LADY is "engrossing," "powerful," "well-acted" and "resonates"

Lady by Craig Wright

Presented October 30 through November 21, 2009

Boston Center for the Arts, Plaza Black Box Theater

If you were in the crosshairs what would you do? Three longtime friends – a Democratic Congressman, a liberal professor, and a stoner, with his dog – embark on an unforgettable hunting trip where one of them doesn’t survive the day.

Graham, a hawkish conservative Democrat, is in town from Washington, where his friends long ago helped to send him, Kenny with some inherited money and Dyson by managing his campaign for Congress. "Those were different times," Dyson says, furious now that Graham has morphed into someone whose principles he abhors, and genuinely frightened for his son, who listened to Graham talk last night at the Elks Club and promptly announced he was joining the Marines. Dyson begs, pleads, demands and threatens Graham into talking his son out of his seemingly irrational act, however Graham is unmoved by Dyson’s protestations, resulting in a climatic confrontation.

Playwright Wright says his play is "about unfaithfulness: unfaithfulness to spouses, unfaithfulness to friends, unfaithfulness to patriotic ideals and unfaithfulness to the simple innocence of life's desire to live.'' Wright has been nominated for an Emmy Award, and is the creator of TV’s Dirty Sexy Money, having also written for Six Feet Under, Lost and Brothers & Sisters. His theater credits include The Pavilion, Recent Tragic Events, Orange Flower Water, Grace and numerous others. The Pavilion, was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, the American Theatre Critics' Association Best New Play Award, and a 2005-2006 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play.

"As he does in all his work, Wright writes crackling dialogue peppered with meaningful pauses and likely to take unsettling turns. And while his stories take on major issues, he has us view them through a darkly comic and very personal lens. In Lady the big issue is the Iraq War and that spaniel [Lady of the title] is a symbol of how war puts those still full of puppy energy in harm's way." – CurtainUp.com

 

 

 

Lady by Craig Wright

Direction & Scenic Design: David J. Miller
Featuring:
Michael Steven Costello Craig Houg
Brett Marks

Lighting Design:
Jeff Adelberg

Sound Design:
Walter Eduardo

Costume Design:
Fabian Aguilar

Stage Manger:
Deirdre Benson

Presented October 30th to November 21st, 2009

Wednesday and Thursdays, @ 7:30 PM, Fridays @ 8 PM
Saturdays @ 4 & 8 PM
Sundays @ 4 PM followed by talkbacks with cast and crew

At the Plaza Theatre at
Boston Center for the Arts
539 Tremont St in Boston’s South End

 

Tickets for Lady:

617-933-8600

 

 

 

Private Fears in Public Places

By Alan Ayckbourn

Directed by David J. Miller

Presented February 12 through March 6, 2010

Boston Center for the Arts
Plaza Black Box Theater

To Be Announced

Presented April 30 through May 22, 2010