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Photos: First Look at South Coast Repertory's Voices of America Production of THE LITTLE FOXES

The centerpiece of SCR's 2022-23 season, "Voices of America," runs through Feb. 26 on the Segerstrom Stage.

The centerpiece of SCR's 2022-23 season, "Voices of America," runs through Feb. 26 on the Segerstrom Stage. It encompasses two plays: Lillian Helman's The Little Foxes and Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' Appropriate. Each play will take the stage four times a week, alternating performances. On Saturdays and Sundays, both plays will run-one in the afternoon, the other in the evening. That means theatregoers can see both in the same day. Tickets are available at scr.org.

Check out photos from The Little Foxes below!

Six of the 12 actors cast in the two productions will appear in both plays and the productions share a single set, which will be modified for each play.

"This is the theatrical event of the season," Ivers said. "A rotating repertory of two very different plays that speak to similar themes is a new experience for us and there's never been a better time for innovation. I believe it is key to continuing a theatrical experience that keeps you on your toes and keeps you engaged not only with our past, but with our future."

The two plays were written nearly 80 years apart by two celebrated artists of their times. Hellman is considered one of the 20th century's most accomplished women of letters. Jacobs-Jenkins is considered one of the most visionary playwrights of the 21st century. Both plays are set in the South and both speak to themes familiar to Americans of any generation-family, money, power, status, race and the roles women are relegated to in society, all of which led Ivers to program them together.

Hellman (1905-1984) was known for her forceful dramas that cast a critical eye on exploitation, injustice, the abuse of power and greed. Written in 1939, The Little Foxes uses a multi-layered lens to skillfully chronicle how naked capitalism affects individuals not only financially, but emotionally. It ran for 410 performances on Broadway and was not only Hellman's most successful play, but her favorite. Two years later, it became an Academy Award-nominated film starring Bette Davis.

The Little Foxes is set in 1900 Alabama, where Ben and Oscar Hubbard stand to earn millions by funding an industrialized cotton mill. But first they'll need their calculating sister, Regina, to secure the seed money from her dying husband. When he refuses, the siblings stop at nothing to satisfy their own ambitions and keep the wealth in the family. It is Regina, however, with razor-sharp intellect and diabolical gentility, who is the most ruthless. Ferocious and funny, this celebrated classic takes an absorbing look at all sides of the American Dream.

Appropriate is set in present-day Arkansas, where the estranged members of the Lafayette family gather at their late father's crumbling plantation to prepare for the estate sale. But decades of resentment have a way of bubbling to the surface, and a shocking discovery in the piles of clutter sends them spiraling as they confront repressed histories, regrets and each other.

"Voices of America" showcases two acclaimed directors. Lisa Peterson, who directed SCR's productions of Collected Stories (1996), The Madwoman in the Volvo (2016), Culture Clash (Still) in America (2018-19) and Aubergine (2019), returns to direct The Little Foxes. Peterson will make her Broadway directing debut next spring with Good Night, Oscar.

Delicia Turner Sonnenberg makes her SCR directorial debut helming Appropriate. Turner Sonnenberg is a major presence in the San Diego theatre scene, quickly becoming one of the most exciting directors in the country. Her directing credits include productions at The Old Globe, San Diego Rep, La Jolla Playhouse, the Cygnet Theatre and Actors Theatre of Louisville Humana Festival, among others.

The Little Foxes features Shannon Cochran (Regina), Bill Geisslinger (Horace), Jamison Jones (Oscar), Hunter Spangler (Leo), Jess Andrews (Alexandra), Tessa Auberjonois (Birdie), Marco Barricelli (Ben), Lea Coco (Marshall), Safiya Fredericks (Addie) and Victor A. Morris (Cal).

Appropriate features Cochran (Toni), Andrews (River), Auberjonois (Rachael), Coco (Franz), Jones (Bo) and Spangler (Rhys). Joining them are two alums from the SCR Youth Conservatory-Natalie Bright (Cassidy) and Isaac Person (Ainsley).

The design and creative team includes Lawrence Moten, set design; Tom Ontiveros, lighting design; Melanie Chen Cole, sound design; Dominique Fawn Hill, costume design, Daniel Allen, assistant set design; Nathan Crocker, voice/dialect coach; Michael Polak, fight choreographer, and Joanne DeNaut, CSA, casting director. Maisie Chan is the production manager, Sarah Goshman is the production stage manager, Kathryn Davies is Appropriate's assistant stage manager and Lydia Runge is The Little Foxes assistant stage manager.

Tickets are now on sale and range in price from $27 to $98, with additional discounts available for educators, seniors and theatregoers ages 25 and under. Tickets may be purchased online at www.scr.org or by phone at (714) 708-5555. More information is available at www.scr.org.

Photo Credit: Jenny Graham/SCR

Photos: First Look at South Coast Repertory's Voices of America Production of THE LITTLE FOXES
Shannon Cochran, Lea Coco, Marco Barricelli, and Jamison Jones

Photos: First Look at South Coast Repertory's Voices of America Production of THE LITTLE FOXES
Tessa Auberjonois and Shannon Cochran

Photos: First Look at South Coast Repertory's Voices of America Production of THE LITTLE FOXES
Tessa Auberjonois

Photos: First Look at South Coast Repertory's Voices of America Production of THE LITTLE FOXES
Bill Geisslinger, Jess Andrews and Shannon Cochran

Photos: First Look at South Coast Repertory's Voices of America Production of THE LITTLE FOXES
Marco Barricelli and Hunter Spangler

Photos: First Look at South Coast Repertory's Voices of America Production of THE LITTLE FOXES
Shannon Cochran and Jess Andrews

Photos: First Look at South Coast Repertory's Voices of America Production of THE LITTLE FOXES
Shannon Cochran and Jess Andrews

Photos: First Look at South Coast Repertory's Voices of America Production of THE LITTLE FOXES
Shannon Cochran and Marco Barricelli

Photos: First Look at South Coast Repertory's Voices of America Production of THE LITTLE FOXES
Jamison Jones, Hunter Spangler, Marco Barricelli and Shannon Cochran

Photos: First Look at South Coast Repertory's Voices of America Production of THE LITTLE FOXES
Jamison Jones, Hunter Spangler, Marco Barricelli and Shannon Cochran

Photos: First Look at South Coast Repertory's Voices of America Production of THE LITTLE FOXES
Marco Barricelli and Shannon Cochran

Photos: First Look at South Coast Repertory's Voices of America Production of THE LITTLE FOXES
Bill Geisslinger and Shannon Cochran

Photos: First Look at South Coast Repertory's Voices of America Production of THE LITTLE FOXES
Marco Barricelli, Hunter Spangler and Jamison Jones

Photos: First Look at South Coast Repertory's Voices of America Production of THE LITTLE FOXES
Jess Andrews and Bill Geisslinger

Photos: First Look at South Coast Repertory's Voices of America Production of THE LITTLE FOXES
Safiya Fredericks and Bill Geisslinger

Photos: First Look at South Coast Repertory's Voices of America Production of THE LITTLE FOXES
Jamison Jones, Marco Barricelli and Shannon Cochran

Photos: First Look at South Coast Repertory's Voices of America Production of THE LITTLE FOXES
Jamison Jones and Tessa Auberjonois

Photos: First Look at South Coast Repertory's Voices of America Production of THE LITTLE FOXES
Hunter Spangler and Jamison Jones

Photos: First Look at South Coast Repertory's Voices of America Production of THE LITTLE FOXES
Shannon Cochran and Jess Andrews



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