Downstairs
PLAYWRIGHT
Theresa Rebeck
DIRECTOR
Donya K. Washington
November 6 – December 1, 2019
A Hitchcockian thriller about casting out your demons and mending the past.
SYNOPSIS
Irene is content, slow to anger and quick to forgive — that is, until her brother Teddy comes to live in her basement. She must split herloyalty between her controlling, volatile husband and the
unstable kid brother who needs her. When Teddy tries to convince Irene to stand up to her
husband once and for all, demons from the past emerge to peel back layers of dark family secrets
long buried but now pushing this uneasy family to the brink. From the writer of AE hits Seminar and Mauritius comes a Hitchcockian thriller about casting out your demons and mending the past.
"A WELL-CONSTRUCTED PLAY OF WHIPSAW MOODS."
– New York Times
"A VERY EXCEPTIONAL THRILLER."
– The Telegraph
"BRILLIANT."
– Daily Beast
Cast & Creative Team
Mary Lynn Owen
Irene
Tanyah Hope Anderson
U/S Irene
Josh Hudson
U/S Teddy
Travis Smith
Teddy
Caitlyn Shiner
U/S Irene
Eliott Grenier
U/S Gerry
Bill Murphey
Gerry
TJ Ruth
U/S Teddy
DIRECTOR
Donya K. Washington
SCENIC DESIGNERS
Isabel and Moriah Curley-Clay
Stage Manager
Caitlin Cain
LIGHTING DESIGNER
Ben Rawson
Costume Designer
April Andrew
Sound Designer
Chris Lane
PROPERTIES DESIGNER
Kathy Ellsworth
Assistant Lighting Designer/Master Electrician
Cody Evins
Assistant Sound Designer
Jeremiah Davison
ASSISTANT COSTUME DESIGNER
Nicole Clockel
Scenic Charge Artist
Abby Delainy Earle
Assistant Director
Kayla Parker
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
Andrew Sabonis-Chafee
Assistant Stage Manager
Mahala Dawn
Scenic Carpenter
Zack Georgian
CASTING DIRECTOR
Sheila Oliver
Casting Associate
Justin Kalin
REEDS
NOAH VECE
PERCUSSION
J.R. HAWKINS
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
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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