DARK PLAY OR STORIES FOR BOYS

SEASON 2007

By Carlos Murillo
Directed by Michael Michetti

A story of deception, fluid personality, and sexual license in the chat rooms of the World Wide Web. A young boy’s fictitious Internet identity starts out as a harmless fiction, but once his virtual relationship steps into the realm of real space, this tale of obsession, love, and betrayal spirals out of control with catastrophic consequences.

Cast

Stewart W. Calhoun
Adam Haas Hunter
Danielle K. Jones
Johnathan McClain
Bethany Pagliolo

understudies

Andrew Gilbert
Brett Glazer
Alexandra Oliver
Patrick Quinlan
Jessica Zelenko

production team

Scenic Design – Donna Marquet
Video Design – Austin Switser
Sound Design – Cricket S. Myers
Lighting Design – Lap-Chi Chu
Costume Design – Rachel Myers
Properties Design – Lena Garcia
Assistant Director – Jennifer Epps
Associate Producer – Brian Polak
Production Stage Manager – Rebecca Cohn
Casting – Michael Donovan, CSA
Key Art – Christopher Komuro
Publicist – Aldrich & Associates
Production Photographer – Ed Krieger

“I want to stand up and applaud…Exciting to watch.” – TalkinBroadway.com

“Murillo has an aptitude for skewering today’s culture through piercing literate dialogue and credible, sad and questing characters. It’s material that brings out the best in Michael Michetti’s intuitive direction.” – CurtainUp Los Angeles

“Haunting and clever, and director Michael Michetti gives it a stunning, beautifully acted production. Calhoun and Hunter are terrific.” – LA Weekly

“Michetti’s viscerally enthralling West Coast premiere staging ensures a gripping 100 minutes.” – Backstage

“Spectacular.” – Pasadena Star News

“Dazzling, not only in the authenticity it brings to these sometimes slippery characters but also in its sleek, computer- driven design.” – LA CityBeat

“Calhoun excels as the brat terrible and Danielle K. Jones is beguiling…a fascinating exploration of the amorphous adolescent mind.” – Frontiers

“Provocative.” – Pasadena Weekly

“Intriguing…Michetti’s West Coast premiere staging presents a sleek and atmospheric depiction of the Internet chat room culture. The high-tech milieu is marvelously captured via brilliant aural and visual elements…This dandy show is like a gripping Hollywood potboiler, classed up by Michetti and his illustrious designers. This is the ideal chance for those who haven’t been to the impressive Boston Court to check it out.” – In Magazine

“Smart, suspenseful and insightful…breathtakingly good theatre.” – LA Times Reader Reviews

“Sumptuous.” – Daily Variety