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The Hilltown Plays: By Lucy Thurber

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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