World Premiere
DALLOWAY: FIRST LOVE
by Lindsay Joelle
Directed by REBECCA BRADSHAW°
From the playwright behind last season’s The Garbologists comes an unlikely world premiere of feminine proportions. Clarissa Perry is a tree climbing, combat boot wearing goth with no interest in entertaining the slew of suitors found by her money-strapped father. The pressure is on Clarissa to find a husband and save her family’s estate when she receives a visit from an unapologetic, care-free suffragette who could convince Clarissa that she might want to forge a new path for herself. Experience a modern, coming-of-age story in this stand-alone prequel to Virginia Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway.
Written by Lindsay Joelle and directed by Rebecca Bradshawº, this world premiere production runs August 13 to August 29. All performances are at the Natti-Willsky Performance Center – 267 East Main Street, Gloucester. Showtimes are Wednesdays – Saturdays at 7:30pm, with matinees Saturdays & Sunday at 2:00pm.
AUGUST 13 – 29
Performances
7:30 pm, WED – SAT
2:00 pm, SAT + SUN
Preview Performances
August 13 + 14 @ 7:30 pm
Champagne Opening
Saturday, August 15 @ 7:30 pm
Artist Talk Backs
August 22 + 29 @ after the matinee
Critical Praise for Lindsay Joelle
“Smart, compassionate and, above all else, funny.”
“Joelle gives these two plenty of meaty dialogue, full of astute observations.”
“Joelle has an ear for comedic rhythm.”
Meet the Creative Team
Lindsay Joelle (she/her) / Playwright
Lindsay Joelle writes big-hearted comedies about the collision of worldviews, a process fueled by fieldwork with insular communities across America. Published plays include TRAYF (Theater J, Geffen Playhouse, LA Drama Critics Circle nomination for best writing) and The Garbologists (Philadelphia Theatre Company, City Theatre, Northlight Theatre, Theater Alliance, among others). She is the recipient of the Goldberg Award for Graduate Playwriting, Desert Theater League Award for Best Original Writing, and commissions from the Ensemble Studio Theatre/Sloan Foundation Project, Vital Theatre, and Audible’s Emerging Playwrights Fund. She is a National New Play Network (NNPN), Playwrights Foundation, New Georges, and American Theatre Wing affiliated artist; former Playwright-in-Residence at Curious Theatre; alumna of Nashville Rep’s Ingram New Works Lab, Florida Rep’s PlayLab, PlayPenn New Play Conference, Great Plains Theatre Conference, the BMI Musical Theater Workshop, Columbia University (BA), and Hunter College (MFA). Lindsayjoelle.com
Rebecca Bradshaw° (she/her) / Director
Rebecca Bradshaw is in her fourth season as Gloucester Stage’s Producing Artistic Director. Directing credits at Gloucester Stage: The Garbologists, Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson – Apt 2B, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike and The Ding Dongs. Other directing credits: Witch (Huntington Theatre Company), Dial M for Murder (Penobscot Theatre Company), The Ding Dongs, Do You Feel Anger?, and Hurricane Diane (Kitchen Theatre Company), The Treasurer (Lyric Stage Company), Photograph 51 (The Nora), Our Dear Dead Drug Lord (Off the Grid Theatre), Familiar (A.R.T. Institute), Stupid F*cking Bird and Mrs. Warren’s Profession (Emerson Stage), Big Love (Brandeis), The Earth Room and Fire on Earth (Fresh Ink Theatre), The Tempest and The Secret in the Wings (Weston Drama Workshop), Speech and Debate (Bad Habit Productions), Oleanna and Red (The Umbrella Center for the Arts), Luna Gale (Greater Boston Stage Company), Bad Jews (SpeakEasy Stage), among others. She is an adjunct professor teaching directing, producing, and venue management courses at Emerson College and Dean College. She is a proud member of Stage Directors and Choreographers Society.
*Member of Actors’ Equity Association (AEA)
ºThe Director is a Member of Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC)
^Represented by United Scenic Artists, Local USA-829 of the IATSE
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