2008-2009 Season
Alabama, Alabama
Alabama, from Alabama but not in Alabama anymore, sits by a fountain during the hottest day of the year, relaxing with his dog Tulip, the biggest dog you have ever seen. Depressed, lonely, and slowly losing his mind, Alabama finds himself talking to a teenage boy who he is pretty sure is not real. Torn between his desire to return to the comforting memories of Alabama or to embrace his complicated and painful reality, he finds momentary solace in the most unlikely of places.
- Kaki Burns.......................................Tulip
- Ted Powell................................Alabama
- Peter Danzig....................................Boy
- Victoria Frings............................Woman
- Cara Blouin...............................Director
- Darnelle Radford.....................Producer
- Daniel Student......................Playwright
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- JUNE 19 - 8pm
Plays and Players Theater
1714 Delancey Place
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Hugging The Shoulder
An intense, 90-minute play centering on a young man who kidnaps his older brother and takes him on a grueling road trip to conquer his heroin addiction. Mile after mile their relationship is stretched to the limit as the two brothers' repressed memories and hidden motivations are mercilessly exposed. Hugging the Shoulder is a play about the tragedy of missed opportunities. It explores the relationship between addiction and love, and is a plea for us to do what sometimes is the hardest thing of all: to forgive ourselves.
- Ted Powell..........................................Jeremy
- Nicholas Troy.....................................Derrick
- Erikka Walsh......................................Christy
- Christiana Moldrem..........Lighting Designer
- James Jackson....................Sound Designer
- Kateland Goldsborough......Stage Manager
- Brian Grace-Duff..................Set Design
- Bill McIlhenny......................Construction
- Jamie Grace-Duff.................Costume Design
- Noah Mazaika.....................Photographer
- FEB 19 - 8pm
- FEB 20 - 8pm
- FEB 21 - 8pm
- FEB 22 - 2pm
- FEB 26 - 8pm
- FEB 27 - 8pm
- FEB 28 - 8pm
- MAR 1 - 2pm
- MAR 5 - 8pm
- MAR 6 - 8pm
- MAR 7 - 8pm
- MAR 8 - 2pm
Walnut St. Theatre, Studio 5
825 Walnut St
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Written by: Jerrod Bogard
Directed by: Bill Egan
"...Bogard's script displays
the subtlety of a mature
Sam Shepard play..."
-- offoffonline.com
"original, moving,
and worth its weight in gold."
-- SoCal.com
"Bogard artfully juxtaposes noble needs such as love and security with baser cravings,"
-- showmag.com