| Theater Row - Cast Announced for "Offal Endings" Dark Comedy Tackles Privatized Euthanasia, Mental Health, Corporate Greed | |
| Posted by: Official_Press_Release 02:37 pm EST 12/17/22 | |
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| Cast Announced for OFFAL ENDINGS A World Premiere Dystopian Dark Comedy Envisioning Privatized Assisted Suicide, Sponsored by Government and the Media Written by John H. Klemeyer Directed by Beth Kelley January 12-29, 2023 Thursdays-Saturdays at 8:00 p.m. / Sundays at 2:00 p.m. Studio Theater @ Theater Row 410 West 42nd Street, New York City 10036 Tickets are $30. Visit Telecharge.com Direct Link: https://bfany.org/theatre-row/shows/offal-endings/ Runtime: 90 minutes with no intermission Side of the Road Theater Company has announced the cast for the world premiere of Offal Endings, a dystopian dark comedy envisioning an immediate future of privatized assisted suicide with government and media complicity, written by John H. Klemeyer. Twelve performances will be staged at The Studio Theater at Theater Row, 410 West 42nd Street in New York City, Thursdays through Saturdays at 8:00 p.m. and Sundays at 2:00 p.m. from January 12-29, 2023. Beth Kelley directs a cast of five, including Georgia Buchanan (TV: "New Amsterdam," "The Equalizer"), Ali Hoffmann (TV: "Little Italy," "Los Angeles"), Lydia Kelly (Film: "A Paracosm" - 2023), Jon McCormick (TV: "Legacies," "Awkwafina," "F.B.I."), and Celia Schaefer (Off-Bway: Chekhovek, Voices of Swords; TV: "The Blacklist," "Blue Bloods"). Ripped from headlines, Offal Endings imagines a near future where the commercialization of medicine has vastly expanded, organ replacement is advertised during baseball games, and even the suicide hotline has become a toothy, for-profit venture. Absurdly ensnared in this web of "health care," life-weary Joshua and Mary must find a way to envision a brighter future while evading the fine print of a contract to which they have signed away their lives. In this dystopia-meets-Mel-Brooks comedy, Joshua looks at the menu to only find liver…his. And, after Mary and he fight back, the corporation is not about to roll over. Are they destined for the butcher block, or can this young man and woman survive the surgeon's blade "Assisted suicide is increasingly permitted by countries across the globe at a time when people are more secluded and lonelier than ever," states playwright John Klemeyer. "Told with humor verging on the necessary ridiculousness for such a topic, Offal Endings shines a serious light on changes to our healthcare system, government regulation of our own bodies, and corporate success at any cost." Tickets are $30 and can be purchased by visiting: https://bfany.org/theatre-row/shows/offal-endings/ The runtime is approximately 90 minutes with no intermission. Offal Endings is produced by Side of the Road, LLC. Lighting, Set and Sound Designer: Abott Finkel; Production Stage Manager: Lisa R. Stafford. John H. Klemeyer (playwright) has been writing and performing comedy for many years. He wrote his first play about 20 years ago and has since written eight more. They include The Vandals Took the Handles about teachers bringing guns to school; Mating Rituals of the Old and Infirm, which details the pitfalls of dating in your 60s; and Profits for Prophets, a tale of the world's first literary agent. Beth Kelley (director) is the Producing Director of Side of the Road Theater Company, currently in its 14th season in residence at the historic Milford Theater & Performing Arts Center,, a 250-seat turn-of-the-century playhouse in Milford, PA. Its past productions include: Edward Albee's A Delicate Balance, Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie, Lyle Kiessler's Orphans, and this current season: Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman, Sam Shepard's Ages of the Moon, and John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men. In addition to classics, Side of the Road also produces new American plays. Offal Endings is the fourth play Beth has directed by playwright John Klemeyer. Georgia Buchanan (Manager) - Theatre: Cemetery Club (Mildred); I Never Sang for My Father (Margaret Garrison); Memory Tracers (Belle); 70, Girls, 70 (chorus). Television: "Paterno" (Kim Belcher); "New Amsterdam" (Abby Westbrook); "Ramy" (Court Employee); "Hello Tomorrow!" (Operator); "The Equalizer" (Billie Peters); "FBI: Most Wanted" (Angry Treasure Hunter 2). Film: "The Stand In" (Harriet); "The God Committee" (Janet Pike). As a young actress, Georgia trained with Uta Hagen at HB Studio, and she studies there now with Mercedes Ruehl and Jessica Hecht. She is a graduate of Vassar College and The National Theatre Institute. Ali Hoffmann (Mary) is a recent New York transplant from Los Angeles, whose work tv/film credits on Little Italy, Los Angeles, Lonely and Horny, and The Baxters. Ali has worked with Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Upright Citizens Brigade, Lesly Kahn and Co, Improv Olympics West, and The Barrow Group. You can follow her online at alihoffmann.com or her IG @alihoffmann7. Lydia Kelly (Cheryl) makes her NYC stage debut at Theatre Row after receiving her BFA in Acting from Ithaca College. Her feature film debut is in "A Paracosm" (2023). Favorite roles include Hecuba in Trojan Women, Medea in Medea, Lydia Lubey in All My Sons. IG:@lydiakellyy Jon McCormick (Joshua) - Axis Theatre Company: Seven In One Blow; World's Fair Inn; Washington Square; Last Man Club; Strangers In The World; High Noon; Dead End. Other NYC: Donkey Punch (SoHo Playhouse); 3-D Hamlet (Edinburgh Fringe Festival); No Exit (59E59); Tuesday Night Poker (Theatre Row); Phantom Killer (Abingdon Theatre Co.); Revolution On The Roof (NY Fringe Festival); happYouth (Gene Frankle Th.); Thunder Rock (ReGroup Th. Co.). TV and Film: "Legacies," "Awkwafina," "F.B.I.," "History: BEYOND," "Dark History," "POWER," "Blue Bloods," "Serie M," "The Price for Silence," "Lil' Benny," "Straight Outta Tompkins," "Poetry Man," "Further Lane." www.jonmmcor.com Celia Schaefer (Counselor/Angelica) has appeared Off-Broadway in Chekhovek and Voices of Swords. Other New York appearances include productions at Ensemble Studio Theatre, Atlantic Theater Company, LAByrinth, The Ohio Theatre, Manhattan Theatre Source, and countless others. Celia's regional work includes Fusion Theatre Company's Meteor Shower, Disgraced and Old Times, Living Room Theatre's Exit the King, Stageworks/Hudson's critically acclaimed world premiere of Tomorrow in the Battle, and the touring company of Chicago City Limits Improv. Her film work includes "Detachment," "Heterosexuals," "Thirsty," and the upcoming "Hungry." She has appeared on television on NBC's "The Blacklist" and "Conviction," Hulu's "The Path," and CBS's "Blue Bloods." www.celiaschaefer.com |
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