LUNCHBOX THEATRE PRESENTS A PRODUCTION PERFORMED BY EAST 15 GRADUATE YEAR STUDENTS:
WED 9 JUNE @ 7:30PM FRI 11 JUNE @ 2:30PM FRI 11 JUNE @ 7:30PM
WRITTEN BY | BRANDEN JACOBS-JENKINS DIRECTED BY | ANGELA EKAETTE MICHAELS
BRIDEWELL THEATRE BRIDE LANE | FLEET STREET | LONDON | EC4Y 8EQ 020 7353 3331 | sbf.org.uk
MFA ACTING & MFA ACTING INTERNATIONAL PRESENTS APPROPRIATE WRITTEN BY | BRANDEN JACOBS-JENKINS DIRECTED BY | ANGELA EKAETTE MICHAELS
ABOUT THE SHOW
It’s 2011. Arkansas. Old wounds reignited. Tensions mount. Mount. A family battles their different truths.
In the heat of the summer the Lafayette family reunites to manage the sale of their late father’s plantation home. Full of years of accumulated junk the house speaks of buried memories, ghosts of what has gone before. In this fast-paced play, everything they believed about themselves is thrown into chaos when the past brutally collides with the present, revealing a secret legacy that challenges them to question who they really are.
RUNNING TIME 135 MINUTES (INCLUDES A 15 MINUTE INTERVAL)
AGE RATING: 15+ CONTENT WARNINGS STRONG LANGUAGE, SUGGESTED DRUG USE, SIMULATED MASTURBATION, DISCUSSIONS OF RACISM AND USE OF STRONG RACISTS INSULTS OF AN ANTISEMITIC NATURE
New York Premiere originally produced by: Signature Theatre, New York City: James Houghton | Founding Artistic Director Erika Mallin | Executive Director World premiere production in the 2013 Humana Festival of New American Plays at Actors Theatre of Louisville and at the Victory Gardens Theater, Chicago, IL: Chay Yew | Artistic Director Chris Mannelli | Interim Managing Director APPROPRIATE, recipient of the Sundance Institute Tennessee Williams Award, was developed, in part, at the 2011 Sundance Institute Playwrights Retreat at UCross Foundation and at the 2012 Sundance Institute Theatre Lab at the Sundance Resort with the Sundance Institute | Time Warner Fellowship Program. APPROPRIATE was developed, in part, at Vineyard Arts Project: Ashley Melone, Founder and Artistic Director.
CAST
SHAYLA THARP LOGAN CHASE HAYLEY PILKINGTON ABBIE LEVISON TONI FRANZ RIVER CASSIDY
CAROLINE CALEB LEAL STEFAN KENT MADISON HAUGLAND CROMWELL RHYS BO RACHEL AINSLEY
TO VIEW SPOTLIGHT PAGES FOR THE ACTORS PLEASE VISIT EAST15.AC.UK/ALUMNI
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
ANGELA EKAETTE MICHAELS is a freelance theatre director and co-founder of Tell Tarra Theatre, who have showcased at the Albany, Ovalhouse and Royal Court Theatre, directing full productions of Fathers & Sons and King of the Castle by JB Rose, at the Albany and Hackney Empire.
Other credits include a highly successful adaptation of The Merchant of Venice by Ashley Joseph for Studio 3 Arts; excerpts from Chiggerfoot Boys by Patricia Cumper and Sankara by Elizabeth Alabi at the National Theatre Studio; The Tragedian - a one man show about Ira Aldridge by Glen Wilson at Rich Mix, Canada Water Theatre and Basle; Futebol (devised physical theatre piece about Artur Friedenreich, the first black professional football player in Brazil) for Greenwich & Docklands International Festival and national tour; Identity by Paul Morris at Tristan Bates. For Half Moon Angela directed national tours of Look to the Sky by Courttia Newland; Begin/End by David Lane and We are Shadows & Locked In by Fin Kennedy.
Angela has directed many R&D processes and showcases, most recently Mami Wata by Elizabeth Alabi (The Bush) and Red Dirt by Patricia Cumper (Arcola). As Associate Director at Half Moon, she enjoyed developing cross art-form pieces as part of a three-year programme with diverse artists such as Jean ‘Binta’ Breeze, Temujin Gill and Tanika Gupta. Internationally her work has taken her to the Bursa International Theatre Festival in Turkey and Berlin.
Angela has also directed for Identity Drama School, Drama studio London, University of Greenwich and Goldsmiths’ College. She is passionate about the power of theatre to inspire and provoke change.
ABOUT THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
CARA SULLIVAN is a second year MFA Directing student and is slated to direct Sylvia by AR Gurney in Atlanta, GA for her thesis. Past credits include: Stonewater Rapture by Doug Wright, Trifles by Susan Glaspell, and helped with East 15’s International Play Festival. Appropriate is her final show at East 15 and she couldn’t be prouder of the cast and crew for their hard work and dedication. She would also like to thank her parents, Jackie and Charlie, for constantly supporting her dream no matter what! Enjoy the show!
CREATIVE &
TECHNICAL TEAM
DIRECTOR ANGELA EKAETTE MICHAELS ASSISTANT DIRECTOR CARA SULLIVAN SET DESIGNER TARA USHER COSTUME DESIGNER MILA SANDERS COSTUME SUPERVISOR EMILY DOLAN COSTUME ASSISTANTS MARIA KEENAN | IMMY MASON STAGE MANAGER BETH ALSFORD DEPUTY STAGE MANAGER ELLE KILCULLEN ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGERS LEWIS MOTE | MEGAN BURCHELL SOUND COORDINATOR JAKE WAKSTEIN SOUND ASSISTANTS NG (RONG JOE) | JASMINE KINT LIGHTING DESIGNER PHIL HAMILTON LIGHTING COORDINATOR DAN CREWS LIGHTING ASSISTANT S HOLLY MATHER | TEOLAI HANSEN CARPENTER ALAN BOWER SHOP ASSISTANTS LOTTIE DENBY | ALICE REDDICK | ZEENA AVARI STAGE MANAGEMENT SUPERVISORS HANNAH CAMPAGNA & RACHEL DIXON PRODUCTION MANAGER FAYE WILLIAMS ASSISTANT PRODUCTION MANAGER MATT THURSFIELD VOICE COACH COLIN SADLER FIGHT DIRECTION MARCIN RUDY
HEAD OF MFA ACTING (INTERNATIONAL) ROBIN SNELLER HEAD OF STAGE & ALEX PURSER PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT
The Bridewell Theatre opened in 1994, breathing new life and purpose into a long derelict Victorian swimming pool. The theatre is now run as a Receiving House, allowing Professional, Amateur, Schools and Colleges, a central London, Off West End venue to present their productions. Additionally, since 2005, we are home to Lunchbox Theatre, a bite sized slot where local City workers can bring their own food and drink and enjoy a forty five minute theatrical performance, For further details on forthcoming productions see www.sbf.org.uk or call 020 7353 3331.