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THE HERD
REDBUD PRODUCTIONS
PRESENTS
THE MIDWEST PREMIERE OF
THE HERD
THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED COMEDY/DRAMA OF A FAMILY IN CRISIS BY RORY KINNEAR
Directed By Loretta Grimes
Thursday, Friday & Saturday; May 30 & 31 and June 1 (8:00 PM)
Kerrytown Concert House, 415 North Fourth Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI
Reserved seats are $25 & $20 and student tickets are $15;
Limited front row café table seating for groups of 2 for $55 a table
For reservations, call Kerrytown Concert House at 734-769-2999 or visit kerrytownconcerthouse.com.
Redbud Productions continues its 20th year with the Michigan premiere of this witty and heartfelt play which examines a family falling apart and pulling together when life doesn’t turn out the way they imagined.
“A warm, but unstinting look at the burdens and rewards of caring for a loved one with special needs.” —Time Out Chicago.
A birthday party…two surprise guests…one unexpected evening.
Anxiety-ridden Carol (Lisa Coveney) is determined to have an intimate family dinner party for her disabled son who is turning twenty-one. Everything is going wrong. Her estranged ex-husband (Brian Hayes) drops in unexpectedly after years of having nothing to do with her or their son’s disability. Her daughter (Katie Whitney) reveals that she has a new boyfriend (Chris Krenz), who Carol has never met, who will also attend. And Carol’s son and caregiver are late…very, very late to the party. Lenore Ferber and Michael Haifleigh play the older generation of this clan confronting the possibilities of reconciliation, the power of the past, and the irresistible pull of family.
“A lively and moving comedy-drama… breathing with real, complicated life…buoyantly entertaining.” – The New York Times
IF I FORGET
REDBUD PRODUCTIONS
PRESENTS
THE MIDWEST PREMIERE OF
IF I FORGET
BY TONY-WINNING PLAYWRIGHT STEVEN LEVENSON (DEAR EVAN HANSEN)
THE POWERFUL NEW FAMILY DRAMA
WINNER OF 2017’S OUTSTANDING NEW OFF-BROADWAY PLAY AWARD
Directed By Loretta Grimes
Thursday, Friday & Saturday; May 31, June 1 & 2 (8:00 PM)
Kerrytown Concert House, 415 North Fourth Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI
General Tickets are $20 and student tickets are $15;
Limited front row café table seating for groups of 2 – 3 for $25 a seat
For reservations, call Kerrytown Concert House at 734-769-2999 or visit kerrytownconcerthouse.com.
Redbud Productions continues its 19th year with this critically acclaimed new play, winner of the 2017 Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play. Playwright Steven Levenson won the 2017 Tony Award for the smash Broadway musical hit Dear Even Hansen.
“Passionate and provoking, If I Forget is a family play, a political play and a kitchen-sink play. ..The three adult children of an ailing father, Lou Fischer, are outspoken Jewish-Americans. Irritable and animated, the Fischers come vibrantly alive in this young playwright’s funny, bruising, searching voice. — The New York Times
In the final months before 9/11, a liberal Jewish studies professor (Dave Barker) reunites with his two sisters (Melissa Stewart, Susan Todoroff) to celebrate their aged father (Tim Grimes)’s birthday.
Secrets and long-held resentments rush to the surface with biting humor and razor-sharp insight as the three siblings argue over how much they’re willing to sacrifice for a new beginning. Each deeply invested in their own version of family history, they clash over everything from the professor’s controversial new book to the enormous pressures of caring for an ailing parent.
Redbud’s talented cast includes Brian Hayes, Chris Krenz, and Jennie Ross as family members caught in the siblings’ struggle.
