THE BOOK CLUB PLAY
AN AWARD-WINNING COMEDY
JULY 11 - JULY 26
By KAREN ZACARÍAS
Directed by JACKSON GAY
ABOUT THE PLAY
A comedy about books and the people who love them. When the members of a devoted book club become the subjects of a documentary film, their intimate discussions of life and literature take on new meaning with the camera rolling. Add in the unexpected arrival of a provocative new member and the sudden inclusion of some questionable titles, and long-standing group dynamics take a hilarious turn. A sold-out hit at theatres across the country, this delightful and engaging play is sprinkled with wit, joy and novels galore.
“A delightful, fresh comedy.”
SCHEDULE
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FRIDAY, July 11 - 7:30 PM (PREVIEW)
*SATURDAY, July 12 - 7:30 PM (OPENING NIGHT)
SUNDAY, July 13 - 2:00 PM
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WEDNESDAY, JULY 16 - 2:00 PM
WEDNESDAY, JULY 16 - 7:30 PM
THURSDAY, JULY 17 - 7:30 PM
FRIDAY, JULY 18 - 7:30 PM
SATURDAY, JULY 19 - 2:00 PM
SATURDAY, JULY 19 - 7:30 PM
SUNDAY JULY 20 - 2:00 PM
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WEDNESDAY, JULY 23 - 2:00 PM
WEDNESDAY, JULY 23 - 7:30 PM
THURSDAY, JULY 24 - 7:30 PM
FRIDAY, JULY 25 - 7:30 PM
SATURDAY, JULY 26 - 2:00 PM (Closing Performance)
MEET THE CAST
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Caitlin s beyond thrilled to be back at the beautiful Dorset Theatre! A NYC based actor- Caitlin has played a wild variety of characters wherever the wind takes her. She most recently was seen at Gulfshore Playhouse playing Margot Wendice in Dial M for Murder, directed by Jackson Gay and co-starring with Lucas Dixon. Other favorites include- Dangerous Days (World Premiere), Constellations, Baskerville (Berkshire Critics Pick), Outside Mullingar, The Betrothed and The Norman Conquests Trilogy. She has appeared in multiple web series and has also recently begun delighting in the world of audiobook production. Caitlin is a proud AEA member. She holds a BA from the University of Washington and an MFA from the Yale School of Drama. www.caitlinclouthier.com
Big Love to Victor.
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Alfredo recently played the title role in MERCHANT OF VENICE at the Royal Lyceum Theater in Edinburgh, Scotland (a co-production with Theater For A New Audience). Selected theater credits: MOSCOW X 6 by Halley Feiffer (MCC), TIME AND THE CONWAYS (Roundabout Theater) & ELEVADA by Sheila Callaghan (Yale Rep - directed by Jackson Gay). Selected Film/TV: One Stupid Thing, Our Son, A Stage of Twilight, The Dark Tower, Demolition, “Star Trek: Discovery”, “Elsbeth”, “Homeland”, “House of Cards”, “Manifest” & “The Summer I Turned Pretty”. He is a proud member of LAByrinth Theater Company, Ensemble Studio Theater and The Actor’s Studio. www.alfredonarciso.com
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Lucas Dixon is a Herschel Williams prizewinning graduate of the Yale School of Drama. He was recently revealed as the young Tobias Fornell on the new series NCIS: ORIGINS. Lucas has appeared in productions for some of the most acclaimed theaters in the country including Yale Rep (Assassins), Williamstown Theater Festival (House of Home, Western Country), Gulfshore Playhouse (Dial M for Murder), Playmakers Repertory (The Game), Weston Theater (What the Constitution Means to Me, The Woman in Black) and the Chautauqua Theater Company (Three Sisters, Elijah, Love’s Labours Lost). You can also catch Lucas as “Dougie Donnelly” on Season 2 of THE TICK, and opposite Adam Driver and Annette Bening in THE REPORT, both streaming now on Amazon Prime. Lifetime member of the Actors Studio.
