Jackalope Presents CRUMBLE (LAY ME DOWN, JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE), Now thru 12/20

Jackalope is proud to announce the full casting and expanded production team for the first show of its 7th season, Crumble (Lay Me Down, Justin Timberlake). The show runs tonight, November 13 - December 20, 2014 at Broadway Armory Park, 5917 N Broadway. Tickets are available October 1 via jackalopetheatre.org. The press night is Tuesday, November 18 at 7:30pm.

The cast features Curtis Jackson (Justin Timberlake/Harrison Ford/Father), Kristen Magee (Janice), Tim Parker (The Apartment), Charlesanne Rabensburg (Mother), and Rachel Slavick (Barbara).

Crumble (Lay Me Down, Justin Timberlake) is written by Sheila Callaghan, and directed by Jackalope Artistic Director AJ Ware.

It's Christmas again - the first one since the accident that killed Janice's father. For a preteen misfit, solace lies in headless dolls and visits from a flying Justin Timberlake, while Mother makes elaborate dinners for no one and confesses her fears to Harrison Ford. Under a decaying roof with a voice all its own, mother and daughter are caught in an endless loop of holiday rituals, while The Apartment begs for their care lest he be forced to take action on his own terms. Janice and Justin have a plan of their own, though, that promises to break the loop in their lives... one way or another. With her signature dark humor, Sheila Callaghan's ingenious language sculpts a narrative of an aftermath that is irreverently odd, acutely genuine, and absurdly hilarious.

The production team for Crumble (Lay Me Down, Justin Timberlake) includes: Megan Truscott (scenic design), Company Member Claire Sangster (lighting design), Sarah Jo White (costume design), Thomas Dixon (sound design and original music), Brett Schneider (illusion designer), Corinne Bass (props design), Jen Dorman (graphic design), Michelle Maurer (program design) Allison Raynes (production stage manager), Rachel Hayes (assistant stage manager), Kayla Anderson (assistant director), Gordon Granger (technical director), Elana Boulos (casting director), and Danielle Stack (production manager).

The understudies are Hilary Horvath, Robyn Coffin, and company members Alex Hand and Will Kiley.

SHEILA CALLAGHAN (playwright) has had her plays produced and developed with Soho Rep, Playwright's Horizons, South Coast Repertory, Clubbed Thumb, The LARK, Actor's Theatre of Louisville, New Georges, The Flea, Woolly Mammoth, Boston Court, and Rattlestick Playwright's Theatre, among others. Sheila is the recipient of the Princess Grace Award for emerging artists, a Jerome Fellowship from the Playwright's Center in Minneapolis, a MacDowell Residency, a Cherry Lane Mentorship Fellowship, the Susan Smith Blackburn Award, and the prestigious Whiting Award. Her plays have been produced internationally in New Zealand, Australia, Norway, Germany, Portugal, and the Czech Republic. These include Scab, Crawl Fade to White, Crumble(Lay Me Down, Justin Timberlake), We Are Not These Hands, Dead City, Lascivious Something, Kate Crackernuts, That Pretty Pretty; Or, The Rape Play, Fever/Dream, Everything you Touch, Roadkill Confidential, Elevada, and Women Laughing Alone with Salad. She is published with Playscripts.com and Samuel French, and several of her collected works are published with Counterpoint Press. She has taught playwriting at Columbia University, The University of Rochester, The College of New Jersey, Florida State University, and Spalding University. Sheila is an affiliated artist with Clubbed Thumb and a member of the Obie winning playwright's organization 13P. Sheila is also an alumni of New Dramatists.

AJ WARE (director) is a founding member of Jackalope, and has served as its Artistic Director since 2012. She holds a BA in directing from Columbia College where she was also the department's marketing assistant and the recipient of the Sarah Siddons Award. A native Texan, AJ was a member of Houston's Infernal Bridegroom Productions where she cut her theatrical teeth on work ranging from Beckett and Brecht to David Berman and The Kinks, and acted in over a dozen original plays including Speeding Motorcycle, a rock opera based on the life and work of cult singer-songwriter Daniel Johnston. In Chicago, AJ has had the privilege to work with The Inconvenience, The House Theatre, About Face Theatre, Sinnerman Ensemble, and Abraham Werewolf, among others. She has been involved in each and every one of Jackalope's productions since its founding, most notable having conceived and directed Under Construction, and appeared in Slaughter City and the world premiere of Calamity West's The Peacock. jackalopetheatre.org