Blackberry Winter

PLAYWRIGHT
Steve Yockey

DIRECTOR
Ariel Fristoe

Co-Production with
Out Of Hand Theater

November 6-22, 2015

When memory fades, love endures.

SYNOPSIS

A National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere

Vivienne struggles with caring for her mother, an Alzheimer’s patient whose condition is showing signs of deterioration. In some of Yockey’s most poignant writing to date, she confesses and confronts the myriad challenges of caring for someone who is vanishing slowly before her very eyes.

"...EXPERIENCE AT LEAST ONE YOCKEY SHOW IN YOUR LIFETIME."

– The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

"A FIERCELY IMAGINATIVE AND FINELY TUNED VOICE."

– San Francisco Chronicle

“AN UNFAILINGLY DELIGHTFUL JAUNT.”

– Washington City Paper

Cast & Creative Team

carolyn cook

vivienne avery

christian pollak

u/s gray mole

maia knispel

white egret

joe sykes

gray mole

DIRECTOR

ARIEL FRISTOE

SCENIC DESIGNER

KAT CONLEY

COSTUME DESIGNERS

ISABEL AND MORIAH CURLEY-CLAY

LIGHTING DESIGNER

BEN TILLEY

COMPOSER AND SOUND DESIGNER

HADDON KIME

ANIMATION DESIGNER

MARISA GINGER TONTAVEETONG

ANIMATION BACKGROUND DESIGNER

SHIR WEN SUN

ANIMATION CHARACTER DESIGNER

ASHLEY LOVE

ANIMATION CHARACTER DESIGNER

AI ZHANG

STAGE MANAGER

MAUREEN DOWNS

ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER

CAITLIN CAIN

PROJECTIONIST

JON SUMMERS

CHOREOGRAPHER

BECCA POTTER

TECHNICAL DIRECTOR

ENGLISH BRACKETT

PRODUCTION ELECTRICIAN

TOM PRIESTER

ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER

ELIZA CRAFT

CASTING DIRECTOR

SHEILA OLIVER

CASTING ASSOCIATE

JUSTIN KALIN

CHARGE SCENIC ARTIST

AMANDA NERBY

WIG DESIGNER

LAMONT SAMUELS

RUNNING TIME

Two hours with one intermission

CONTENT ADVISORY

Audience Advisory: This production contains full nudity, strong adult language and descriptions and depictions of sensitive and intense issues and situations. For more detailed information about potential trigger warnings, please click HERE

SEATING

There is open seating for this production.

PERFORMANCES

Previews

May 12 & 13 at 8 pm

Opening Night

May 14 at 8 pm

Regular Performances

May 14 – June 12, 2022
Wednesdays – Saturdays at 8 pm
Sundays at 2 pm

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