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Elizabeth is an award winning actor in New York City and a finalist at The Actors Studio. She grew up in the ballet, studied classical vocal performance at Belmont University, then transferred to Theatre Performance at University of Memphis where she fell in love with the stage and continued that fervor at the University of Leeds, Bretton Hall and The Atlantic Theatre Company. www.elizabethnarciso.com
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Abigail is excited to join Dorset Theatre Festival for the first time! Broadway: Ohio State Murders (0BC), Regional Theater: World Premiere and Original Cast Album Knoxville (Asolo Rep), Hi, My Name is Ben (Goodspeed Musicals), and others. TV/Film: The Good Fight. Thank you WTG, friends, Mom, Dad, and Forrest for all the love and support. I could not do this without you all. Grateful. Education: Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
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Selected theatre includes - Broadway: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. Off Broadway: Plot Points In Our Sexual Development (Lincoln Center, LCT3). New York: Seagullmachine (LaMaMa etc), The Fever (The Public Under the Radar Festival, and International/N. America Tour). Regional: Hir (Magic Theatre), Teddy Ferrara (Goodman Theatre), Under Milk Wood (Chicago's DCA Storefront Theatre and Theatre on the Lake). Television: High Maintenance (HBO). Film: Jamie and Jessie Are Not Together, Hannah Free. BFA Acting, The Theatre School at DePaul University.
ABOUT THE CREATIVE TEAM
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Karen Zacarías was recently named by American Theatre magazine as one of the most produced playwrights in the United States. She is one of the inaugural resident playwrights at Arena Stage in Washington, DC, a core founder of the Latinx Theatre Commons, and founder of the award-winning Young Playwrights’ Theater (YPT), one of the best arts education programs in the nation.
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For Dorset Theatre Festival: Slow Food by Wendy Macleod, Wait Until Dark, Misery and Sidekicked by Kim Powers. Upcoming work includes: Cyrano (NYU); Hedda Gabler (Juilliard); A Christmas Story (Cleveland Play House); Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women adapted by Lauren Gunderson (Guthrie). Recent work includes: Art (American Players Theatre), King Lear (REP); Dial M for Murder (Gulfshore Playhouse); The Happiness Gym by Ken Weitzman (New Neighborhood newneighborhood.net and Theatre Lab), Hard Road to Heaven, a new country music musical - book by Willy Holtzman with music by Nashville’s Marty Dodson and David Spangler (Bucks County Playhouse); A Christmas Story (Cleveland Play House); Christina Anderson's the ripple, the wave that carried me home (world premiere co-production Berkeley Rep and Goodman Theatre); Lucy Thurber’s Transfers for Audible, MCC, and New York Stage & Film; These Paper Bullets! by Rolin Jones with music by Billie Joe Armstrong (New Neighborhood, Atlantic, Geffen, Yale Rep). Jackson also offers private acting and directing training. jacksongracegay.com MFA Directing Yale School of Drama.
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(pronounced Ree-you) is a Set & Costume Designer, Animator and Chef from Bangkok, Thailand.
