COME BACK, LITTLE SHEBA
DIRECTED BY JACK CUMMINGS III
The Gym at Judson
243 Thompson St at West 4th St
Performed in rotating repertory with Picnic
In an old and cluttered house in the middle west in their middle age, a couple lives one day to the next: Lola, breathless with fear of silence and solitude, and Doc a recovering alcoholic. Into their tired lives comes Marie, their boarder, so flush with the riches of her youth that they can no longer deny how they spent their own. Their fragile acceptance of their own stifling reality is suddenly and brutally tested as Inge mercilessly exposes the pain and regret of the past that can be unmasked by the mere presence of youth and possibility of the future. Inge’s famous play Come Back, Little Sheba, explores the endless and inevitable disappointments of the ever-seductive American promise through sex, joy, doubt, addiction, and rage.
Cast
John Cariani
Hannah Elless
David Greenspan
Joseph Kolinski
Heather Mac Rae
David T. Patterson
Jennifer Piech
Jay Russell
Rowan Vickers
Creative Team
Jack Cummings III
Director
Francesca James
Associate Director
Dan O’Driscoll
Fight Director
Dane Laffrey
Set Design
Ásta Bennie Hostetter
Costume Design
R. Lee Kennedy
Lighting Designer
Miles Polaski
Sound Designer
Michael John LaChiusa
Original Music
Nora Brennan Casting
Casting
Ben Andersen
Production Stage Manager