The Road Theatre Company presents CUTS – a World Premiere theatrical event written by 8 members of the Dog Ear Playwrights’ Collective. Commissioned by the Road, these unique takes on DUPLICITY are directed and performed by the talented pool of Road Theatre Company directors and actors. The double edge of deceit and a pair of scissors lie at the heart of their thought-provoking and diverse stories.
*AN IT by Jacqueline Wright – Kept in captivity, IT lives only through the heartbeats of others. As Its captors attempt to decipher ITs bizarre language, the lovely Janet comes to visit, igniting in IT a forgotten need for human love and friendship. Can IT be more than just AN IT?
*BIBLIO by Wayne Liebman – Librarian wannabe, Glynda, is daddy's little girl, but daddy's a real spook – cranking out code for a secret government agency. Daddy's mistress only confuses things – she’s way too blonde and packing a wicked syringe. Really, it's all a girl can do to keep her dress on straight.
*BLUE by Bryan Davidson – A young hematologist sets out to bring a cure to the “Blue People” of Appalachian Kentucky. But when his enzyme cure works, the young woman he cures vanishes. Has he given her the strength to search for a better life or created a murderous rage in the young man who loved her?
*CONSTRUCTING VEGAS by Leon Martell – It’s Construction and Choreography versus Maid Service as two sisters fight over "the man with no collar bone." What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas... in fact, it can't get out no matter how much it wants to.
*FABRIC by Robert Fieldsteel – With a pair of scissors and an eye for fashion, Max and Rachel infiltrate the splendor and high fashion of the Ascot Races. Set in the early part of th 20th, their con brings them success in the garment industry. But, in the end, who’s conning whom?
*FINISH & TRIM by Joy Gregory – Sparse poetry scores the inner lives of three young women on the day that became one of the United States labor movement’s most galvanizing tragedies. Locked in the burning Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in 1911, the women reflect on the sensual details of their ordinary lives.
*NOMENCLATURE by Katy Hickman – One gardener’s weed is another gardener’s flower.
*SOAR by Jennifer Maisel – An adolescent’s rebelliousness turns to tragedy. Now a mother cannot sleep. Can the late night arguments with the daughter who deceived her finally give her the strength to cut the ties to her debilitating grief?
THE DIRECTORS – JASON BREITKOPF, ZACH DULLI, DENNIS GERSTEN, DARRYL JOHNSON, MATT KIRKWOORD, MARK ST. AMANT, ELIZABETH SAMPSON, DEREK WADE
RHONDA ALDRICH
JOHN CRAGEN
JULIE FULTON
KELLY GODFREY
QUINN HANCHETTE
CARL J. JOHNSON
TOM KNICKERBOCKER
AMBRE LOWE
AMMAR MAHMOOD
MARA MARINI
DONNE MCRAE
KATE MINES
ROB MONROE
SHANNON MORRIS
ANN NOBLE
JAIME REICHNER
KIMBERLY VALKENAAR
BRYNA WEISS
HEATHER WILLIAMS
SEAN WING
BETTINA ZACAR
Producers:
Darryl Johnson
Alicia Wollerton
Executive Producer:
Taylor Gilbert
Lighting Design:
Nick McCord
Sound Design:
David B. Marling
Composer & Multi-media Coordinator:
Lee Osteen
Costume Design:
Caryn Drake
THE DOG EAR PLAYWRIGHTS’ COLLECTIVE
DOG EAR IS A COLLECTIVE OF TWELVE AWARD-WINNING PLAYWRIGHTS GENERATING NEW WORK FOR THE STAGE.
PLAYS BY DOG EAR MEMBERS HAVE BEEN PRESENTED BY STEPPENWOLF, ACTORS’ THEATRE OF LOUISVILLE, THE WOOLLY MAMMOTH, THE GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE, THE LINCOLN CENTER DIRECTORS’ LAB, THE O’NEILL THEATER CENTER, LOOKINGGLASS, THE MAGIC THEATER, A.S.K. THEATRE PROJECTS, THE COLONY AND MANY OTHERS.
DOG EAR MEMBERS INCLUDE:
MICKEY BIRNBAUM, BRYAN DAVIDSON, ROBERT FIELDSTEEL, JOY GREGORY, KATY HICKMAN, WAYNE LIEBMAN, JENNIFER MAISEL, LEON MARTELL, ANN NOBLE, ERIK PATTERSON, STEVE TOTLAND, JACQUELINE WRIGHT
VISIT THE PLAYWRIGHTS AT WWW.DOGEAR.ORG
* denotes member of Actors' Equity Association |
