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CURRENT SEASON
Spring Reading Series. -..A Mysterious Way. -..Son of a Khrusty. .-..Song of the Bow
PAST SHOWS
Emily . -. Refuge of Lies ..-...The Actor ..-...Flight...- ..Deadheading Roses. -..Miguel Manara
OUTREACH & EDUCATION |...SUPPORT US ..| ..ABOUT US...
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Emily: An Amethyst Remembrance
by Chris Cragin
At Theatre Row Sept 11-27
Wed-Sat at 8p, Sun at 2p
Tue 22nd at 8p and Wed 23rd at 2p
Starring: Christopher Bonewitz, Elizabeth A. Davis, Jared Houseman, Jenny Ledel, and Misty Foster Venters
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By the time she was 30, Emily Dickinson had so isolated herself from the world that she never left the house and rarely accepted visitors. Many have hypothesized why. This play looks at the different events and relationships in Emily's life, and presents these as possible pieces to the puzzle. It offers Emily's poetic voice as a glimpse of her true self, her passionate spirituality, vigorous intellect, courageous sense of humor, and wounded heart.
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School group discounts and tours available email our education director at firebonetheatre@gmail.com
"Open Mic" Poetry Night - Thursday Sept. 17th
Talkback with the playwright - Saturday Sept. 19th, Thursday Sept. 24th
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CHRIS CRAGIN (FBT Resident Playwright) Chris was born in the Philippines, and spent her childhood in Hong Kong and China before returning to Oklahoma where she spent her teenage and college years. While earning her MFA in Stage Directing from Baylor University, she found her true artistic passion, playwriting. Chris has written six full length plays including A War in a Manger (commissioned and given a "first look presentation" by Art Within Theatre in Atlanta), Emily (upcoming Production at Acacia Theatre in Milwaukee, workshopped at Pacific Theatre in Vancouver), Deadheading Roses (produced by Firebone Theatre at The Lamb's in Times Square and Acacia Theatre, and published by Original Works Publishing), Debutantes Anonymous (workshopped at The Lamb's Theatre), The River Nun (developed at The Public EWG), and Lady of the Dunes. Chris also has six one act plays: Milking Success (Actor's Theatre of Louisville Semi-Finalist and MWTC finalist), Peanut Butter or Soy (Produced at Baylor University), Pankhurst (Produced at Baylor University), Nathaniel, Dig (The Public EWG retreat), and Port Authority (The Public EWG retreat). Chris is a proud member of the inaugural Emerging Writer's Group at The Public Theatre. |
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LISTEN to Chris' interview |
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CAST
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Christopher Bonewitz (Newton/Williamson) - Chris recently played Reynaldo in The Public Theatre's Hamlet. He was in Trinity Repertory's Richard III and A Christmas Carol. At the Trinity Trinity Rep Consortium he played Aeneas in Dido, Queen of Carthage, Lucentio in the Taming of the Shrew, Joseph M. Lonely in House of Gold, Orsino in Twelfth Night, Leonard Pumpkin in Hydriotaphia, and Betty/Edward in Cloud Nine. At The Peterborough Players Chris performed in A Wrinkle In Time, The Nightengale, and The Return of the Prodigal. Chris studied at the Tufts University Theatre Department and the Moscow Art Theatre School. |
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Elizabeth A. Davis (Emily) - Elizabeth performed as Curley's Wife in Of Mice and Men at Urban Stages, Varya in The Cherry Orchard and Barbara in the premiere of Arthur Giron's The Coffee Trees at Theatre Row. She played Ismene at Theatre 315. She played Maybell in a reading of Tomorrow at HB Studios with Romulus Linney and Horton Foote. She played Judy in the premiere of William Mastrosimone's Dirty Business, Sister James in DOUBT at the Gulfshore Playhouse. At The Cleveland playhouse Elizabeth played Stella in A Streetcar Named Desire, Hilda in Room Service, and Leonide in Triumph of Love, and she understudied Lisa in WELL directed by Leigh Silverman. At the Great Lakes Shakespeare Festival she played Alice in You Can't Take It With You and Anne Page in The Merry Wives of Windsor. Elizabeth can also be seen as Joanne in Fox's Fringe. |
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Jared Houseman (Austin/Mr. Dickinson) - Jared has trained with various teachers, schools and companies both in the USA and Australia. Theater credits include; The Woman, Uncle Vanya, The Tamer Tamed, Alphabet City V (NY); Scarecrow, The Great Pretenders, Halal El Mashakel, Lawyer!Lawyer!, Unpeople, Key To The Mystic Halls Of Time (Australia). Film and TV credits include The Hard Sell and Geoffrey Bagel, All Saints, Love my way. He has also co-written, directed and acted in the films; A Snake’s Tale and Geoffrey Bagel (‘Best Foreign Film’ at the Bluegrass Independent Film Festival, USA).