“A juicy melting pot of drama, comedy, and realistic family strife.” —The Huffington Post
“If I Forget succeeds both as a thoughtful family drama filled with wit and as a compelling dissection of the world we live in.” —Entertainment Weekly
NICE GIRL
REDBUD PRODUCTIONS
PRESENTS
THE MIDWEST PREMIERE OF
NICE GIRL
THE TENDER NEW COMEDY/DRAMA BY MELISSA ROSS
Directed By Loretta Grimes
Thursday, Friday & Saturday; October 26,27 & 28 (8:00 PM)
Kerrytown Concert House, 415 North Fourth Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI
General Tickets are $20 and student tickets are $15;
Limited front row café table seating for groups of 2 – 3 for $25 a seat
For reservations, call Kerrytown Concert House at 734-769-2999 or visit kerrytownconcerthouse.com.
Redbud Productions celebrates its 19th year with the 2015 critically-acclaimed Off-Broadway play Nice Girl, a tender comedy/ drama about discovering who you are and letting go of who you were ‘supposed’ to be.
“A wonderfully warm play about women and love, playwright Melissa Ross’ gentle, old-fashioned heart-tugger casts an insistent spell.” – NY Daily News.
In 1984 suburban Massachusetts, Josephine Rosen (Kim Brown) has a dead-end job, lives with her mother (Lenore Ferber), and has settled into the uncomfortable comfort of an unintended spinsterhood. “This isn’t the life I thought I’d be living,” Jo tells her mom. “I’m a spinster who lives at home with her mother! I had a scholarship to Radcliffe and I’m a secretary!”
But a new, uninhibited friend at work (Lisa Coveney) and a chance flirtation with the local butcher (Nate Brassfield) give her hope for change and maybe even romance.
Josephine gathers her courage, dusts off the Jane Fonda tapes, and begins tentative steps towards a new life.
“A slice of middle-class life with unpatronizing honesty and simplicity” —NY Times
“With a dark, sardonic wit, Ross’s Nice Girl is a deceptively simple story that packs an emotional wallop through thoughtfully drawn characters and the ache of human frailty.” – Exeunt Magazine
PRODIGAL SON
REDBUD PRODUCTIONS
PRESENTS
THE MIDWEST PREMIERE OF
PRODIGAL SON
THE ACCLAIMED NEW PLAY BY PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING PLAYWRIGHT JOHN PATRICK SHANLEY
Directed By Loretta Grimes
Thursday, Friday & Saturday; June 1,2 & 3 (8:00 PM)
Kerrytown Concert House, 415 North Fourth Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI
General Tickets are $20 and student tickets are $15;
Limited front row café table seating for groups of 2 – 3 for $25 a seat
For reservations, call Kerrytown Concert House at 734-769-2999 or visit kerrytownconcerthouse.com.
Redbud Productions continues its 18th year with the 2016 critically-acclaimed Off-Broadway smash by the Tony-winning, Oscar-nominated author of Doubt. This autobiographical new play is based on Shanley’s tumultuous high school years in the late 1960’s.
“As the memoir of a major moral playwright, it’s a gem“ – New York Theatre Wire
Prodigal Son is a passionate, explosive portrait of Shanley (Liam Weeks), a high school kid uprooted from the Bronx, on the verge of salvation or destruction as he desperately tries to fit in at an elite New Hampshire private school.
This gifted young man is violent, alienated, and on fire with a ferocious loneliness.
The Dean of the school (Tim Grimes) must wrestle with the dilemma: Is the young man a genius or a complete disaster and harmful to the students? Deb Wood is the Dean’s kindhearted wife who believes in the young man’s talent, Nate Brassfield plays the boys inspiring teacher, and Chris Krenz is the roommate caught in the middle.
