The Last Bar at the End of the World at Urban Stages

WALKING DEAD STAR SETH GILLIAM, ADULT FILM ICON STOYA IN NEW PLAY BY EMMY WINNER DEAN HASPIEL https://lastbar.brownpapertickets.com/ Tuesday April 10 - Saturday April 14 at 8pm Saturday April 14 at 2pm Sunday April 15 at 4pm

See Seth Gilliam (“Father Gabriel Stokes” on "The Walking Dead"), Stoya (writer, adult film actor/producer) and Dean Haspiel (comic book creator, playwright) all explore uncharted territory and expand their artistic range:

*This is Gilliam’s first turn as a young family-man-to-be dealing with something scarier than zombies, werewolves or even Shakespearean verse: becoming a Dad.

*Stoya takes a step away from the fantasy worlds of her films and of the “angel of death” role she played in her stage debut (Haspiel’s last play "Harakiri Kane") to portray an everyday New Yorker on the train, who may or may not be wilder than her previous characters.

*This is Haspiel’s third stage production, and perhaps his most personal one: the main character Buford is a graphic novelist.

Writer Adam McGovern described "Harakiri Kane" as “pop-philosophy with no pretension yet unimpeachable insight; a dive-bar 'Wings of Desire'.” The dive bar is back in this tragicomedy about Buford, his best friend, and the sages, teachers, lovers, and losers that fill up his Brooklyn cityscape. “Last Bar” asks the question, “Why are we here and what do we have to do to move on?”

MORE ABOUT THE ARTISTS Cast: Philip Cruise, Tarik Davis, Alex Friedman, Seth Gilliam, Christopher Lee, Edward Miller, Alyssa Simon, Anna Stefanic, and Stoya

Director Philip Cruise, Haspiel, and cast members Ed Miller and Gilliam all met as students at SUNY purchase, and have continued to work and play together ever since. Several of the amazingly talented performers in this cast were part of Dean’s sold-out run of "Harakiri Kane" in Brooklyn last November, and readily agreed to be part of his next project, including Stoya, who had previously collaborated with Haspiel on a comic in "Heavy Metal". Ian W. Hill and Berit Johnson also return as production designers, as does Holly Pocket McCaffrey on costumes. These artists all believe in Dean’s emerging theatrical voice and have joined forces to present this off-kilter examination of NYC life in the “post-truth” era.

Philip Cruise’s Thin Duke Productions has been producing plays in New York since 2003, including Phoebe Farber’s "Jump It" (2016), Tom Ellis’s "Bright Day" (2004), and Mac Wellman’s "Seven Blowjobs" (2003).

SparkPlug Productions is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit theatre company founded by Christopher Lee and Rebekkah Ross, Artistic Directors, to create performance opportunities for artists they believe in. The goal is to produce new works by bringing artists from different disciplines together. This cross-pollination of artistic processes enhances the cooperative spirit. SparkPlug hopes to develop a platform that breaks through boundaries and conventions to create a unique body of work as well as a vibrant community of artists.