APRIL 29-MAY 23
ABOUT
Exploring the intersection of queer rights and women’s rights in the mid-1970s.
What starts as an ordinary afternoon quickly gets out of hand when two longtime friends and neighbors revisit the past. Old stories, buried feelings, and a once-unspoken intimacy come rushing to the surface. FUNNY, FIERCE, FULL OF JOY, and RECKONING. This beautiful story invites us to look at these ordinary afternoons that shape our lives.
SHOW INFORMATION
Date: April 29-May23
Ticket Price: $35
Court Square Theater
Running Time: 80 min
Intermission: No
PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE
Thurs: 8:00 PM EST
Fri: 8:00 PM EST
Sat: 8:00 PM EST
Sun: 3:00 PM EST
CAST
Carla Briscoe* (Joan) has performed in readings, workshops and productions with Ars Nova, The Barrow Group, Cherry Lane Theatre, HB Playwrights, the HBO Women in Comedy Festival, IRT, the Kennedy Center, LAByrinth Theater Company, New Ambassadors, New Dramatists, New Georges, the NY International Fringe Festival, The Sundance Institute, and others. A regular performer with NYC's Upstart Creatures (co-Artistic Directors Michael Barakiva & Suzie Agins) from 2015-2021, she is an original and still recurring cast member in one of the Upright Citizens' Brigades longest running shows, Gravid Water (created & directed by Stephen Ruddy). Film & TV: Blue Caprice; A Little Help; Breaking the News; UCB Originals; No Peanuts for Brooks McGill. Many thanks to Judson, Holly, Logan, Christa, Daniel and everyone at Theatre East for allowing me to be a part of this incredible production, and to my flock of angels–Mom, Dad, Suzanne, Alix and Jess. Additional info available at: www.carlabriscoe.com.
Holly Cinnamon* (Elizabeth) is an actor, singer-songwriter and independent queer music producer based in NYC. Film and TV credits include Julie Barnes in Marvel's Daredevil, Kathryn Bigelow's latest feature film A House of Dynamite, Hocus Pocus 2, Succession and Alert: Missing Person’s Unit. Holly made her off-Broadway debut in Dear Jane and has performed in regional theatres in Boston and across Canada. She produces original queer dance pop music and can be regularly seen performing live at the historic Stonewall Inn. Holly trained at the Boston Conservatory at Berklee School of Music and the National Theatre School of Canada, and is thrilled to play a queer woman living in a different time in this lovely play by an iconic Canadian playwright. You can find her music on any streaming platform and watch her indie music videos on YouTube. www.hollycinnamon.com @holly.cinnamon
CREATIVE
Daniel MacIvor (Playwright) is a Toronto-based playwright, performer, filmmaker and producer. He has been the recipient of Canada's Governor General’s Literary Award, the Siminovitch Prize for Theatre, a New York Obie Award and a GLAAD Award. His plays include NEVER SWIM ALONE, IN ON IT, HIS GREATNESS, and A BEAUTIFUL VIEW have been translated into French, German, Czech, Spanish, Japanese and Portuguese. He has worked on commissions for the Wexner Centre, The Banff Centre, the National Theatre School of Canada, the Stratford Festival and the Canadian Opera Company where he wrote the libretto for Rufus Wainwright’s Hadrian. As a screenwriter he has written the films Marion Bridge, Wilby Wonderful, Trigger, and Weirdos for which he won a Canadian Screen Award for best original screenplay. From 2021-2026 he was the creative consultant for venerable queer media company Pink Triangle Press creating new media that encourages allyship and advocacy. Currently Daniel runs reWork Productions developing new theatre and media.
Judson Jones (Director) is an award-winning producer and director who has had the privilege of collaborating on the premieres of Tim Blake Nelson’s EYE OF GOD, Christopher Durang’s THE VIETNAMIZATON OF NEW JERSEY (NY Times Critic Pick), David Crawford’s HARVEST (Smith & Kraus Best New Plays of 2008; Back Stage Critic’s Pick), Bennett Windheim’s NORMALCY, Megan O’Brien’s THE JUNGLE BOOK, Daniel MacIvor’s THE SOLDIER DREAMS, and DEVIL AND THE DEEP with Air Supply‘s Graham Russell. Regional producing credits include: THE JINN (The American Theatre Critics Award) HEDDA, BASH, and DESIRE. His directing credits include: HOLY GHOSTS, NAME FOR A GHOST TO MUTTER, and THE SOLDIER DREAMS (Theatre East), HARVEST (Alchemy Theatre Company), BASH (the dirigo group), S-MAN (Scriptworks), THE ELF and GIFT (Salvage Vanguard Theatre). He serves on the Board of Directors for Texas Dramatists, is a member of Actors’ Equity and SAG/AFTRA, and an instructor at the Kanbar Institute of Film & Television, Tisch School of the Arts, NYU and the Stella Adler Studio of Acting.
Ebony Davis (Production Stage Manager) (she/they) is a multi-talented artist from South Carolina and is now based in BedStuy, Brooklyn. Having graduated from the College of Charleston as a Studio Art major, they moved to NYC to study acting at the Stella Adler School of Acting. In the fall, they will be attending the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art to receive their MFA in Classical Acting, with the hopes of becoming a professor (and working actor) in the future.