“We all spent at least a few angst-ridden months (or maybe longer), like Jim, in “a special, beautiful room in hell.” Thankfully, we have writers like Shanley to bring us back — for a brief, but intense, emotion-packed 95-minute trip” – Entertainment Weekly
“I want to see Prodigal Son again soon. It’s the best thing that Shanley has given us since Doubt. You can’t get much better than that.” – The Wall Street Journal
GOOD PEOPLE
REDBUD PRODUCTIONS
PRESENTS
THE TONY-NOMINATED COMEDY-DRAMA
GOOD PEOPLE
BY PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING PLAYWRIGHT DAVID LINDSAY-ABAIRE
NAMED BEST PLAY OF THE YEAR
BY THE NEW YORK DRAMA CRITICS’ CIRCLE
Directed By Loretta Grimes
Thursday, Friday & Saturday; October 13, 14 & 15 (8:00 PM)
Kerrytown Concert House, 415 North Fourth Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI
General Tickets are $20 and student tickets are $15;
Limited front row café table seating for groups of 2 – 3 for $25 a seat
For reservations, call Kerrytown Concert House at 734-769-2999 or visit kerrytownconcerthouse.com.
Redbud Productions celebrates its 18th year with this Tony- nominated play, named Best Play of the Year by the New York Drama Critics’ Circle, written by the Pulitzer Prize-Winning Playwright of Rabbit Hole.
With a humorous glow, Good People explores the struggles, shifting loyalties and unshakable hopes that come with having next to nothing in America
“A very fine new play ….one of the more subtly surprising treats of this theater season.” The New York Times. “A quality rarely seen on Broadway” – Time Out
Welcome to Southie, the Boston neighborhood where a night on the town means a few rounds of bingo, where this month’s paycheck covers last month’s bills, and where Margie Walsh (Katie Whitney) has just been fired from yet another job.
Facing eviction from her eccentric landlady (Linda Lee Austin) and scrambling to catch a break, Margie, on the advice of her best friend (Emily Rogers), approaches her former boyfriend (Dave Barker), now a wealthy doctor, in hopes that he is her ticket to a fresh new start.
Will this self-made man face his humble beginnings? Margie risks what little she has left to find out. The outstanding cast includes Krystle Dellihue and Chris Krenz.
“Good People maps the fault lines of social class with a rare acuity of perception while also packing a substantial emotional wallop.” – Boston Globe “A wonderful new play … poignant, brave and almost subversive in its focus on what it really means to be down on your luck” The New York Post
LUNA GALE
REDBUD PRODUCTIONS
PRESENTS
THE MICHIGAN PREMIERE
OF
LUNA GALE
BY REBECCA GILMAN
THE COMPELLING NEW DRAMA
OF A SOCIAL WORKER
AND TWO YOUNG PARENTS
NAMED THE 2015 BEST PLAY OF THE YEAR
BY THE AMERICAN THEATRE CRITICS’ ASSOCIATION
Directed By Tim Grimes
Thursday, Friday & Saturday, June 2, 3 & 4 (8:00 PM)
Kerrytown Concert House, 415 North Fourth Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI
General Tickets are $20 and student tickets are $15;
Limited front row café table seating for groups of 2 – 3 for $25 a seat
For reservations, call Kerrytown Concert House at 734-769-2999 or visit kerrytownconcerthouse.com.
Redbud Productions continues its 17th year with the Michigan premiere of this critically acclaimed new play, named the 2015 Best Play of the Year by the American Theatre Critics’ Association.
“Smart and absorbing.” — The New York Times. “One of this year’s most valuable additions to American drama.” — The Los Angeles Times.
Veteran social worker Caroline (Loretta Grimes) believes that she has a typical case on her hands when she meets two young addicts (Krystle Dellihue and Liam Weeks) accused of neglecting their baby.
But when she places their infant daughter in the care of the girl’s mother (Deb Wood), Caroline sparks a powerful conflict that exposes a shadowy past and forces her to make a risky decision with potentially disastrous consequences.
Powerful and arresting, Luna Gale is a heartbreaking and unforgettable tale of love and betrayal.
Redbud’s talented cast includes Matt Clark, Brian Hayes and Celine Lopez.
“An outstanding new social drama about parenting that stands as a rich contribution to the American theater canon” – The Hollywood Reporter.
