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Past Retro Productions:
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Accolades:
Kristen Vaughan WINNER Outstanding Actress in a Lead Role, 2011 for Retro Productions' BENEFACTORS at the New York Innovative Theater Awards! Heather E.
Cunningham's
performance in Retro Productions
Still Life by Emily
Mann was chosen as Marc Miller's
"Performances to Remember, 2007" for Back Stage
East! "I’m off to one of my favorite theater companies: Retro Productions, which unearths plays from the distant past and mounts them in the cozy confines of the Spoon Theatre." - Peter Filichia, theatremania.com "Retro Productions is a force of nature, with such strength it blew me away... Truth, honesty, and great chops, it's everything that is great about American theatre." - Heather McAllister, nytheatre.com "Retro Productions, one of
the Off-Off Broadway’s best kept secrets, has been wowing
those
in the know with one stellar production after another. And [they] just keeps getting better and better." - Edward Rubin, nytheatre-wire.com Just Closed: Retro Productions is pleased to present
Directed by Peter Zinn May 11-25, 2013 Set Designers...Jack and Rebecca Cunningham *Appearing courtesy of Actors' Equity Association.
"Retro Productions presents a heart-wrenching interpretation of Peter Nichols’ A Day in the Death of Joe Egg. If you haven’t had the chance to see this play and have always wanted to, this would be the production to see... The design of the show is delightful... The set design by Jack and Rebecca Cunningham
is simple and ingenious... They effectively transformed a stage
into a living room and a living room back into a stage. Ben Phillip’s costume design fit not only into the era but worked with the set itself... Sound design by Jeanne Travis
was subtle but effective in evoking the era and juxtaposing moments of
great tension with innocent songs, underlining the perversity of this
play. "Wow. This production takes place on a groovy-colored set (designed by Jack and Rebecca Cunningham) that is aware of its own flatness... The amazing actors move as though aware they're putting on a show. Innocent songs like "Tiptoe Through the Tulips" recall an era (is it really over?) of classism and discrimination. A DAY IN THE DEATH OF JOE EGG is a dark comedy about a couple trying to deal with the hardest kind of parenthood; their only daughter Josephine has cerebral palsy, is wheelchair bound and can not communicate. Bri and Sheila's marriage is on the brink from the stress of Joe's afflictions, her grandmother Grace opines how "lovely if she was running about," and their friends Pam and Freddy drop by hoping to encourage them to be a little selfish and put Joe in a proper facility. But by the end of the night Bri is having morbid fantasies and no one is left "sitting about like Joe Egg." JOE EGG is a dark comedy, and while there are no sexually explicit or violent scenes, parents may want to consider if their children's sense of humor is mature enough to understand the dark nature of the comedy. Click here to read more about the cast and staff of JOE EGG.
This production will particpate in Special Thanks to our concessions sponsor: Grown Up Soda!
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This program has been made possible in part through the sponsorship of The Field. |
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