About the production
In Reading, Pennsylvania, at the turn of the millennium, longtime friends at a steel-tubing plant see their bonds tested as layoffs and lockouts threaten their working-class lives.
“The highlight for me was Kimberly Senior's fantastic direction because you often don't realize just how many plates she's got spinning at any given time.”
— Boston Stage Notes, James Wilkinson
“It reaches out to you and grabs ahold of your guts. Once it gets its hooks in you, it only squeezes tighter and tighter.”
— Boston Stage Notes, James Wilkinson
“As portrayed by an exemplary cast under the incisive direction of Kimberly Senior…”
— The Boston Globe, Don Aucoin
“In Senior's hands, the interaction starts physical, then moves from booze-fueled camaraderie to booze-fueled rage. (The fight choreography by Ted Hewlett is so convincing that spectators may want to duck.) And the performances give off a feral sadness that's as distressing as all the aggression.”
— WBUR, Carolyn Clay
“Director Kimberly Senior masterfully builds, suspends, and expands the tension throughout the play with moments of stillness and breathlessness followed by rapid action and rampant activity. Ted Hewlett's character-driven fight choreography is seamlessly woven into Senior's staging and, at one moment, felt so real that it elicited audible gasps from the audience.”
— The Theater Mirror, Julie-Anne Whitney
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Credits
Written by Lynn Nottage
Directed by Kimberly Senior
Featuring Marianna Bassham (Jessie), Tyla Abercrumbie (Cynthia), Jennifer Regan (Tracey), Brandon G. Green (Chris), Shane Kenyon (Jason), Tommy Rivera-Vega (Oscar), Guy Van Swearingen (Stan), Maurice Emmanuel Parent (Evan), Alvin Keith
Set Cameron Anderson
Lights D.M. Wood
Sound Pornchanok Kanchanabanca (original music and sound)
Costumes Junghyun Georgia Lee
Photos by T. Charles Erickson
