— 18th Season —
Birds of a Feather
November 6–10, 2024
Wed. – Sat., Nov. 6-9 at 7:30pm
Sat. & Sun., Nov. 9-10 at 3pm Bernie Wohl Center 647 Columbus Avenue Between 91st & 92nd Street New York, NY 10025 Creative Team
Director: David Edwards
Stage Manager: Stefania Diana Schramm Scenic Designer: Harlan Penn Costume Designer: Katherine Roberson Lighting Designer: Stephen Cornelius Sound Designer: Zack Dornfeld Publicist: Michelle Tabnick PR Producer: Halina Malinowski Associate Producer: Susan Case Each performance will be followed by a talk-back with the director. Running Time: Two Hours (including one 15-minute intermission and post-show talk-back) |
About Birds of a Feather
"Birds of a Feather is a program of two one act plays written 100 years apart yet strikingly unified in theme," said David Edwards, artistic director of Out of the Box Theatre and director of the production.
"Trifles," by Susan Glaspell, is a revered early feminist play telling its story with mystery and suspense, while "The Greenhouse" is a brand new play by award-winning playwright Robert Karmon, using surreal and comic elements, both depicting difficult issues between men and women. This program continues Out of the Box Theatre’s continuing dedication to classic plays combined with an experimental venture into a world premiere work. "Trifles" by Susan Glaspell "Trifles" begins as the county attorney, the sheriff, Mr. Hale, Mrs. Peters, and Mrs. Hale enter the Wrights' empty farm house. On prompting from the county attorney, Mr. Hale recounts his visit to the house the previous day, when he found Mrs. Wright behaving strangely and found her husband upstairs with a rope around his neck, dead. Mr. Hale notes that, when he questioned her, Mrs. Wright claimed that she was fast asleep when someone strangled her husband. Often hailed as one of the quintessential feminist plays, "Trifles" earned Glaspell literary recognition. ------- "The Greenhouse" by Robert Karmon A surreal, dark comedy, which finds two strangers meeting on a perhaps blind date in a restaurant, and the power struggle that ensues. Cast
Cameron Bowen
Tish Brandt* Jeff Burchfield* Steve Quimby* Kim Yancey* *Equity Member appearing with permission of Actors’ Equity Association without benefit of an Equity contract in this Off-Off Broadway production. |
