"SUITS AND TIES/SUITS AND CAPES" OPENS 7/23 OFF BROADWAY
Published 2010-07-21
American-born playwright T.S. Eliot said it best: "Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go." Bravo, Jonathan Brady.
Suits and Ties/Suits and Capes were both written by Jonathan Brady, but this is not their only common ground. Suits and Ties follows a group of friends struggling to hold on to their small company as it teeters on the brink of failure. As the pressure mounts, each person is forced to choose between personal loyalties and different ideas about what it takes to succeed in the world of business. Suits and Capes is a comedy about two young men who try to become superheroes and save the world from "The SoHo Strangler". They lack only one thing: super powers. Their circumstances teach them about risk, reward, triumph, failure and how to get your cape to flow just right.
Brady says he wrote both plays in order to investigate a few key questions. How do we make sense of risky decisions? What are the effects of stress on friendship? How important is it to be original? "I wanted to explore similar themes in different contexts, so that the audience could relate to them in different ways," says Brady. "Very few audience members will have had experience as a superhero, but most have worked in an office setting at some point and can identify with the less spectacular evils of that particular environment."
Turtle Shell Productions Artistic Director John Cooper is directing the show, which is Turtle Shell Productions 40th stage presentation since they began back in 2002. When asked why he chose to do both of Brady's works he said, "I was drawn to direct Suits and Ties/Suits and Capes because of the entertaining, smart writing and approach taken by Jonathan Brady in expressing with humor and incisive character depictions the universal theme of the individual daring to step outside the box in achieving unique, unexplored heights of accomplishment."
Attached to the shows are the following actors: Suits and Ties: Justin Bennett (Napoleon), Larry Bull (Frank), Duke Lafoon (Jay), Frederick J. Mayer (Inspector), M. Scott Mclean (Tom) and David Pegram (Charles). Suits and Capes: Christine Bullen (Reporter/Nurse/Victim 2) Samantha Cole (Kate), Andre Herzegovitch (SoHo Strangler), Zac Hoogendyk (Kenneth) and Ryan Michael Jones (Ray).
Cooper's production team includes Maegen Sacco (Stage Manager), Tori Depew (Scenic Designer)Stephen Sakowski (Lighting Designer), Erica Evans (Costume Designer), Rocco D'Santi (ProjectionDesigner), Josh Millican (Sound Designer), Zach T. Wright (Carpenter), Pat Lawrence and Eli Nassau (Production Assistants).
Suits and Ties and Suits and Capes opened in previews Thursday July 15th at 7PM. The show continues in previews Friday, July 16th at 8PM; Saturday, July 17th at 3PM; Sunday, July 18th at 5PM and Monday, July 19th at 7PM. The show opens Friday July 23rd at 8PM and has additional performances on Saturday, July 24th at 2PM; Sunday, July 25th at 5PM; Thursday, July 29th at 7PM; Friday, July 30th at 8PM; Saturday, July 31st at 3PM and Sunday, August 1st at 5PM.
All performances are at The Shell Theater, 300 W 43rd St., 4th Floor (between 8th & 9th Ave).
SUITS AND TIES and SUITS AND CAPES tickets and information
Archives
April, 2012
March, 2012
February, 2012
January, 2012
December, 2011
November, 2011
October, 2011
September, 2011
August, 2011
July, 2011
June, 2011
May, 2011
April, 2011
March, 2011
February, 2011
January, 2011
December, 2010
November, 2010
October, 2010
September, 2010
August, 2010
July, 2010
June, 2010
May, 2010
April, 2010
March, 2010
February, 2010
November, 2009
August, 2009
July, 2009
November, 2008
October, 2008
September, 2008
August, 2008
