Photo Flash: First Look at DINNER AT HOME BETWEEN DEATHS at the Odyssey

High finance, family dysfunction, death - and laughs. The world premiere of DINNER AT HOME BETWEEN DEATHS, a pitch-black comedy by Andrea Lepcio (Looking for the Pony), directed byStuart Ross (Forever Plaid) and presented by Indie Chi Productions, opens as a guest production at the Odyssey Theatre on April 2. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast onstage below!

Inspired by the Bernie Madoff scandal and other Ponzi schemes before and since, Lepcio's comic thriller examines the American dream and American identity in the face of eroding ethics. The Indie Chi production stars, in alphabetical order, Amielynn Abellera (title role in Se Llama Cristina at Theatre @ Boston Court), Diane Cary (NBC mini-series V), Andrea Evans (three decades on One Life to Live as Tina Lord) and Todd Waring(ABC Family series Chasing Life).

In DINNER AT HOME, Sean Lynch (Waring) is a high-powered financier who's made his a fortune on the backs of his investors - more specifically, on the back of the charity run by his sister-in-law, Kat (Evans). As the reckoning draws near, he fantasizes about running away to Ireland, but his unsuspecting wife Fiona (Cary) is not having any of that. Meanwhile Lily (Abellera), Kat's step-adopted daughter who works for Sean's firm, has gone missing.

Additional staging and coaching for DINNER AT HOME BETWEEN DEATHS is by Kiff Scholl; set design is by Evan Bartoletti; lighting design is by Derrick McDaniel; sound design is by Cricket S. Myers; costume design is byMichael Mullen; graphic design is by Kiff Scholl; and casting is by Michael Donovan, CSA. The production stage manager is Tiffany Thomas, associate producer is Victoria Watson, Theatre Planners; and Racquel Lehrman, Theatre Planners produces.

Performances of DINNER AT HOME BETWEEN DEATHS take place Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundaysat 2 p.m., April 2 through May 8. There will be two preview performances on Thursday, March 31 and Friday, April 1, both at 8 p.m. All tickets are $30 (reserved seating) except previews, which are $15. The Odyssey Theatre is located at 2055 S. Sepulveda Blvd., West Los Angeles, 90025. For reservations and information, call (323) 960-4429 or go to www.plays411.com/dinner.

Photo Credit: Michael Lamont

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