Rattlestick Playwrights Theater

Past Shows

Geometry of Fire

GEOMETRY OF FIRE
written by Stephen Belber
directed by Lucie Tiberghien

EXTENDED! through Dec 21, 2008
Wednesday – Saturday at 8pm and Sunday at 3pm.

In Geometry of Fire, Stephen Belber’s newest work, an economics major-turned-Marine-sniper recently returned from Iraq runs up against a Saudi-American slacker with a penchant for the ladies. In any other world, these two guys would be best friends. But when their lives collide in this one, each is forced to survive on the fly. Inspired by a true story. Geometry of Fire had a developmental production at New York Stage & Film in July 2007.

MEET THE TEAM:
Stephen Belber (Playwright). Stephen’s most recent play, Fault Lines recently enjoyed a Naked Angels production at The Cherry Lane Theatre. Other plays include Match (Broadway), A Small, Melodramatic Story, (LAByrinth Theater Company), McReele (Roundabout), and Tape (Naked Angels—NYC/LA/London). His film Management, which he wrote and directed, starring Jennifer Aniston, Steve Zahn and Woody Harrelson, premiered at the Toronto Film Festival this September.

Lucie Tiberghien (Director). Credits include The Things We Know, (a short film which Lucie co-wrote and directed) Hurt Village, by Katori Hall, (BRIC) and the world premieres of A Small Melodramatic Story by Stephen Belber (LAByrinth) and Augusta by Richard Dresser (Contemporary American Theater Festival). Lucie directed Rattlestick’s production of Craig Wright’s The Pavilion, which received a 2005 Drama Desk nomination for Outstanding Play of 2005.

Jeffrey DeMunn (Last Days of Judas Iscariot, at LAB, film: The Green Mile, Burn After Reading)
Donnie Keshawarz (Broadway’s Tarzan, FX’s Damages),
Jennifer Mudge (Fault Lines, The Pavilion at Rattlestick)
and Kevin O’Donnell (Off Broadway debut).

The creative team is comprised of Robin Vest (sets), Anne Kennedy (costumes), Peter West (lights), Broken Chord Collective (sound), Mary Robinette Kowal (props), Rick Sordelet (fight choreography) Brian Smallwood (technical director). Katrina Renee Herrmann Production Stage Manager, Alyssa Ritch Assistant Stage Manager, and Alice Reagan Assistant Director.

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VARIETYsays:
“There are no heroics in this edgy drama about a Marine who comes home from Iraq with a bad case of post-combat stress. . . .What the play has, instead, is substance and purpose — and plenty of guts. Tough subject matter is presented with few compromises in Lucie Tiberghien’s smartly cast and unaffected production for Rattlestick.”

THE NEW YORK TIMES says:
“Mr. Belber’s sensitive depiction . . . is a fresh take on the Iraq war story.”

BACKSTAGE says:
“Under the brisk — you might even call it urgent — direction of Lucie Tiberghien, the intensity of the writing is matched by the performances of a superior cast.”

THEATER ONLINE says:
“Talented actors, engaging scenes, poignant relationships and the interesting ideas the playwright raises make it worth watching … Ultimately, Geometry of Fire fits in the genre of plays about the Iraq war but its father/son relationships and unique handling of the psyche make it stand out from the crowd.”

NYTHEATER.COM says:
“extraordinary writing and exquisite performances.”