Dramatic Repertory Company presents LIFE DURING WARTIME
Portland, Maine - Dramatic Repertory Company (Keith Powell Beyland, Artistic Director) wraps up its critically-acclaimed 2011/2012 season with LIFE DURING WARTIME by Keith Reddin. The show will run for 9 performances only, May 31 - June 10, 2012 at the Studio Theatre at Portland Stage, 25A Forest Avenue, Portland, Maine.
Life During Wartime is Keith Reddin's deliciously dark comedy that examines the enormous difference between feeling secure and being secure.
Tommy's new job is selling security systems door-to-door, searching for those who live in fear. Simple enough in this day and age, but the rabbit hole goes deeper than Tommy can imagine. Not even the ever-present spirit of 16th century religious reformer John Calvin (1509-1564) can save him from the inevitable trap, or save those he loves from becoming ensnared.
DRC is extremely proud to present an all-star cast of local performers in this Portland Premiere work -- sex...lies...and John Calvin!
The cast of LIFE DURING WARTIME features Peter Brown (The Late Henry Moss, Mad Horse), Brian Chamberlain (Burn This, Stage Force), Matt Delamater (Gross Indecency..., DRC), Elizabeth Lardie (The Christmas Bride, Snowlion Rep), Christine Penney (Burn This, Stage Force), Andrew Sawyer (Little Me, Good Theater) and Casey Turner (Tigers Be Still, DRC). The show is directed by DRC Artistic Director, Keith Powell Beyland.
Tickets for LIFE DURING WARTIME range from $10 - $20 with Premium Tickets also available.
Tickets are available now at Brown Paper Tickets -- online at
www.dramaticrep.org or by phone at 800-838-3006.
LIFE DURING WARTIME will play May 31 - June 2 at 7:30pm, June 3 at 2:00pm and then June 6 - 10 at 7:30pm at the Studio Theatre at Portland Stage, 25A Forest Avenue, Portland, Maine.
LIFE DURING WARTIME cast & creative:
PETER BROWN (John Calvin, Fielding, Lt. Waters, Mr. Devries) holds a BA in Drama (Acting & Directing) from Dartmouth College. Prior to moving to Portland in 1998, he was the founding Artistic
Director of The St. Croix Community Players in his hometown of Woodland, Maine. Peter was an ensemble member and Associate Artistic Director of Mad Horse Theatre Company, where he acted in a dozen productions including The Late Henry Moss, The Normal Heart, The Pillowman, Long Day's Journey
Into Night, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead and Cloud 9. He has also acted with several other local
theaters: Portland Stage Company (Comedy of Errors); The PSC Studio Series (The Food Chain); Fenix
Theatre Company (Twelfth Night & Taming of the Shrew); Lorem Ipsum (Blood Wedding); The Stage at
Spring Point (Twelfth Night & The Miser); Portland Players (Noises Off!, I Hate Hamlet & Dial M for Murderall with Michael Rafkin); The Children's Theater of Maine (The Wrestling Season); ROiL (Close to Home); MainePlay Productions (Torch Song Trilogy); and The Opera House at Boothbay Harbor (Twelfth Night, Almost, Maine & Indoor/Outdoor).
BRIAN CHAMBERLAIN (Heinrich). Recent stage: Burn This (StageForce), Killer Joe (Space Gallery);
Hay Fever, Stones in his Pockets, The Importance of Being Earnest and Shakespeare in Hollywood (Good
Theater); A Midsummer Night's Dream (Fenix Theatre Company). He also tours with "You The Man" for
Ad-Verb Productions. Recent Film & Television includes: The Forsaken (2012), Anatomy of the Tide (2012) and Gilded Lilys (ABC 2012). Brian grew up in a small "Down East" town in Maine called East Machias. After high school, he moved to Georgia where he went to college on a baseball scholarship. Then at the age of 24 he reconnected with his true passion.....acting. He had the pleasure of training with Second
City in both New York and Chicago. Brian lives in Portland with his beautiful wife Amy and their dog
Tru.
MATT DELAMATER (Tommy) Matt is very excited to be working with Dramatic Repertory Company again on such an amazing show. Matt was previously seen with DRC in last season's production of Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde as Edward Carson and other characters. Matt was most recently seen this winter as Brandon in Good Theater's Next Fall and Vladimir in Fenix Theater's Summer production of Waiting for Godot. Other roles include Eddie Pazinski in The Public Theater's Last Mass at St. Casimir's and Nephew Fred & Ghost of Christmas Present in their last two productions of A Christmas Carol; Jerry Devine in AIRE's Juno and the Paycock; and Ray Moss in Mad Horse Theater Company's The Late Henry Moss. Look for Matt this summer in The Theater at Monmouth's productions of Henry IV, Part 1 and The Little Prince. Matt would like to thank Keith for the chance to work with DRC and with such an incredible cast, his mentor Sally Jones for all of her wisdom and guidance, and his beautiful wife Emily for always supporting his passion.
ELIZABETH LARDIE (Sally, Mrs. Fielding) has performed with outfits including AIRE, Fenix Theatre
Company, Snowlion Repertory Company, The Theater Project, Sydney Theatre Company and Lanyard
Theater Company (where she serves as co-director). Roles include Mary in How the Other Half Loves,
Mary in Juno and the Paycock, Sylvia in Sylvia, and Regan in King Lear. Elizabeth is slated to make her full length feature debut in the independent film How to Make Movies at Home later in 2012. She earned a
bachelor's degree in theater from the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, and recently
completed an internship at Manhattan Theatre Club in New York. Also a professional columnist, her
quirkier credits include regionally touring with a bluegrass musical; the ability (and stupidity) to rollerskate down a mountain; and nabbing the lead role in an Australian horror film which took the top prize at a Sydney film festival - for Best Comedy. She adores her incredibly tolerant loved ones.
