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TheNorthPool Poster

By Paul Downs Colaizzo
Directed by James Yost

A contemporary drama that pushes the edges and embraces the harsh reality of today's youth. At an elite university, when the party of the year results in the regret of a lifetime, one person will stop at nothing to salvage a future that is suddenly slipping away. In this quick-witted and gripping comic tragedy about 'Generation Me,' it's every man for himself.

"Playwright Paul Downs Colaizzo's wry campus comedy about hookups and college keggers gradually pivoted and transformed into a spiky drama about the fallout of drunken sex and allegations of rape. Amid discarded red Solo cups and cases of Pabst Blue Ribbon, the play offered up a field guide of undergrad idiocy. Director James Yost put his excellent cast through their paces, shifting from easygoing bro banter to something far more sinister with a focus on suspect motives and sexual politics. The play narrowed its eyes at the millennial generation while simultaneously serving them up on a platter as if to say: 'Here are the men and women of your future, America. This is what you have wrought.'" - Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune

The Artists

Chicago Tribune's Nina Metz names REALLY REALLY one of the  BEST of 2015

CAST

Kristen Magee - Leigh
Ben TeBockhorst - Davis
Tommy Beardmore - Jimmy
Michael Holding - Cooper
Amanda Lipinski - Grace
Maurice Demus - Johnson
Sarah Gise - Haley

UNDERSTUDIES

Corinne Natyshak - Leigh
Clifford Nunley - Davis/Jimmy
Jin Park - Grace

 

PRODUCTION TEAM

Carrie Brandt technical director
Milo Buemaster carpenter
Claire Chrzan lighting design
Samantha Dzirko production manager
Shawn Galligan stage manager
Noël Huntzinger costume design
Jeff Kmeic scenic design
Christopher Knarr assistant stage manager
Christopher M. LaPorte sound design
Georgette Verdin assistant director
Eric Vigo master electrician/run crew
Claire Yearman fight director

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