By the Water
(NJ Premiere)
By Sharyn Rothstein
Directed by Adam Immerwahr
WHEN: July 16 - August 2 (Thursday, Friday & Saturday at 8 pm; Saturday & Sunday at 3 pm)
WHERE: Zella Fry Theatre, Vaughn Eames Hall, Kean University, 1000 Morris Avenue, Union
TICKETS: $15 for students, $20 for seniors, and $30 standard, with group discounts available.
Please call 908-737-SHOW (7469) or visit www.kean.edu/premierestages to purchase.
Hurricane Sandy wields its force upon the home of Marty and Mary Murphy, threatening to destroy not only the life they have built together but the neighborhood that they grew up in. Will Marty manage to save his neighborhood and his home, or are the secrets unearthed by the storm too powerful to overcome? Featuring Damian Buzzerio, Mike DiSalvo, Billy Finn, Deanna McGovern, Brian O’Neill, Sheila Stasack and Jo Twiss.
“The play is a testament to those local residents who were knocked down by the storm but refused to be beaten by it,” stated John J. Wooten, the producing artistic director of Premiere Stages. “With thousands still displaced, it also provides a powerful reminder that work remains to be done to ensure that our neighbors are not forgotten and continue to get the support they need.”
Please join Premiere Stages for our 2015 Talk-Back Series, featuring free post-show discussions after select matinee performances:
- Sunday, July 19 at 3 pm: Asbury Park artist Laura Petrovich-Cheney discusses By the Block, her exhibition of quilts created with wooden debris salvaged from Hurricane Sandy. The exhibition is free, and runs July 16 – September 14 in the James Howe Gallery, located in Vaughn Eames Hall; please call 908-737-0392 or visit www.kean.edu/~gallery/ for details. The gallery will open 2 hours prior to every performance.
- Sunday, July 26 at 3 pm: Dr. Paul J. Croft, Executive Director of Kean University’s School of Environmental & Sustainability Sciences, discusses climate change and its effect on extreme weather.
- Saturday, August 1 at 3 pm: Sue Pniewski, New Jersey Coordinator for Portlight Strategies, Inc., discusses Portlight’s post-disaster relief work, and Hurricane Sandy’s impact on the Garden State’s most vulnerable residents.
Playwright Sharyn Rothstein is a writer for theater and television. Her plays have been commissioned, developed and produced in New York and around the country by institutions including Manhattan Theatre Club, Ars Nova, McCarter Theatre, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Ensemble Studio Theatre, Bay Area Playwright’s Festival, and New Georges. Sharyn holds an MFA in Dramatic Writing from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, a Masters in Public Health with a concentration in Urban and Community Health (Hunter College), and a BA in Sociology from Vassar.
Director Adam Immerwahr returns to Premiere Stages, where he previously directed Hannah by John J. Wooten. He currently serves as the Associate Artistic Director of the McCarter Theatre in Princeton, where he has worked since 2005. Mr. Immerwahr’s directing credits at the McCarter include The Understudy and the upcoming production of The Mousetrap.
The stellar cast includes Damian Buzzerio, whose distinguished regional credits include the Shakespeare Theatre of NJ and Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival; Mike DiSalvo, who appeared in the acclaimed National Tour of 12 Angry Men with Richard Thomas; Billy Finn, whose work includes the Shakespeare Theatre Company and the Folger Theatre; Deanna McGovern, winner of a Broadway World Award for Best Actress in a Play for her work in Vermont Stage’s Venus In Fur; Brian O’Neill, recently seen on television in “American Odyssey,” “Gotham,” and “The Following”; Sheila Stasack, returning to Premiere Stages after her unforgettable turn as Nat in the Pulitzer Prize-winning play Rabbit Hole; and Jo Twiss, who has appeared on Broadway in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and in over 70 shows with the world-famous Circle Rep Theatre Company.
