.....................A Mysterious Way. -. Emily -. .Song of the Bow
PAST PROJECTS
.....................Refuge of Lies ..-...The Actor ..-...Flight...- ..Deadheading Roses. -..Miguel Manara
IN DEVELOPMENT
.....................Forgiving Typhoid Mary .- The Khrusty Brothers. .|...SUPPORT US ..| ..ABOUT US...
by Horton Foote
Directed by Steve Day
Set, Lighting, and Costume
Design by Steve Day
A life-affirming and truthful play… it makes us want to stand up and cheer.
.....– The Chicago Critic
One of playwright Horton Foote's most affecting explorations of the family.
.....- Theatremania
Set in the middle of the Great Depression, The Actor tells the story of 15-year-old Horace, who wants to go to acting school. His parents, however, want him to receive a college education and find a stable job. Faced with conflicting expectations, Horace must defend his choice not only to his family, but to his friends and his hometown in Texas.
Artistic Associate:
Horton Foote, Playwright
Horton Foote has had numerous plays produced on Broadway and Off-Broadway. They include plays like Getting Frankie Married—and Afterwards, which received its world premiere at South Coast Repertory in 2002, The Carpetbagger's Children, Last of the Thortons, The Chase, The Trip to Bountiful, The Habitation of Dragons, Night Seasons, Tomorrow, The Orphan's Home Cycle (Roots in a Parched Ground, Convicts, Lily Dale, The Widow Claire, Courtship, Valentine's Day, 1918, Cousins, The Death of Papa), Dividing the Estate, Talking Pictures, The Roads to Home, Laura Dennis, Vernon Early and many one-act plays. He won a Pulitzer Prize for Drama The Young Man From Atlanta. The Goodman Theatre production that was presented on Broadway in New York City in 1997 was nominated for Best Play. Foote received two Academy Awards, one for his adaptation of To Kill a Mockingbird and another for his original screenplay Tender Mercies.
