When?
  October 11-21, 2018

Where?
Clarence Brown Lab Theatre

1714 Andy Holt Ave.
​Knoxville, TN 37916

How Much?
$15 Adult Online
$10 Student Online

AT-THE-DOOR PRICES:
Adult- $20
College Student- $15
UT Student w/ valid ID- $5

"First date. Everyone's nervous.
​We all have a thing we fall back on..." 

From the moment that Becky arrives overdressed for her date with straight-talking businessman Max, it is clear the evening won't go to plan. In the immediate fallout, Becky becomes an object of devotion for her coworker Andrew, who appears to have a taste for vulnerable women. In turn Andrew's wife Suzanna turns to her step-brother Max for comfort, and their mutual desire begins to resurface. Gina Gionfriddo's masterful play is a biting new American comedy with sharp, witty dialogue. Becky Shaw is a contemporary tale about ambition, the cost of being truthful, and the perils of a blind date.

THE CAST

Danielle Pressley  

​Danielle Pressley (SUZANNA) is a 2018 graduate of the University of Tennessee’s theatre department and a proud member of the Patron Services team for the Clarence Brown Theatre. She was last seen in the WordPlayers’ staged reading of These Shining Lives. Past CBT credits include Top Girls and Blue Window. Other credits include: Julius Caesar (Lovers & Madmen), The Bear (ChekhovFest), Extremities (Sex Week), and Proof (Theatre Knoxville Downtown).

Mark Jennings

​​Mark Jennings (MAX) is a local actor, improviser, and a graduate of the University of Tennessee. He has been in many productions at theatres throughout the area including the Clarence Brown Theatre, the Oak Ridge Playhouse, and the WordPlayers. He was recently seen in The Dream of the Burning Boy at the Clarence Brown Lab Theatre. He is a founding member of Full Disclosure Comedy, a long form improv troupe that performs locally and around the country.

Meg Sutherland

​Meg Sutherland (BECKY) is delighted to be back in the Lab Theatre with this production. Born and raised in Nashville, TN, Meg is a senior at UT, graduating in December with a double major in Communication Studies & Theatre. With the CBT: Top Girls (Marlene) & Blue Window (Alice). Other credits include: Mandala, A New Play (Anita) at Modern Studio, Horse Girls (Ashleigh Whitford), Ragtime, The Vagina Monologues, and Rent.

Curtis Bower

Curtis Bower (ANDREW) is a senior in theatre at UTK graduating in the Spring of 2019. Some of his favorite past productions are As You Like It, Blue Window, Great American Trailer Park Musical, and A Midsummer Night's Dream. He is looking forward to assistant directing The Real Inspector Hound by Tom Stoppard in the spring.

Bonny Pendleton

Bonny Baker Pendleton (SUSAN) graduated from The University of Tennessee with a degree in theater.  She appeared at UT’s Hunter Hills and Clarence Brown Theater.  Bonny is currently the President of the Board at Theatre Knoxville Downtown.  Her favorite acting roles so far are Nat in Rabbit Hole and Peg in The Outgoing Tide.

ARTISTIC TEAM

David Ratliff
Director

Danielle Kowalkowski
Stage Manager

Becca Johnson
Scenic Designer

Kate Samayoa
Costume Designer

Collin Hall
Lighting Designer

Kathryn Nabors
Props Master

Robert Parker Jenkins
Photographer/Graphic Designer

Gina Gionfriddo
Playwright

"Gina Gionfriddo's comedy of bad manners, a tangled tale of love, sex, and ethics among a quartet of men and women in their thirties, is as engrossing as it is ferociously funny, like a big box of fireworks fizzing and crackling across the stage from its first moments to its last."

CHARLES ISHERWOOD, THE NEW YORK TIMES