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Photo Flash: First Look at Alexander Platt, Becky Gibel and More in Trinity Rep's SOCIAL CREATURES

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Trinity Rep' presents the world premiere of Social Creaturesby Jackie Sibblies Drury - a remarkable new playwright and graduate of the Brown MFA playwriting program. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the production below.
Directed by Trinity Rep's Richard L. Bready Artistic Director Curt Columbus, Social Creatures is set in the aftermath of an international pandemic that has decimated humanity. A motley group of survivors are trying desperately to avoid contracting the illness that turns people into something indescribable. Social Creatures opens in previews on March 14 and runs through April 21 in Trinity Rep's intimate Dowling Theater. Regular and discounted tickets are on sale now at the Trinity Rep box office, 201 Washington St.; by phone at (401) 351-4242; and online at www.trinityrep.com.
The eight-person cast features an incredible ensemble of familiar faces, including longtime Trinity Rep company members Timothy Crowe and Janice Duclos, guest artists D'Arcy Dersham, Alexander Platt and Nance Williamson and Brown/Trinity MFA graduates Darien Battle, Rebecca Gibel and Charlie Thurston.

Photo Credit: Mark Turek

Photo Flash: First Look at Alexander Platt, Becky Gibel and More in Trinity Rep's SOCIAL CREATURES Image

Photo Flash: First Look at Alexander Platt, Becky Gibel and More in Trinity Rep's SOCIAL CREATURES Image
D'Arcy Dersham as Mrs. Jones, Alexander Platt as Mr. Jones, Charlie Thurston as Mr. Smith and Becky Gibel as Mrs. Smith

Photo Flash: First Look at Alexander Platt, Becky Gibel and More in Trinity Rep's SOCIAL CREATURES Image
D'Arcy Dersham as Mrs. Jones and Alexander Platt as Mr. Jones

Photo Flash: First Look at Alexander Platt, Becky Gibel and More in Trinity Rep's SOCIAL CREATURES Image
Charlie Thurston as Mr. Smith and Becky Gibel as Mrs. Smith

Photo Flash: First Look at Alexander Platt, Becky Gibel and More in Trinity Rep's SOCIAL CREATURES Image
Charlie Thurston as Mr. Smith and Becky Gibel as Mrs. Smith

Photo Flash: First Look at Alexander Platt, Becky Gibel and More in Trinity Rep's SOCIAL CREATURES Image

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