ASSISTED LIVING
REDBUD PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS
THE MICHIGAN PREMIERE OF
ASSISTED LIVING
THE AWARD-WINNING COMEDY-DRAMA
OF AGING PARENTS AND UNHELPFUL SIBLINGS
BY DEIRDRE O’CONNOR
Directed By Loretta Grimes
Thursday, Friday & Saturday, October 1,2 & 3 (8:00 PM)
Kerrytown Concert House, 415 North Fourth Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI
General Tickets are $20 and student tickets are $15;
Limited front row café table seating for groups of 2 – 3 for $25 a seat
For reservations, call Kerrytown Concert House at 734-769-2999 or visit kerrytownconcerthouse.com.
Redbud Productions kicks off its 17th year with the Michigan premiere of this critically acclaimed comedy-drama. “Highly Recommended …this New York–based writer confirms her unique gift for capturing the quirks of human behavior and the stresses of contemporary life…. combining truth, humor and heart.” – The Chicago Tribune
Librarian Anne Kelly (Mary Franceschi) desperately needs help. There is no romance in her life. She still lives with her aging, ailing mother. Her deadbeat brother (Jon Wax) won’t return her calls or offer much assistance and her ancient family home is falling down around her.
When a younger man (Liam Weeks) with a sweet disposition, a thin resume and a shaky past applies for a job as her mother’s in-home caregiver, Anne finds her quiet life spinning rapidly out of control in ways she had not expected.
Krystle Dellihue is featured as a surprise household guest in this delightful new play written by an Emmy Award-winning writer. Assisted Living is a funny and surprising look at the struggle to discover where our families end, and where we begin. The talented cast also includes Becky Freligh and Neeraja Aravamudan.
“A very compelling new play…and a remarkable proficient mystery that never lets you guess where it is going.” – The Chicago Tribune
OTHER DESERT CITIES
REDBUD PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS
OTHER DESERT CITIES
THE BROADWAY SMASH HIT:
A TONY-NOMINATED COMEDY-DRAMA OF FAMILY SECRETS
BY AWARD-WINNING PLAYWRIGHT JON ROBIN BAITZ
Directed By Loretta Grimes
Thursday, Friday & Saturday, May 28, 29 & 30 (8:00 PM)
Kerrytown Concert House, 415 North Fourth Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI
General Tickets are $20 and student tickets are $15;
Limited front row café table seating for groups of 2 – 3 for $25 a seat;
Special group rate general seating price of $15 per ticket for groups of 10 or more
For reservations, call Kerrytown Concert House at 734-769-2999 or visit kerrytownconcerthouse.com.
Redbud Productions continues its 16th year with this award-winning comedy-drama, which played to sold out Off-Broadway houses in 2011 at Lincoln Center and was a critically acclaimed hit when it transferred to Broadway.
A Pulitzer Prize finalist, Other Desert Cities was named Best Play of the Year by the Outer Critics Circle, was lauded by The New York Times as “The Best New Play on Broadway,” and received five Tony award nominations, including Best Play.
“The most richly enjoyable new play for grown-ups…in many a season.” The New York Times. “An oasis of humor & poignance” USA Today “Like a good popcorn movie, ‘Desert’ holds you rapt and keeps you guessing to the end” New York Daily News
Brooke (Dana Denha), fresh out of rehab, returns home to Palm Springs to celebrate a family Christmas after a six-year absence.
Announcing she will publish a tell-all memoir of a tragic event in their history, she dares her family to prevent her, and discovers that her wealthy Reagan-supporting parents do not want this painful wound reopened under any circumstances.
Deb Wood and Tim Grimes are featured as the distraught parents, Liam Weeks is the brother caught in the middle of the heated family conflict and Lenore Ferber is the outspoken alcoholic aunt in recovery in this riveting comedy-drama of family secrets and a Holiday reunion gone awry.
“A Broadway gem.” – Newsday.
