Event

EASTERN STANDARD

BWC, in association with Sandbox Artist's Collective, presents a workshop production of Tony-award winning playwright Richard Greenberg's EASTERN STANDARD, directed by Kathryn Van Meter.

The play takes place in 1987 in the bustling metropolis of New York City. In a trendy Manhattan restaurant, Stephen (CT Doescher*), a very successful architect, is having lunch with his best friend, Drew (Nick Garrison*), a rising avant-garde artist. At an adjacent table sits the unrequited object of Stephen's affection, Phoebe (Alexandra Tavares*), who is herself a shrewd and successful stock broker. As they watch Phoebe, her television executive brother Peter (Jadd Davis*) joins her, bringing with him some disturbing news. After several raucous episodes involving a schizophrenic bag lady, May (Gretchen Krich*) and a long-suffering actress/waitress, Ellen (Ashley FitzSimmons) the four characters meet and strike up an unlikely friendship.

A month later, all six assemble at Stephen's beach house, determined to get away from the craziness of the city and make some sense out of their relationships and careers. Inevitably, this leads to a series of very funny yet compelling incidents in which various relationships, non-relationships, mistaken motives, and often shaky alliances are cleverly set forth and examined.

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performances are
MON Apr 26 7:30pm
TUE Apr 27

SUN May 2
MON May 3
TUE May 4

at the Center House Theatre Black Box space, which shares a lobby with the Center House Theatre (where Seattle Shakespeare Company and Book-It Repertory Theatre perform) on the first floor of Center House in Seattle Center.

Suggested donation.

Eastern Standard is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists' Play Service, Inc., New York.

*member of Actors Equity Association. This is an AEA Members' Project Code presentation.