by Theresa Rebeck
directed by David Kennedy
December 29, 2010 – January 30, 2011
A smash hit Off-Broadway last year, The Understudy is the latest comedy from Pulitzer Prize nominee Theresa Rebeck (Omnium Gatherum, Bad Dates, Mauritius), one of the most produced female playwrights in America. When a smug Hollywood action star lands a prestigious role in Franz Kafka’s newly discovered play on Broadway, things couldn’t be better…until he meets his understudy. Can a love-sick, charmingly ditzy stage manager prevent a battle royale from developing between the two rival actors? Will the show go on? Spirited and laugh-out-loud funny, The Understudy places the backstage friction of a frenzied rehearsal center stage with vivacious satire and Kafkaesque theatrics.
“A masterpiece of comic clockwork, raucously funny!”
– The Wall Street Journal
Theresa Rebeck
Playwright
David Kennedy
Director
Brad Coolidge
Jake
Jenn Harris
Roxanne
Cody Nickell
Harry
Andrew Boyce
Set Designer
Sarah Sidman
Lighting Designer
Maiko Matsushima
Costume Designer
Christopher Colucci
Sound Designer
Jaye Allison
Choreographer
Patreshettarlini Adams
Resident Stage Manager
