By Samuel D. Hunter
Directed by Paul Mullins
Mar 27-Apr 6
Harriet S. Jorgensen Theatre
Eddie manages an Italian chain restaurant in a city being paved over with strip malls and franchises. As pressures mount, he strives to keep his hometown feeling like home, one soup and salad special at a time. A heartbreaking comedy about love and connection in a shifting world.
“[Pocatello is] about family and the longing for a human connection in a town that is both specific and also serves as a stand-in for modern America.” -Samuel D. Hunter, Playwright
Paul Mullins
director
Paul Mullins is a theatre director based in New York City. He is an associate artist at both Santa Cruz Shakespeare and The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey where he has acted and directed for thirty years. For SCS he has directed King Lear, Twelfth Night,The Agitators, Pride and Prejudice, Love’s Labor’s Lost, The 39 Steps, Hamlet and Henry V. He has also directed plays for The Old Globe, Chautauqua Theater Company, Jewel Theatre Company, The Studio Theatre in Washington, DC., Dorset Theatre Festival, Portland Stage Company, Connecticut Repertory Theatre, American Stage, The Yale School of Drama, NYU Grad Acting and The Juilliard School.
Design & Production Team:
Scenic Designer: Zach Farmer
Costume Designer: Emma Sowards
Lighting Designer: Cody Tellis Rutledge
Sound Designer: Abigail Golec
Props Manager: Miranda Fyfe
Dramaturg: Nora Hodzic
Production Stage Manager: Alison Savino
Stage Manager: Sam Hosler
Asst. Stage Manager: Max Moore
The Cast:
Eddie: Chris Martin
Doris: Carol Halstead, Equity Guest Artist
Cole: Dale Rose, Equity Guest Artist
Max: Djanne Martinez
Isabelle: Eliza Anderson
Troy: Daniel Pawlyk
Tammy: Halli Gibson
Nick: Zach Russell
Kelly: Akur Oryem
Becky: Aly Liew
Reviews:
“This is one of life’s hard lessons especially when you believe you can change the results by throwing in the cards life deals you, get a new hand, and change the outcome. that reads like a folk tale.” – Bonny Goldberg, The Connecticut Critics Circle
“Some truly unexpected moments of pent-up rage, expressions of affection and other emotional moments that are beautifully written.” – Christopher Arnott, Hartford Currant