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Monday, March 3 at 7pm
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS DRANK HERE
by Kenneth Jones
Monday, March 3 at 7pm
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS DRANK HERE
by Kenneth Jones
Directed by Christa Scott-Reed
Stage Manager: Daniely Martins
Stage Directions: Josh Evans
Featuring: Carl Howell*, Barbara Kingsley*, Carolyn McCormick*,
Kate Middleton*, Henny Russell* and C.J. Wilson*
The playwright gives special thanks to Raylawni Branch, Dr. Stanley Coleman
and dramaturg Jay Najeeah.
Where: A.R.T. NY, 520 8th Ave. (Between 36th/37th St.),
Third Floor, NYC 10018, Monday at 7PM
In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, members of the Hardy family gather to fix the damage to their world-famous Mississippi restaurant. When progressive niece Samantha blows into town with audacious ideas about the future, she further shakes the foundation of the beloved institution. Buried secrets, dubious family mythology and bad behavior are all on the table, threatening the status quo of three generations of Deep South restaurateurs. A toothsome, booze-soaked, three-act drama about heritage, legacy, community and responsibility.
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Kenneth Jones/Playwright is best known for his breakout play Alabama Story (published by Dramatists Play Service), seen in more than seventy cities around the nation. He is a Ground UP Reading Series alumnus for his 2024 comedy Ten Minutes On a Bench, also developed by Florida Rep. His comedy Hollywood, Nebraska had a three-state rolling world premiere in 2022-23 and is published by Dramatists Play Service. He is a two-time O’Neill NPC semi-finalist for his play Two Henrys. His work has been produced or developed at Pioneer Theatre Company, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Clarence Brown Theatre, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Peninsula Players, Florida Studio Theatre and beyond. Learn more at ByKennethJones.com or New Play Exchange.
Christa Scott-Reed is a NY-based director, producer and actor. Off-Broadway directing credits include the first New York revival of William Nicholson’s Shadowlands starring Daniel Gerroll, Robert Bolt’s A Man for All Seasons starring Michael Countryman, and C.S. Lewis’ The Great Divorce (also a 28 city National Tour.) Most recently: A.R. Gurney’s Later Life for Katonah Classic Stage, starring Thomas Jay Ryan and Carolyn McCormick (regional BroadwayWorld nomination for Best Director). The virtual theatre productions she directed and produced collectively received over 150,000 online views in 50 states and multiple countries. Christa is a Producer at Occasional Drawl Productions (most recently: Arlene Hutton’s Blood of the Lamb Off-Broadway at 59E59 Theatres). Christa is also Associate Producer at Aruba Productions and a part-time faculty member at The New School. Her acting credits span Broadway, Off-Broadway, Regional Theatre, Film and TV. Member: SDC, AEA, SAG-AFTRA. www.christascottreed.com
Daniely Martins is an actress, writer and director, working with Ground Up as a Stage Manager. Born and raised in Brazil, she has always had the passion for moving people through words and a need for physical expression. Her pull towards discoveries brought her to live in Portugal, Germany and France, where she collected a great deal of experiences in human connection and theater studies. Now based in New York City, Daniely is involved in every aspect of theater production that comes her way, in the search to explore, grow and consolidate a strong career at the heart of the industry.
Training: The American Academy of Dramatic Arts, in New York; and Cours Florent, in Paris, France.
Josh Evans: Favorite credits include - Theatre: Hamlet: Dead for a Ducat (Six Part Productions); Remission (Columbia University); Rubber Ducks and Sunsets (Ground Up Productions); The Dumb Waiter (Under St. Marks). Film: Can You Ever Forgive Me? (Fox Searchlight Pictures); Killing the Dog (Six Part Productions). Television: “FBI” (CBS), “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” (Amazon), “Gotham” (Fox) “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” (Netflix), “Blacklist” (NBC). Graduate - UNC Chapel Hill and Michael Howard Studios. Company Member - Ground UP Productions. The work is dedicated to his parents and his wife.
joshlevans.com
Carl Howell is so happy to read a new Kenneth Jones play, after appearing in Ken’s Alabama Story at the Repertory Theater of St Louis in 2019. His work includes…1st National Tour: Peter and the Starcatcher directed by Roger Rees; Regional: Hamlet and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Rep Theater of St Louis), Deathtrap (Syracuse Stage), Straight White Men (Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater), and Hudson Valley Shakespeare, where he’ll return this summer for his fourth season - Thornton Wilder’s The Matchmaker + The Comedy of Errors. Video Game/mocap: Winton Holmes in Red Dead Redemption 2. Teaching: Atlantic Acting School. Training: BFA NYU. Social: www.carlhowell.com @carl_howell
Barbara Kingsley has appeared in over two hundred stage productions. Recent credits include: Madame Des Mortes in the APT production of Ring Round The Moon, Princess Dragomiroff in the Syracuse Stage production of Murder On The Orient Express, and Babs in the Off Broadway, N.Y. Times Critic’s Pick, Life Sucks, August: Osage County (Broadway & Natl. tour), Uncanny Valley (Off-Broadway). Film Credits: Honeydew, Ticket Out (w/Ray Liotta), Older than America (w/Bradley Cooper), Sweet Land (Ali Selim, dir.). TV: Elsbeth, Servant, Hello Tomorrow!, and New Amsterdam. Barbara’s play, Under This Roof was produced at the Guthrie Theater in 2018.