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Jenny Ledel (Sue/Mrs. Dickinson) - New York Theater: Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing at The Loft Theatre, Hero in Much Ado About Nothing at Hudson Warehouse, Sue in Emily(Staged Reading) at The Public Theater, Diana/Daughter in Pericles (Staged Reading) at Blackpaw Theater Company, Irina in SPAKE for EBE Ensemble (Staged Reading). Regional Theater: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Cyrano de Bergerac, The Daisy Bradford 3, MacBeth, and Beauty and the Beast, at Texas Shakespeare Festival. Abigail in The Crucible and Una in Blackbird, both at WaterTower Theater. Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, Miranda in The Tempest, Phebe in As You Like It for Shakespeare Dallas. Lisa in The Glory of Living and Lisabette in Anton in Showbusiness for Second Thought Theatre. Dallas/FT Worth Critics Forum Award Winner, Best Actress. FILM: Red Shirt and Karma Police. Commercial/Industrial: Radio Shack, Bennigans Sport, Shakespeare Dallas, URTA, Bank of America, AT&T, and JCPenney, The History Channel. TV: One Tree Hill.
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Misty Foster Venters (Vinnie/Sophia) - Misty toured through Europe with the American Drama Group as Tiny Tim and the Ghost of Christmas Past in, A Christmas Carol. Other credits include, Celia in As You Like It with Hudson Shakespeare Company, Sophie in Star Spangled Girl with Tri-State Actors Theater and Alais in Lion in the Winter and Karen in Speed the Plow with Dorset Theater Festival. Misty is also the Educational Director at Manhattan Children's Theater as well as head acting teacher for children there and at other venues. She is also actively involved in the singer/songwriter world and can be heard as part of the Matt Singer band and as an independent songwriter. Misty is thankful for God's grace and mercy and for her loving husband and family's patience and support.
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CREATIVE TEAM
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Kimi Nikaidoh (Choreographer) - Miss Nikaidoh received her training from the National Ballet School, the School of American Ballet and Patricia and Tanju Tuzer. In 2000, she received awards in ballet and jazz from the National Foundation for the Advancement of the Arts. She was a member of the Bruce Wood Dance Company from 2000-’04 and Complexions Contemporary Ballet from ’05-’08. Miss Nikaidoh has set work on North Carolina Dance Theater and choreographed for Tuzer Ballet, Complexions Contemporary Ballet and the Columbia Ballet Collaborative.
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Josh Liebert (Sound Design) credits include: Broadway - Irena's Vow (Assist. Sound Design) Off-Broadway: Sessions (The Algonquin) Refuge of Lies (The Lion) Unrelated People (The Wild Project, Upright Citezen’s Brigade); Every Girl Gets Her Man (Jouissance Theatre) The Distance From Here (Montclair State University); Ice Glen, King John, The Taming of the Shrew, Martha Mitchell Calling, Kerfol (Shakespeare & Company); The Storm (Walking the Dog Theatre); One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Veronica’s Room (Studio Players); Beauty and the Beast, Phantom, Noises Off, Always Patsy Cline; (Cumberland County Playhouse); He holds an MFA from CCM (the College-Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati).
Rachelle Beckerman (Lighting and Scene Design) Rachelle has assisted Ursula Belden with On Naked Soil at Theatre for the New City, Kim Schultz’s The F Trip, and is currently working on Elizabeth Audley’s All Over for the NY Fringe Festival. She has worked with the Warner en Consorten in Amsterdam and been entered in the Prague Quadrennial of Scenography. She studied with Ursula Belden and Michael Lincoln at Ohio University where she received her MFA in design. She studied at Central St. Martins College of Art and Design in London under the guidance of Michael Spencer and Emma Bernard.
Victoria Depew (Costume Design) designed Around The World in 80 Days and Hercules for the Berkshire Theatre Festival. The Merry Wives of Windsor, Puree, and In Arabia We’d All Be Kings for Rutgers Theatre. Marshall’s Law, Mrs. Henderson’s Cat, and Lobby Hero for the Jameson Project, and Six Hands Six Feet for Dance Plus
Hayli Henderson (Assistant Director) Hayli received her BFA in Acting from Meadows School of the Arts at Southern Methodist University. Her recent acting credits include Sleeping Beauty at the Seoul Performing Arts Festival in South Korea, and Jane Bennet in Pride and Prejudice at the Dallas Theater Center directed by Stan Wojewodski. Hayli also appeared in the Buenos Aires in Translation Festival at P.S. 122. |
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