OUR 2023-2024 season

Previous shows of the season:

Now closed:

Radiant Vermin by Philip Ridley

March 14 - 30, 2024 at The Basement*

When a young couple is offered an ideal house by a mysterious stranger, it prompts the question: How far would any of us go to get our dream home?

Cast in alphabetical order:

Miss Dee & Kay.................... EMILY ADLER

Jill................. KAITLIN PAIGE LONGORIA

Ollie.......................... MATT MITCHELL

Production Team:

Directed by Morrie Piersol

Produced by Tom Kazas

Scenic Design by Daniel Allen, Lighting Design by Michael Jarrett and Sound Design by Roger Price, Costume Design by Kayli Warner, Technical Director William Luther, Vocal Coach Amanda Durst and Stage Management by Jamie Wilson, Assistant Stage Management by Constance Moreau.

*The Basement is not wheelchair accessible at this time.

WARNING: This production includes the use of strobe lights and flashing lights, which may pose a risk to individuals sensitive to such effects or prone to seizures.

RADIANT VERMIN photo credit: Tom Topinka

About the Playwright - Philip Ridley

Philip Ridley was born and grew up in the East End of London. He studied painting at St Martin’s School of Art. He has written many highly regarded and hugely influential stage plays: the seminal The Pitchfork Disney (now published as a Methuen Modern Classic), The Fastest Clock in the Universe (winner of a Time Out Award, the Critics’ Circle Award for Most Promising Playwright, and the Meyer-Whitworth Prize), Ghost from a Perfect Place, Vincent River (nominated for the London Festival Fringe Best Play Award), the highly controversial Mercury Fur, Leaves of Glass, Piranha Heights (nominated for the WhatsOnStage Mobius Award for Best Off West End Production), Tender Napalm (nominated for the London Fringe Best Play Award), Shivered(nominated for the OffWestEnd Best New Play Award), Dark Vanilla Jungle (winner of an Edinburgh Festival Fringe First Award), Radiant Vermin (now published as a Methuen Modern Classic), Tonight With Donny Stixx, Karagula (nominated for the OffWestEnd Best New Play Award), The Beast of Blue Yonder, The Poltergeist (winner of the OffWestEnd OnComm Award for Best Live Streamed Play) and Tarantula; plus several plays for young people (collectively known as The Storyteller Sequence): Karamazoo, Fairytaleheart, Moonfleece (named as one of the 50 Best Works About Cultural Diversity by the National Centre for Children’s Books), the seminal Sparkleshark (the first of the Connections Festival plays – all written for young people – to be staged professionally by the National Theatre), and Brokenville; also, Feathers in the Snow (shortlisted for the Brian Way Best Play Award).

Lonely Planet

By Steven Dietz

November 10 - 26, 2023 at Firehouse Theatre

Jody runs a map store in a great American city in the early 1990s. As friends fall victim to AIDS, Jody’s store becomes his sanctuary. Enter Carl, whose imagination, unpredictability, and kindness help open the world to Jody.

Called “a moving portrait of loss and undying friendship” by The San Diego Union- Tribune, LONELY PLANET demonstrates the power of compassion to see us through even the darkest of nights.

Cast in alphabetical order:

Carl.......................................ADAM TURCK

Jody..............................EDDIE WEBSTER 

Understudies in alphabetical order:

Carl.......................................ALEX HARRIS

Jody..............................WILLIAM VAUGHN 

Production Team:

Direction by Nathaniel Shaw

Scenic Design by Daniel Allen, Costume Design by Colin Lowrey II, Lighting and Sound Design by Todd LaBelle Jr., Dramaturgy by Kendall Walker and Stage Management by Emily Vial.

Photos by Tom Topikna

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