Lucy Thurber's Monstrosity, presented by 13P starts its limited engagement at the Connelly Theatre July 9th. The production will run until July 19.
Lear deBessonet directs the piece which is described as "a dark, epic tale of singing teenage fascists, magic, war, and love — a disturbing retelling of the hero's tale with a girl as the hero and an unheroic ending."
Monstrosity's cast includes Carlo Alban (References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot), Reyna de Courcy (The Secret Agenda of Trees), Frank De Julio, J.D. Goldblatt (Les Miserables), Andy Grotelueschen, Ben Hollandsworth (From Up Here), D.J. Mendel, Robert Saietta, Samantha Soule (The Philanthropist), Kristina Valada-Viars (August: Osage County), Michael Warner (The Language of Trees) and The Teen Army.
Set design is by Peter Ksander, costume design is by Emily Rebholz, lighting design is by Justin Townsend, sound design is by M.L. Dogg and movement is by Tracy Bersley.
Thurber's other works include Bottom of the World, Don Quixote, Where We're Born, Ashville, Scarcity, Killers and Other Family and Stay. She also teaches playwriting at Sarah Lawrence College.
Director, Lear deBessonet is also working on On the Levee with playwright Marcus Gardley and composer Todd Almond for Yale Repertory Theatre. She also worked with Thurber during a staging of Don Quixote in Philadelphia.
Tickets are onsale by phone at (866) 811-4111 or online at MonstrositythePlay. The Connelly Theatre is located at 220 E 4th St.
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