By Wendy MacLeod (The House Of Yes)
Directed by Moritz von Stuelpnagel
Stage Manager: Alex Mark*
Stage Directions: Brielle Silvestri
Featuring
Matt D’Amico*, Richmond Hoxie*, Chris Kipniak*, Susie Pourfar*, Patricia Randell*, Matthew Wilkas*, Gameela Wright*
*Appears courtesy of the Actors Equity Association
Story
In the far-off land of academia, Diane and Jesse arrive at a dessert party only to discover there are no hosts. The kitchen’s a mess, young children have been left to put beans up their nose, a cat-eating dog is on the loose and they’re the only ones there to greet the guests. Maya, a visiting African-American writer, and the party’s nominal honoree, brings a message for Diane about a job in New York. The party ends in disaster, hilarity, and burnt bridges and with Diane’s decision to stay or go.
More about the play
The Groaning Board had a closed-door reading at Steppenwolf Theatre Company. APAC’s 15/20s series is the first public reading.
WENDY MACLEOD’S The House of Yes has been produced at Soho Rep, The Maxim Gorki Theater in Berlin, The Gate Theater in London, and The Washington Shakespeare Company. It became an award-winning Miramax film starring Parker Posey in 1997, earning a Special Jury Award at Sundance. MacLeod’s other plays include: Juvenilia (Playwrights Horizons), The Water Children (Playwrights Horizons; L.A.’s Matrix Theatre), Things Being What They Are (Seattle Rep.; Steppenwolf; Bay Street Theater), and Sin and Schoolgirl Figure (both premiered at The Goodman, Chicago). A New Dramatist alumna and a graduate of the Yale School of Drama, she is the James E. Michael playwright-in-residence at her alma mater, Kenyon College, and has been a guest professor at Exeter University in the U.K. and Northwestern University’s film and theater departments. wendymacleod.com
How to see the reading
When: Thursday, December 9th @ 7:00pm
Where: Good Shepherd United Methodist Church, 30-44 Crescent Street Astoria, NY 11102 Take the N/Q to 30th Avenue, walk west on 30th Ave (the train you just got off was heading north–walk towards the city) and take a left on Crescent St. Take your first right onto 30th Road. Enter second set of red doors on your left.
ADMISSION IS FREE
For reservations, please email: [email protected] or call 718-393-7505.
