Buz Davis as Gus, Rachael Christianson as Valentine, Micheal Bath as Lubbock, Adam Marzheuser as Alex & Reggie Willis as Mr. Barcroft
Following the Clifton Players inaugural production of the area premiere of Superior Donuts by Tracy Letts, and winner of 3 League of Cincinnati Theatre Awards, Clifton Players will present DISGRUNTLED EMPLOYEES.
DISGRUNTLED EMPLOYEES was written by Clifton Players ensemble member Kevin Crowley, who was recently awarded an LCT award as best actor for Clifton Player’s inaugural production SUPERIOR DONUTS. Kevin is an actor, writer, and former member of the Second City. He has also worked with the Steppenwolf Theater in Chicago, The Geffen Theater in Los Angeles, Hot City in St Louis and the Ensemble Theater of Cincinnati as well as Playhouse in the Park.
The play was first workshopped at the National Playwrights Conference under Artistic Director Lloyd Richards where it received the Charles MacArthur Fellow for comedy. Richards was also the Artistic director of Yale School of Drama from 1979-1991 and was noted for directing the works of August Wilson on Broadway. disgruntled employees has been produced in NY, LA and Chicago.
DISGRUNTLED EMPLOYEES is a comedy set in the basement of a single branch, somewhere along “Tornado Alley:” somewhere in Oklahoma or Texas. These are the sorters; those that handle each and every letter, parcel, and package on route to its’ destination. It’s a mighty task, an endless task, and it takes guts, determination, and some self delusion to do it!
This pitch black comedy takes you behind the window and into the bowels of a single branch of the USPS at a time that this once proud institution is teetering on the brink of bankruptcy.
In the face of this bankruptcy, the US Postal Service announced Monday, December 7, 2011 that it will move forward with historic cuts to contract stations and other wide reaching delivery cuts. The link below is a one and half minute report by Linda Wertheimer on NPR reporting the story as it broke. More breaking news will be forthcoming on these historic cuts within the Postal Service in the weeks and months to come.
We think this play, in the spirit of satire, will be a way to find some laughter and moments of recognition necessary in any systemic change.
http://www.npr.org/2011/12/05/143131918/post-office-to-move-forward-with-delivery-facility-cuts
DISGRUNTLED EMPLOYEES
By Kevin Crowley
Directed by Cathy Springfield and Kevin Crowley
When: Feb 10-11-12-17-18-19-24-25-26 Fridays – Sundays at 8 PM
Where: Clifton Performance Theatre, 404 Ludlow Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio 45220
http://www.Cliftonperformancetheatre.com
Tickets: $15 Adult $10 Students
Phone: (513) 235-4292 or (513)221-1117
CAST Members:
Lubbock Michael Bath*
Valentine Rachael Christianson
Gus Buz Davis*
Alex Adam Marz
Mr. Barcroft Reggie Willis
*Members AEA
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