He/They has worked at Yale Repertory Theatre, Syracuse Stage, The Old Globe, Drury Lane Theatre, Asolo Rep, The Acting Company, 59E59, Edinburgh Fringe, Primary Stages, Hartford Stage, The Public Theatre, Brooklyn Academy of Music amongst others. Broadway Associate Set Design: Pass Over, &Juliet, Parade. Member of United Scenic Artist 829.Board member of WithAll, a non-profit Organization on a fight to end eating disorders. IG: @riwrdesign
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Vanessa is a NYC based designer who is thrilled to be collaborating on The Book Club Play with the Dorset Theatre Festival team! Some favorite designs include: Hard Road to Heaven (Bucks County Playhouse), Freakshow (Six Flags Over Texas), Wonderland (Tuachan), Godspell (Pittsburgh CLO), Off-Broadway: The Great Gastby Immersive (Park Central Hotel), Emojiland (The Duke on 42nd Street); Outer Critics Circle Honoree, Drama Desk Nominee; Disenchanted! (Westside Theater); Henry Hewes Award Nominee. National Tours: Disney on Ice: Let’s Celebrate!, Disney on Ice: Frozen, Ringling Brothers’ Barnum and Bailey Circus, and Disney Live! Select Regional Designs: Portland Stage, Capital Repertory Theatre, Sierra Repertory Theatre, American Music Theatre. Vanessa is currently designing the premiere of Miss Money Honey Bee a new TYA musical, and serves as an Assistant Professor of Theater Arts at Marymount Manhattan College. Love to Ethan and AJ. vanessaleuckcostumes.com
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New York credits include work at The Public Theater, MCC Theater, Playwrights Horizons, Second Stage Theatre, Atlantic Theater Company and others. Regional credits include The Guthrie, The Alley, Yale Repertory Theatre, The Denver Center, The Geffen Playhouse, South Coast Repertory, La Jolla Playhouse, The Children’s Theatre Company, The Long Wharf Theatre, The Huntington Theatre Company, Center Stage, Hartford Stage, Dallas Theater Center, Minnesota Opera, San Diego Opera, and others. Paul is a Partner at Schuler Shook, a theatre planning and architectural lighting firm. www.schulershook.com | www.paulwhitakerdesigns.com
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Daniel is a sound designer, composer, and educator living in New City, NY. He is a founding member of Daniel Baker & Co., an audio production company that creates sound designs and music for theater, film, dance, and other endeavors across the media spectrum. Daniel has designed sound for over 200 productions on Broadway and Off-Broadway, and at regional theaters across the country. He holds an MFA in Sound Design from the Yale School of Drama and teaches at Barnard College and Berklee NYC.
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Joey is a New York based designer, who designs lighting, projection, and scenery. Joey has designed over 150 productions in NYC, regionally, and abroad. Recent lighting:What the Constitution Means to Me (Hangar Theatre), La tragédie de Carmen (Stony Brook), Romeo and Juliet (NAATCO Off-Broadway), No Child (Kitchen Theatre Co), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Choir Boy (Le Petit Light/Set), The Rape of Lucretia (Boston Lyric Opera), Awful Event (Baryshnikov Arts Center.) Recent projection work:The Wanderers (Roundabout), Good Vibrations (Houston Ballet), Sunken Cities Exhibit (Virginia Museum of Fine Art), Wet Brain (Projection Engineer). Joey creates and engineers video systems for on/off Broadway, museums, and installations. MFA Yale School of Drama. Joey is an Associate Professor in Design at BerkleeNYC, and a lecturer at the Yale School of Drama and NYU Tisch.
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Joe Gery has worked extensively in theater with Caparelliotis Casting since 2014, as well as with Meredith Tucker Casting in film & television. His most recent theater credits include the Broadway productions of Good Night and Good Luck, Grey House, Ohio State Murders, Sam Gold's Macbeth, and The Minutes, as well as off-broadway productions at Signature Theatre, New York Theatre Workshop, The Vineyard, and Ars Nova. Television credits include all three seasons of The White Lotus (HBO), Godfather of Harlem (EPIX), Ray Donovan (Showtime), and the final season of The Bold Type (Freeform).
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Ben is thrilled to be returning to Dorset! Broadway Credits: Carousel, Choir Boy, The Rose Tattoo, A Soldier’s Play, A Strange Loop, Kimberly Akimbo, Topdog/Underdog, Wicked, Purlie Victorious, Our Town, Othello. The Public Theater, Northern Stage, Yale Repertory Theatre, Lecturer in Stage Management: DGSD.
ADVISORY: TBA
RUNTIME: Approximately two hours with a 15-minute intermission
THE BOOK CLULB PLAY is produced by Dorset Theatre Festival.
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