Underbite Theatre Company and Plays & Players Presents ALL THE DEAD BIDDLES
Underbite Theatre Company presents the world premiere of a new dark comedy "All the Dead Biddles" written by Shelli Pentimall Bookler and directed by Carly Bodnar.
Karl and Wendy are mourning the loss of their son Alex, who passed when he was just an infant. Karl seeks the help of Dr. Francis, a psychologist who prescribes several unconventional methods for coping with the loss, from Bonsai therapy to speaking to representative love objects. Wendy, enabled by their live-in nanny, a mysterious Latina girl, indulges in a delusion that begins to push Karl to the edge, and herself further away from accepting the loss. A dark comedy in the realm of Sam Shepard and Martin McDonagh, All the Dead Biddles explores how far over the edge that loss can push us.
All the Dead Biddles had a staged reading through Philadelphia Dramatist Center's New Play Reading in Restaurant seriesin the spring of 2017 and was workshopped through their Playwrights Happy Hour. All the Dead Biddles is being performed January 11th through the 21st, 2018, at Plays and Players' Skinner Studio, 1714 Delancey Street, Philadelphia. Tickets are $20 and available through Plays and Player's website at playsandplayers.org
All the Dead Biddles features Philadelphia actors Anthony Marsala, Colleen Corcoran, Barry Gomolka, and Marisol Custodio. It is written by Shelli Pentimall Bookler, who was writing the play at the time her father passed away and used her grief as a means to create a script about the absurdity and delusional menatlity you find when you lose someone close to you. It is directed by Carly Bodnar, Co-Founding/Co-Artistic Director of ReVamp Collective. Underbite Theatre Company is a non-profit theatre company dedicated to producing original, edgy, theatrical plays with a social mission. It is being co-produced with Plays and Players Theatre Company. Plays & Players strives to provide intelligent, inclusive and diverse plays that engage and entertain audiences, to invest in local talent, and to preserve its historic landmark home.
About the Playwright: Shelli Pentimall Bookler is a Philadelphia based actor, director, choreographer and playwright. She has a Master of Arts degree in Theatre from Eastern Michigan University, and a Master of Fine Arts degree in Playwriting from Temple University. She's worked with several local theatre companies, including Montgomery Theatre, Plays and Players, Simpatico Theatre, and Facetime Theatre. She co-founded Underbite Theatre Company with her husband, Matt, and currently serves as Artistic Director. This is Underbite Theatre Company's fourth production. The first, Bird in the Window, premiered at the Shubin Theatre in 2013. In 2014 it premiered Snyder v. Phelps, the musical as part of the Philadelphia Fringe Festival, funded in part by the Bucks County Arts Council. Last year they produced John Anastasi's Would You Still Love Me, IF...? At the Walnut Street Studio 5, the story of a woman transitioning into a man and the impact on family and relationships. For addition information contact Shelli Pentimall Bookler at shelli@underbitetheatre.com or visit the website at www.underbitetheatre.com.
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