Carolyn McCormick Broadway credits include: Equus, The Dinner Party, Private Lives. Off Broadway: Windows, Windows, At the Wedding, A Man For All Seasons, The Stone Witch, Family Furniture, Open House(Drama Desk Award, Lucille Lortel Nomination), What I Did Last Summer, Black Tie, Ten Chimneys, Celebration, Privilege, Biography, Dinner with Friends. Multiple plays in regional theatre at Seattle Rep, Old Globe, ACT, Denver Center, Williamstown, Papermill Playhouse, Yale Rep. Television includes Dr. Olivet on “Law and Order”, Minuet on “Star Trek”, series regular on “Cracker” and “Spenser For Hire”, guest star on “Bull”, “Billions”, “Madam Secretary”, “Blue Bloods”, “Body of Proof”, “Cold Case”, “Judging Amy”, “The Practice”, “Homicide”. Films include Mapplethorpe, Nyad, The Post, Whatever Works, Loverboy, You Know My Name, A Simple Twist of Fate, Enemy Mine. Multiple Lifetime movies and Hallmark’s A Holiday Spectacular as well as a of myriad audio books including The Hunger Games as well as many Ken Burns documentaries. Williams College BFA, American Conservatory MFA. CarolynMcCormick.com
Kate Middleton: Broadway/Off-Broadway: Music City (Ground UP Productions), Women Without Men (Mint Theatre), Shear Madness, New York City Premiere (New World Stages), The Other Place (MTC), The Late Christopher Bean (TACT), Asymmetric (59E59), Pratfalls (Abingdon). Select Regional: The Kennedy Center, ROE world premiere at The Goodman Theatre as Jane Roe, The Fountain Theatre, Pioneer Theatre Company, The Huntington, St. Louis Rep., GEVA, Cape Playhouse, Dorset Theatre Festival, Triad Stage, Playmakers Rep., NJ Shakespeare, Weston Playhouse, Warehouse Theatre, Bickford Theatre. TV: “Chicago Fire”, “Elementary”, “Blacklist”, “FBI: Most Wanted”, “Orange is the New Black”, “Blue Bloods”, “Mercy”, “Law & Order”, “Law & Order: SVU”, and Comedy Central. Film: The Boston Strangler, The Tender Bar, Spoiler Alert, Set It Up, Noah Wise, 40th, Obits, Showing Up, T.I.C., April Flowers. Producing Artistic Director of Ground UP Productions. TACT Company Member.
www.KateMiddletonActress.com
Henny Russell: Broadway: Oslo, The Audience, Machinal, The Winslow Boy,The Other Place, Lombardi, The Royal Family, Impressionism, Major Barbara . Off-Broadway: Oslo (Ensemble Obie Award) - Lincoln Center; Napoleon in Exile - 59E59; Boy Gets Girl - MTC; Fuddy Meers - Minetta Lane; Marion Bridge - Urban Stages, Labor Day - MTC. Television: Carol Denning in Season 6 of Orange Is The New Black, Dr Larsen in Seasons 1-3 of Hightown, And Just Like That, Doc, Three Women, The Other Two, FBI: Most Wanted, Blue Bloods, Madam Secretary, Chicago Med, Law & Order: SVU, Elementary, Unforgettable, Law & Order. Regional theatre: over 30 productions across the country. Ms. Russell is also a voiceover artist and writer, and is married to actor R Ward Duffy.
C.J. Wilson Broadway: Bronx Bombers, The Big Knife, Festen, Henry IV, The Best Man. Off-Broadway: Epiphany(Lincoln Center) Hold on to me Darling(Lucille Lortel nom.), Dying for It, Our New Girl, Offices, The Voysey Inheritance(Atlantic Theatre); Medieval Play, The Lady from Dubuque (Signature); Happy Now?(Lucille Lortel nom. Primary Stages); Film: Drive Away Dolls, Hungry Dog Blues, Irresistible, Manchester-by-the-Sea, Demolition, The Intern. Television: “The Gilded Age,” "The Blacklist," "Bull," "The Sinner," "Homeland," The Sound of Music Live!"
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