Title
The Understudy
Files
Playwright
Theresa Rebeck
Performance Dates
June 23-26, June 30-July 2, 2011
Creative Team
Directed by....................................Christina Kirk
Scenic & Lighting Design..............Rob Johnson
Costume Design...........................Rebecca White
Sound Design...............................Natalie Moran
Stage Managed by........................Kathryn Sykes
Synopsis
Franz Kafka's undiscovered masterpiece in its Broadway premiere is the hilarious and apropos setting for Theresa Rebeck's exploration of the existential vagaries of show business and life. Charged with running the understudy rehearsal for the production, Roxanne finds her professional and personal life colliding when Harry, a journeyman actor and her ex-fiancé, is cast as the understudy to Jake, a mid-tier action star yearning for legitimacy. As Harry and Jake find their common ground, Roxanne tries to navigate the rehearsal with a stoned lightboard operator, an omnipresent intercom system, the producers threatening to shutter the show and her own careening feelings about both actors and her past. Will the show go on? THE UNDERSTUDY is a dazzling and humanistic look at people trying to do what they love in the face of obstacles that mount until all anyone can do is dance.
http://www.dramatists.com/cgi-bin/db/single.asp?key=4197
Disciplines
Acting | Dance | Theatre and Performance Studies | Theatre History
Keywords
OST, Summer Stock, Otterbein Theatre, Musicals
Recommended Citation
Otterbein University Theatre and Dance Department, "The Understudy" (2011). 2011 Summer Theatre. 1.
https://digitalcommons.otterbein.edu/summer_production_2011/1