The Gift Theatre

Talk Radio
2009-04-09 | IL
Eric Bogosian’s Talk Radio-his breakthrough 1987 Public Theater hit that was made into a film by Oliver Stone-has been revived in a “mesmerizing”(Newsday) production on Broadway, with Liev Schreiber playing the role of the late-night shock jock that Bogosian himself originated.
The drama is set in the studio of Cleveland’s WTLK Radio over the course of Barry Champlain’s two-hour broadcast, being scrutinized that night by producers with an interest in taking the show national, and fueled as always by coffee, cocaine, and Jack Daniel’s.
Barry’s jousts with his unseen callers-ranging from a white supremacist to a woman obsessed with her garbage disposal-are peppered with insights into his character from his ex-deejay pal and his sometime girlfriend/producer, and punctuated with a transformative visit from an embodied voice.
Featuring: Ensemble Members Paul D’Addario, Hillary Clemens, and John Kelly Connolly.
With Guest Artists: Ed Flynn, Evan Lee, Lucas Neff, John Ruhaak, Justine Serino, Laura Shatkus, and Kyle Zornes.

The Ruby Sunrise
2009-01-15
Setting off from a farm in Indiana as a young girl named Ruby struggles to turn her dream of the first all-electrical television system into a reality, and jumping forward to a McCarthy-era New York TV studio where Ruby’s heirs fight over how her story should be told in a live teleplay, THE RUBY SUNRISE charts the course of the phenomenon of television: from early idealism and sparks of genius, to promises fulfilled and compromises brokered, and beyond.
Featuring: Ensemble Members John Kelly Connolly, Alexandra Main, and Artistic Director, Michael Patrick Thornton (Jeff Award Winner), with Brenda Barrie, Jennifer Betancourt, Nick Bonges, Patrick De Nicola, Caitlin Emmons, Katie Genualdi, Maura Kidwell, and Raymond Shoemaker.

The Last Days of Judas Iscariot
2008-03-08
Jesus’ infamous betrayer is on trial in hope for a small section of Purgatory, when in this wild and brilliant farce, Satan takes the stand where everyone’s to blame!

White People
2008-01-03
Three characters wrestle with racism in a series of searing confessional monologues.
Winner of the L.A. Drama Critics Circle, and Barrymore Award nominee for best play of the year.
