A Co-Production With IAMA THEATRE COMPANY

by Tira Palmquist
directed by Jessica Kubzansky
World Premiere Production

What does it mean to get lost in America? Anne and David are set to find out as they embark on the perfect American road trip. They have a map, an impressive list of sights to see, and an itinerary that should put them in St. Paul just in time for the birth of their first grandchild. But soon their perfect plan is derailed by a troubling diagnosis and the beautiful impermanence of the world around them. As Anne and David veer off of their intended path, they are forced to grapple with the unavoidably messy and breathtaking journey of their lives.

RUN TIME
95 mins, with no intermission

MEET THE CAST

KELIHER WALSH (Anne) – Broadway: Manhattan Theatre Club – Gardenia, The Singular Life of Albert Nobbs; Circle In The Square – Coastal Disturbances; Off Broadway/Regional: American Place Theatre – Breaking The Prairie Wolf Code; Vineyard Theatre – Living Quarters; Old Globe – Six Degrees Of Separation, The Guthrie – The Tempest, Our Town, Eli, A Christmas Carol; Huntington Theatre – The Plow and the Stars, Scenes From American Life, Ah Wilderness; American Stage Festival – Lady House Blues; IAMA Theatre (member) – Cult Of Love; EST/LA – The Year Of The Rabbit. (Writer/ Actor)… TV: Nip/Tuck, Beverly Hills 90210, Thirtysomething, The Equalizer, Loving, All My Children….Playwrighting: Jerome Fellow recipient; winner of the Kentucky Women’s Writers’ Conference.

JONATHAN NICHOLS-NAVARRO (David) – Recent stage work includes, The Cuban Vote and Elián (Miami New Drama), The Play You Want and Nowhere on the Border (The Road Theatre), El Huracán (Yale Rep), The Year To Come (La Jolla Playhouse). Others include: South Coast Rep, Seattle Rep, Hartford Stage, Lincoln Center, Old Globe Theatre, and The Acting Company. He’s happy to be returning to Boston Court where he did Seven Spots on the Sun. Television guest stars: Grey’s Anatomy, Without a Trace, Friends, CSI, The West Wing, Judging Amy, Chicago Hope, NYPD Blue to name a few. Member of the Road Theatre. Training: The Juilliard School, NYC.

SONAL SHAH (Chorus 1/Katie) – Sonal is an award-winning actor from Chicago, NBC Diversity alum, Disney+ dev deal recipient, and one of the first South Asians on a network comedy (Scrubs). Film/TV: Four Samosas (Hulu), The High Note (Working Title), Definition Please (Netflix), Superstore, New Girl, Young Sheldon, Powerpuff Girls, Mira Royal Detective. Theatre: A Christmas Carol (Goodman), Celestial Events (IAMA, Outstanding Ensemble in Comedy), Unopened (YPF), The Last Bohemian (IAMA), Untitled Baby Play (IAMA, Performance of The Year). Training: Loyola (BA Theatre), Second City, Moscow Art Theatre School at Harvard. Sonal directs/teaches at AOA Conservatory and John Rosenfeld Studios. @sonalshahofficial

RYAN GARCIA (Chorus 2/Wolf) – Ryan has been on stage in Ava Gardner: The Secret Conversations (Geffen Playhouse), FOUND (IAMA Theatre), Species Native to California (IAMA Theatre), Ravenswood Manor (Celebration Theatre), Lottie Platchett Took a Hatchett (Celebration Theatre & Edinburgh Fringe Festival). He has guest starred on Community, Rosewood, Nickelodeon’s Side Hustle, appeared as Sheriff Reyes in Jordan Peele’s NOPE, and recurred as René Morales on The Lincoln Lawyer. He voices Ricardo in the animated feature Fireheart, and is currently recurring as a multitude of roles in the animated Nickelodeon series’ Big Nate, Super Duper Bunny League, and The Loud House Movie. Instagram: @muchosgarcias

MEET THE PLAYWRIGHT

TIRA PALMQUIST is known for plays that merge the personal, the political and the poetic. Her most produced play, Two Degrees, premiered at the Denver Center, and was subsequently produced by Tesseract Theater in St. Louis and Prime Productions at the Guthrie (among others). Her play The Way North was a Finalist for the O’Neill, an Honorable Mention for the 2019 Kilroys List, and was featured in the 2019 Ashland New Plays Festival.

SPECIAL EVENTS

Community Read Through

Join us at the at the Altadena Library on Wednesday, March 20th from 6pm-9pm to read through the script and discuss it with Associate Artistic Director Margaret Starbuck. RSVP HERE.