, NY. His most recent work as an actor includes Theatre for One in Times Square and around NYC, The Merry Wives of Windsor (Shakespeare Festival of St. Louis), Master Builder (Irish Rep), Rocket City (Alabama Shakespeare Festival), Tartuffe (McCarter Theatre/Yale Rep), Marat/Sade (Classical Theatre of Harlem) and the feature film Pretty Bird, Dreaming American and “The Big C” on Showtime. Recent directing work includes Lake Water (Neighborhood Productions), Eightythree Down (Hard Sparks), Much Ado About Nothing (Boomerang), Squealer (Lesser America at Theater for the New City), The Umbrella Plays (the teacup company/FringeNYC at the Tank – Overall Excellence Award: Outstanding Play), Keep Your Baggage With You (at all times) (Theater for the New City), Footprint by Mac Rogers (part of +30NYC for Red Fern Theatre), Afterclap by Daniel Reitz, Birthday and Nobody, both by Crystal Skillman (Rising Phoenix Rep at the Seventh Street Small Stage), and Fall Forward (Sitelines/River to River Festival produced by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council). His play Slipping was produced at Rattlestick with piece by piece productions (named one of the top ten plays of 2009 by The Advocate), premiered in Chicago at The Side Project and was part of the International Dublin Gay Theatre Festival. It was published last year by Dramatists Play Service and was a finalist for a 2011 Lambda Literary Award for Drama. His play What Happened When was produced at HERE Arts Center and The Side Project and was published as part of the Plays and Playwrights 2008 anthology. He received a 2011 Theater Hall of Fame Fellowship, a 2007 New York Innovative Theatre Award for directing, a Drama-Logue Award, two Dean Goodman Choice Awards and a Judy Award for acting, and was also named one of the 15 People of the Year 2006 by nytheatre.com. He is a member of MCC Theater’s Playwrights’ Coalition, of last year’s 24Seven Lab, and of TOSOS. He is a graduate of Juilliard and of Solano College Theatre’s ATP and teaches at the Primary Stages Einhorn School of Performing Arts (ESPA). He is the artistic director of Rising Phoenix Rep (recipient of the 2007 NYIT Caffe Cino Fellowship Award).
Pedro Pascal (Director) has been working with David Van Asselt and Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, directing the world premiere of underneathmybed by Florencia Lozano, as well as readings of Daniel Talbott’s Yosemite and David Anzuelo’s Killing Play. A special thank you to David Van Asselt for risking so much and making sure that some of this city’s most unstable artists have a home. As a member of the LAByrinth Theater Company he has developed work as a writer, actor and director. Earlier versions of underneathmybed were presented at the LAB Summer Intensive and as part of The Barn Series/Live Nude Plays at the Public Theater. He directed Lozano’s second play girl in window for the same festival. His first play Flaca Loves Bone was part of the LAByrinth Summer Intensive ’09, directed by Sarah Silverman, and was presented again as part of LAB’s Punch the Clock Festival, which he directed.
Assistant Director: Evan Caccioppoli
Sets by Raul Abrego, Costumes by Tristan Raines, Lighting by Joel Moritz, Sound by Janie Bullard, Props by Andrew Diaz, Technical Direction by Katie Takacs
Production Stage Manager: Michael Denis
Assistant Stage Manager: Sam Horwith
Rattlestick is proud to continue our 17th Season with Yosemite. In our 15th Anniversary Season, we revived Lucy Thurber’s 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 16th Season featured critically-acclaimed premieres from Dan Klores, Florencia Lozano, Heidi Schreck, Adam Rapp, and Suzanne Vega.
Our 2011-2012 season which began with The Wood, Asuncion, HORSEDREAMS and Yosemite continues with 2 more bold world premieres: José Rivera’s Massacre (Sing to Your Children), and 3C, written by David Adjmi. 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!