CHRISTINE PENNEY (Gale). Christine Penney fell in love with theatre at the age of seven as Gretel
in The Sound of Music. She has worked with various theatre companies in New England and California
including STAGE FORCE, New Hampshire Theatre Project, Industrial Theatre, Seacoast Repertory Theatre, and Mill Valley Shakespeare Festival's Curtain Theatre. Her most recent acting credits include:
Anna in Burn This and Joan in Love Song, both with STAGE FORCE at The Music Hall Loft; and Stella in A Streetcar Named Desire at The Players' Ring.
ANDREW SAWYER (Howard, Richie, Waiter, Delivery Boy). Andrew Sawyer is a local actor/writer/
producer/man about town and a resident of beautiful Portland, Maine. He graduated from the University
of Southern Maine in 2009 with a BA in Theatre Arts and has been beating the streets of Portland since.
He most recently was seen in the role of "Patrick Dennis" in Good Theatre's production of Little Me at
the St. Lawrence Arts Center. Previous credits include Mrs. Peachum in Lorem Ipsum's production of
Three Penny Opera and the Moon in Blood Wedding. Andrew is a member of Mint films:
www.mintfilms.net and Hilltop Productions. Andrew is thrilled to be working with such a talented and
passionate group of people on this production for DRC and can't wait to do more!
CASEY TURNER (Megan) Casey received her BA in Theatre from the University of Southern Maine.
Recent credits include Good Theater (Little Dog Laughed), Harbor Light Stage (The Play About the Baby,
Ethan Frome), The American Irish Repertory Ensemble (Eclipsed, The Lonesome West, The Streets of
Portland), The University of Southern Maine (The Tempest, Moonchildren), Space Gallery (Killer Joe),
Dramatic Repertory Company (Tigers Be Still). Casey is a company member of Apparatus Dance Theater
and the Oddfellow Theater.
KEITH REDDIN (Playwright) is an American actor and playwright. He received his B.S. in 1978 from
Northwestern University and then went on to attend The Yale University School of Drama until he received his M.A. in 1981. His plays Life and Limb, Rum and Coke, Highest Standard of Living and But Not for Me all received their world premieres at South Coast Repertory. SCR also produced his adaptation of Alexander Buravsky's The Russian Teacher. Other plays include Nebraska, Life During Wartime, Brutality of Fact, All the Rage, The Prophets of Nature, Synergy, Frame 312, Human Error, The Missionary Position, The Will to Art and HmatrixH. Adaptations include: Bulgakov's Black Snow, Shatrov's Maybe, Molière's The Imaginary Invalid, Anouilh's Antigone and Thorton Wilder's Heaven's My Destination. Film and television include, Big Time (American Playhouse), The Heart of Justice (TNT), Milken (TNT), The Alarmist, and All the Rage.
KEITH POWELL BEYLAND (Director & Scenic Design) Recently directed the critically-acclaimed
DRC productions of Tigers Be Still, Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde and Blue/Orange. Keith spent the last two decades working on and off Broadway with respected organizations like Roundabout Theatre Company, Manhattan Theatre Club, Signature Theatre Company (NY), The New Group, Berkshire Theatre Festival and Irondale Ensemble Project. He directed The Waiting Room, Insomniac, Throwing It Together and Inamorata in New York and And The Same in the Berkshires. Keith studied with Athol Fugard, John Patrick Shanley, Paula Vogel, Maria Irene Fornes, Anne Hamburger, Carey Perloff and Venable Herndon, among others. He holds a degree with Honors from the Dramatic Writing Program at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. Always for Keely...
The LIFE DURING WARTIME creative team also includes MICHAELA WIRTH (Lighting Design) and
CHRIS FITZE (Sound Design), ERIK MOODY (Assistant Director) and ERYN SNYDER (Dramaturg),
Dramatic Repertory Company aims to make a dramatic difference in the community. After an extremely successful introduction to Portland theatre audiences, we are now completing our first full season of productions. DRC intends to produce new and overlooked works that otherwise may never be seen in Maine, as well as provide fresh perspectives on classic works.
"This new company is one that seems inclined toward offering substantial work that should challenge audiences and give them much to think about." -- The Portland Press Herald, March 5, 2011 "Blue/Orange is a bold, sharp, and timely choice of script, especially for a new company, and the talents at work in it pose a promising addition to Portland's theater scene. Watch for another bold show from Dramatic Rep in June,
when they mount Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde. "
-- Portland Phoenix, March 9, 2011
“Wonderfully Constructed! Both the true story and its multi-level telling are equally fascinating!
This theater company is finishing up its first season in fine style and promises a 2011-2012 season
featuring more of the kind of plays even Oscar Wilde would find worthy.”
-- Maine Sunday Telegram, June 5, 2011
"This is what art is about. Making you think, react, respond.”
- Bill Cook, March 10, 2012
“A ‘MUST SEE’ evening of theatre! I guarantee you will not stop talking about this play
long after the lights go black.” - Broadwayworld.com, March 12, 2012
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