"First date. Everyone's nervous.
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THE CAST
Danielle PressleyDanielle 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 JenningsMark 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 SutherlandMeg 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 BowerCurtis 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 PendletonBonny 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