Witty and kinetic, this sweet and stylish play explores the universal obstacle of love—from pickup to hookup to boredom to boredom, breakup, or bliss. A revival of one of 2ndStage’s first hits from one of Canada's most well-know and innovative playwrights.
2ndStage is Studio’s playground for emerging artists, offering innovative and thrillingly eclectic programming with shorter rehearsal periods and smaller budgets than our other productions, with a spirit of exuberance and experiment.
Studio Theatre dedicated the 2012-2013 Season to the memory of Jaylee M. Mead, whose generous contribution made its plays possible.
Daniel MacIvor was born in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. He is a stalwart of the Canadian theatre scene, having written or directed numerous productions including The Best Brothers, See Bob Run, Wild Abandon, Marion Bridge, This Is A Play, The Soldier Dreams, You Are Here, How It Works, A Beautiful View, Communion, Bingo!, and the solo performance pieces House, Here Lies Henry, Monster, Cul-de-sac and This is What Happens Next. This production marks the fourth time Studio has presented his work; previous productions include 2-2 Tango (1992); In On It, in which he also starred; and A Beautiful View, which he also directed. His work has been translated into French, Portuguese, Spanish, Czech, German, and Japanese. He is the recipient of a GLAAD Award, Village Voice OBIE Award, Governor General’s Literary Award for Drama, Jessie Richardson Award for Best New Play, and the Siminovitch Prize in Theatre. MacIvor is currently Playwright in Residence at Tarragon Theatre in Toronto.
(As of April 2013)
OFF-BROADWAY: Gutta Beautiful at New Federal Theatre, The Bear at H.E.R.E. REGIONAL: A Raisin in the Sun at Crossroads Theatre, Topdog /Underdog for Luna Stage, Public Ghosts/ Private Stories at the George Street Playhouse, The Piano Lesson for The African Globe, My Children! My Africa! at Luna Stage, Waiting to be Invited for The Black Theatre Troupe. LOCAL: Venus at Howard University, Passing Strange at Howard University, Old Settler for The African Continuum Theatre Company, New Kid for Imagination Stage. AWARDS: New York Drama League Directing Fellowship. Folger Theatre Acting Fellowship, and the Princess Grace Grant for Dance. TEACHING: Howard University and Duke Ellington School of the Arts. TRAINING: BFA, Howard University/ MFA Rutgers University
(As of April 2013)
STUDIO: Invisible Man (U/S) REGIONAL: A Christmas Carol, Goodman: Yellowman, Rep Stage; You Can't Take it With You, Everyman; Take Me Out, Theater Alliance Winston-Salem; West Side Story 50th Anniv., Ravinia Festival; Two Gentleman of Verona, School House Rock, Roanoke Festival LOCAL: Our Town, Fords; Reals, Theatre Alliance; Ramayana, Constellation; Framed, National Gallery of Art EDUCATION: University of North Carolina School of the Arts.
(As of April 2013)
Alex Mills returns to Studio Theatre after performances in Wig Out!, Torch Song Trilogy, and Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson. Local credits include Shakespeare’s R&J at Signature Theatre and A Tale of Two Cities, The Man in the Iron Mask, Three Men in a Boat (to say nothing of the dog) (Helen Hayes Nomination: Outstanding Supporting Actor), Antony and Cleopatra, Othello (Helen Hayes-nominated Outstanding Lead Actor), and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Helen Hayes-nominated Outstanding Supporting Actor) at Synetic Theater.
(As of July 2017)
STUDIO THEATRE: Debut. Ms. Bannon is a theatre artist who conceives, write, and original work. NEW YORK: A Man of Wealth and Taste, Drinking Ink-A Portrait in Ten Parts, Cornfield, Puncture, and The Pod Project. LOCAL: Cornfield at Transformer Gallery, as an actor: Lips Together, Teeth Apart, Bay Theatre. INTERNATIONAL: Dancer: Doug Varone, Tere O’Connor and Lar Lubovitch (int’l touring). FILM: writer/director of Cornfield (short), currently developing a feature based on Cornfield. AWARDS:3 Princess Grace Awards, New York Dance and Performance (BESSIE) Award,The Martha Hill Prize. TEACHING: SUNY Purchase, Rutgers University, Movement Research. EDUCATION: Acting: Earle Gister, Richard Feldman, Michael Howard; BFA, The Juilliard School.
(As of May 2013)
REGIONAL: Dracula, Alice in Wonderland, Beauty and the Beast, Songs for a New World, 1776, Big River, Seussical Wizard of Oz, Forever Plaid. LOCAL: The Drowsy Chaperone, Italian American Reconciliation, The Temperamentals, Enchanted April, Minotaur, A Child Shall Lead Them: The Making of the Night of the Hunter, Reckless, Dreams in the Arms of the Binding Lady, Shakespeare Theatre Gala ’12 (Associate). TEACHING: University of Maryland, College Park. EDUCATION: MFA in Theatre Design, University of Maryland; BS in Theatre Design and Directing, Weber State University.
(As of May 2013)
LOCAL: Canterbury Tales, Pointless Theatre Company; The Show-Off, American Century Theatre; The Seagull, Everything in the Garden, and Gilgamesh, University of Maryland. ASSOCIATE/ASSISTANT DESIGN: Maryland Opera Studio, Theater J, Round House Theatre and Olney Theatre. EDUCATION: MFA, University of Maryland; BA, Florida State University.
(As of May 2013)
James Bigbee Garver's previous designs for Studio include the 2014 production of Cock, as well asThe Hard Problem, Mary-Kate Olsen is in Love, Moth, Skin Tight, 2-2 Tango, Contractions, Lungs, and assistant design for the Enda Walsh Festival (2011). In Washington, DC, his work has been heard at Signature Theatre, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, Folger Theatre, Round House Theatre, Theater J, Chamber Dance Project, and Georgetown University, among others. His Off Broadway credits include work at Theatre Row, Ballet Hispanico at The Apollo Theater, Brooklyn Academy of Music, PS-122, Harkness Dance Center at the 92nd Street Y, Joyce SoHo, Japan Society, and Robert Wilson's The Watermill Center. His installation and sound artwork have been on view at three Smithsonian museums (the Hirshhorn, National Museum of American History, and National Museum of Natural History), Lincoln Center’s Dance on Camera Festival, and the Bowdoin College Museum of Art. www.bigbee.org.
(As of January 2021)
UMD: Apple Falling, Triumph of Disruption, MFA Festival of New Works, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Associate Designer), The Old Settler, Vaudevival: Old is the new New, Going Viral, Minotaur (Associate Designer), Maryland Dance Ensemble, Counterpoint: Kré Kré Kré, and Herencia. LOCAL: Next Reflex Dance Collective’s Places in Space: Shadowmark, Dance Place. EDUCATION: MFA, University of Maryland, 2013.
(As of May 2013)