4000 MILES
REDBUD PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS
4000 MILES
BY AWARD-WINNING PLAYWRIGHT AMY HERZOG
THE PULITZER PRIZE-NOMINATED COMEDY/DRAMA
OF A YOUNG MAN AND HIS ELDERLY GRANDMOTHER
NAMED TIME MAGAZINE’S BEST PLAY OF THE YEAR
Directed By Loretta Grimes
Thursday, Friday & Saturday, October 23, 24 & 25 (8:00 PM)
Kerrytown Concert House, 415 North Fourth Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI
General Tickets are $20 and student tickets are $15;
Limited front row café table seating for groups of 2 – 3 for $25 a seat;
Special group rate general seating price of $15 per ticket for groups of 10 or more
For reservations, call Kerrytown Concert House at 734-769-2999 or visit kerrytownconcerthouse.com.
Redbud Productions kicks off its 16th year with the Ann Arbor premiere of this critically lauded comedy/drama. The Off-Broadway smash hit 4000 Miles, winner of the 2012 Obie Award for Best New Play and the New York Times Award for Outstanding Playwright, was also a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and named The Best Play of the Year by Time Magazine.
“5 Stars…One of the best, bravest plays of the season. See it, no matter how far you must travel” – Time Out, New York “Funny, moving, altogether wonderful…”- The New York Times.
After suffering a major loss during a bike trip from Seattle to New York, 21 year-old Leo (Liam Weeks) drops in unexpectedly at 3 am to the tiny West Village apartment of his feisty 91 year-old Jewish grandmother (Liz Greaves-Hoxsie).
What begins as an overnight visit turns into weeks as these unlikely roommates infuriate, bewilder, and carefully learn how to love and care for each other.
Redbud’s talented cast includes Maddie Maxey as Leo’s new romance and Dana Denha as his determined girlfriend who arrives to announce their break up.
“Plays as truthful and touching and fine as Amy Herzog’s 4000 Miles come along once or maybe twice a season, if we’re lucky.” – The New York Times.
THE GREAT GOD PAN
REDBUD PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS
THE ACCLAIMED NEW PLAY OF CHILDHOOD MEMORIES
THE GREAT GOD PAN
BY AWARD-WINNING PLAYWRIGHT AMY HERZOG
Directed By Loretta Grimes
Thursday, Friday & Saturday, May 29, 30 & 31 (8:00 PM)
Kerrytown Concert House, 415 North Fourth Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI
General Tickets are $20 and student tickets are $15;
Limited front row café table seating for groups of 2 – 3 for $25 a seat;
Special group rate general seating price of $15 per ticket for groups of 10 or more
For reservations, call Kerrytown Concert House at 734-769-2999 or visit kerrytownconcerthouse.com.
Redbud Productions celebrates its 15th year with this acclaimed play by award-winning playwright and Pulitzer Prize nominee Amy Herzog. The Great God Panwill be performed at Kerrytown following a critically-lauded world premiere at New York City’s Playwrights Horizons Theater. “A haunting new play…not something I’ll soon forget” The New York Times “Whatever the ideal [play] is, it has to look a lot like The Great God Pan” The New York Observer
Jamie (Dave Barker)’s life in Brooklyn seems just fine. He has a beautiful girlfriend (Katie Whitney), a budding journalism career, and parents (Mary Franceschi, Tim Grimes) who live just far enough away.
But, when a childhood acquaintance (Siamak Davarani) visits him with unsettling news, Jamie’s life is thrown in a tailspin, and he finds it difficult to decipher what is real and what is imagined.
Janet Rich plays a former babysitter whose fading recollections may provide a clue to the past and Sofia Fall is a young girl with a serious ailment in this mysterious and deeply compassionate play – the intimate tale of the tricks of one’s memory and of what is lost and won when a hidden truth is unloosed into the world.
“Haunting, deeply affecting, and unfailingly honest. Amy Herzog is one of the bright theatrical lights of her generation!” – The New York Times