Photo Flash: First Look at Tony Estrella, Marianna Bassham and More in THE REAL THING

Gamm Resident Director FrEd Sullivan, Jr. (Boom, Hamlet, A Doll's House) brings to life the loves and lost loves of playwright Henry (Tony Estrella); his wife, Charlotte (Marianna Bassham); an actor named Max (Tom Gleadow); and his activist wife, Annie (Jeanine Kane).

The Real Thing is currently running through April 14 at The Gamm Theatre, 172 Exchange St., Pawtucket, RI. Tickets: $36 and $45 (depending on day/time); preview and press performances (March 14-18) just $26. Discounts for subscribers, groups of 10 or more, seniors and students. Tickets at 401-723-4266 or gammtheatre.org.

The Real Thing by Tom Stoppard is directed by FrEd Sullivan, Jr., with set design by Patrick Lynch, costume design by Amanda Downing Carney, lighting design by David Roy and stage management by Jessica Hill*, with assistant stage manager Kira Hawkridge and dialect coach Wendy Overly.

The cast includes Tony Estrella* (Henry), Marianna Bassham* (Charlotte), Tom Gleadow* (Max), Jeanine Kane* (Annie), Marc Dante Mancini (Billie), Betsy Rinaldi (Debbie), and Steve Kidd* (Brodie).

*Member of Actors' Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

The Sunday, March 24 performance at 2 p.m. will be followed by humanities discussion, open to the public at no charge.

Photo Credit: Peter Goldberg

Jeanine Kane (Annie), Tony Estrella (Henry)

Jeanine Kane (Annie), Tony Estrella (Henry)

Jeanine Kane (Annie), Tony Estrella (Henry)

Tom Gleadow (Max), Marianna Bassham (Charlotte), Jeanine Kane (Annie), Tony Estrella (Henry)