“DANNY AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA" at Shetler Studios & Theatres

DOUBLE DOWN PRODUCTIONS
Presents

“DANNY AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA"

Written by
John Patrick Shanley

Directed by
Tony White

Starring
Jessica Carillo
Will Rosenfelt

THE BRIDGE
at Shetler Studios & Theatres
244 W 54th St, New York, NY 10019
12TH FLOOR

TICKETS:
General Admission: $20

Performances 8 shows

Saturday
October 13th 2pm

Saturday
October 13th 8pm

Sunday
October 14th 3pm

Wednesday
October 17th 8pm

Thursday
October 18th 8pm

Friday
October 19th 8pm

Saturday
October 20th 5pm

Sunday
October 21st 7pm


THE STORY: The setting is a rundown bar in the Bronx, where two of society's rejects, Danny and Roberta, strike up a halting conversation over their beer. He is a brooding, self-loathing young man who resorts more to violence than reason; she is a divorced, guilt-ridden woman whose troubled teenage son is now being cared for by her parents. Danny, whose fellow truck drivers call him "the animal," seems incapable of tender emotion, while Roberta, who is still haunted by the memory of an ugly sexual incident involving her father, is distrustful of men in general. And yet, as their initial reserve begins to melt, and they decide to spend the night together, the possibility of a genuine and meaningful relationship begins to emerge—the first for both of them. In the end there are no facile, easy answers, but thanks to the playwright's skill and compassion, both characters are able to probe within themselves to find an exorcism and forgiveness that, while painfully achieved, offers the hope of a future touched, at last, with more than the bitterness and loneliness that had been their lot before their fateful meeting.