Robert A. K. Gonyo (Sound Design) is a theatre director, sound designer, actor, voiceover artist, musician, and tour-guide residing in Queens. His sound designs have been heard with The Skeleton Rep, Retro Productions, American Theater Group, Co-Op Theatre East, End Times, The New Collectives, Writopia Lab’s Worldwide Plays Festival, Amios, The Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute, the Stella Adler Studio of Acting, and now, with Theatre East. He is the producer & host of Go See a Show!, New York City's independent theatre podcast (goseeashowpodcast.com), and the producer of Living Radio, a monthly series of new radio plays, performed live (livingradionyc.com). robertgonyo.com
Artemis Zara Gültekin (Sound Design Assistant) (she/they) is an artist and a storyteller from Ankara, Türkiye. She is a resident artist at Turkish American Repertory Theater & Entertainment (TARTE), and an active member in the monthly radio play series Living Radio. In her free time, she likes getting lost in other fictional worlds, reading fanfiction on TikTok, and living shamelessly! Selected sound design: My Fair Lady, Our Town (American Theater Group); feejee mermaid, Lilith in Pisces (The Flea/Drops in the Vase), La Picadura Del Escorpión (coLab Arts), Richard II, The Winter's Tale, Butterfly Kiss, Macbeth, A Midsummer Night's Dream (Stella Adler); pillow talk (The Tank/KSTC). NYU Tisch Drama BFA.
Christa Kimlicko Jones (Assistant Director) has been working in the theatre for over 20 years as an actor, director, producer, administrator, or teacher. Selected acting credits include: (NEW YORK)–ANNA (co-pro of HCLAB and Theatre East); EDIE SAVES THE BIRDS, A NAME FOR A GHOST TO MUTTER, THE SOLDIER DREAMS (Theatre East); THE CHERRY ORCHARD, AWAKE AND SING!, THE SEAGULL, THE THREE SISTERS, UNCLE VANYA, THE WHALE, OUR TOWN (Harold Clurman Lab Theatre); UMBRELLA, HARVEST (Alchemy Theatre Company); (REGIONAL)– CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF, PRIVATE LIVES, THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER, WINTER’S TALE, HEDDA, DESIRE. (OTHER NOTABLE)– THE MISER (directed by Philip Goodwin), A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM (directed by Franchelle Stuart Dorn and Lucien Douglas).
Christa on staff at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting in NYC. There, she works with both NYU and conservatory students as a voice & speech teacher, coach, and/or director. She also serves as the Director of Teen and Young Artists programs.
Christa is a proud member of the League of Professional Theatre Women, Voice & Speech Trainers’ Association, and Actor’s Equity Association. www.christakjones.com
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Logan Kovach (Scenic Design) serves as Executive Director of International Football Players Project, Shop Foreman of 11th St. Workshop, Co-Founder of Pop-Off Improv, & Director of Community Engagement at Theatre East. He has designed sets for Unity Productions, Point-Blank Theatre Co., Untethered Theatre Co., Wet Paint New Play Festival, and theatre festivals across the US.
Beyond profession, Logan is an animal lover, aspiring chess master (1600 blitz), a queer, male/non-binary, ambiamorous, environmentalist, Robin Hood Visionary, multidisciplinary artist, & activist. Logan values kindness, lives presently, & celebrates life’s joys at every opportunity. He loves you for being here. <3
Sherry Martinez (Costume Design) is a New York City Based costume designer. Her designs have been seen at T. Schreiber Studios, The Abingdon Theater and The Stella Adler Studio. Credits include THE LAST DAYS OF JUDAS ISCARIOT, AS YOU LIKE IT, OTHELLO, PERICLES, LADY HOUSE BLUE, ANNA IN THE TROPICS, ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD, MOTHER COURAGE, SKYSCRAPER, THE HOMECOMING.
She’d like to thank Leigh Bowery, Edith Head and Chado Ralph Rucci for serving as inspiration for all her designs.
Mike McNulty (House Manager) is originally from Lenexa, KS, and graduated with dual degrees from Missouri State University in theatre performance studies and entertainment management. Most recently he understudied Rodrigo in Othello with New Place Players & played Hamlet in a production staged in Helsingør, Denmark. He’s also worked with various theatre companies in NYC, including SITI Company, Say What? NYC Comedy Improv, & the Ume Group.
Zach Murphy (Lighting Design): Let X=X (Laurie Anderson BAM Opera House), SHUTTER SISTERS (The Old Globe), Democratic National Convention 2024 (Democratic National Convention 2024 (Cable Manager/Technical Producer, United Center Detroit), TODO Productions (Technical Producer), Creative Director (Bang Interrobang), CITI/STREB, A THOUSAND THOUGHTS (Associate, Kronos Quartet), An Octoroon (Actor’s Express), REQUIEM FOR TESLA (Rude Mechs), Sacai NY Nike Fashion Show (Nike), BEYOND BABEL (Associate, Hideaway Circus), THE PITMAN PAINTERS (Associate, MTC), SHUTTER SISTERS (The Old Globe), Emerging from the Cave (Director of the film, Sundance Institute), podcast BardQuest Empire (producer), Creative Director, Bang Interrobang www.banginterrobang.com
MEDIA
Photos by Ewan Rasmussen
RESPONSE
“You feel like a fly on the wall of a really heartbreaking love story...transported back in time...and grateful to be living in the present.”
Audience Member
“Truly an excellent play! Go watch it.”
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“A touching, intimate story beautifully directed and produced.”
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“…authentic and heartbreaking…”
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“It's a really touching story about two women, trying to figure out their friendship and desire for more.”
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“The actresses are incredible. I'm so glad had a chance to see this.”
Audience Member
“They know, they know exactly what danger, and what possibilities, lies with what would otherwise be completely ordinary.”
Audience Member
DIRECTIONS
Court Square Theater is located at 44-02 23rd Street in Long Island City! 15 minutes from Times Square!
Right under the 7 train - closest subway is the 7/E/G/M at Court Square or the 7/N/W at Queensboro Plaza
Look for the loading dock beyond the GIANT GREEN GATE!
