NIGHT OF THE LIVING

BY DAVE LANKFORD

NIGHT OF THE LIVING

By Dave Lankford

Directed by Jenny Beth Snyder

New York International Fringe Festival

AUG 20, 2015 - AUG 30, 2015

VENUE 11: 64E4 MAIN STAGE

The Shelter launched its 7th season of original theatre at the New York International Fringe Festival with The New York Times‘s and Time Out New York‘s festival favorite, and winner of the Overall Achievement Award for Overall Play: NIGHT OF THE LIVING by Dave Lankford.

Meet young parents Mia and Marshall. Their marriage, teetering on the edge of collapse, fights to survive as a zombie pandemic quietly infects the couple’s insular world. Cross-cutting between two distant but parallel nights, Mia and Marshall must confront the most intimate and difficult choices of their lives. With both humorous and heartbreaking moments, NIGHT OF THE LIVING reinvents the genre as you’ve never seen it before.

Cast

  • Belle Caplis
  • Eric Keuhnemann

Creative Team

  • Stage Manager: Mary Gunther
  • Assistant Director: Kelly Teaford
  • Set Design: Mary Hamrick
  • Lighting Design: Jake Fine
  • Sound Design: Aidan Meyer
  • Costume Design: Elizabeth Weisel
  • FringeNYC Liaison (ACR): Jenny Waxman
  • Board Operators: Philip Kenner & Julia Rehwald

Schedule

  • Thu, 8/20, 8:45pm
  • Sat, 8/22, 4:45pm
  • Tue, 8/25, 3:15pm
  • Thu, 8/27, 9:00pm
  • Sat, 8/29, 2:15pm
  • EXTENDED: Sun, 8/30, 4:45pm

By Subway

  • 6 to Astor Place
  • F to 2nd Ave
  • B/D/M to B’way-Lafayette
  • R to 8St-NYU
PROGRAM
MAP

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    FRINGE FESTIVAL FAVORITE

    The New York Times
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    CRITIC'S PICK

    Time Out New York
  • “

    ...a comic horror love story that goes unusually deep, juxtaposing marital disaster with societal nightmare.

    Laura Collins-Hughes, The New York Times
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    enormously well-constructed play... a wonderfully jarring confluence of separation and intimacy... Well acted, well directed, Night of the Living is a must see.

    Keith Paul Medelis, Theatre Is Easy
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    Under the direction of Jenny Beth Snyder, Night of the Living successfully inspires terror without a single zombie actually appearing onstage.

    Natalie Sacks, CHARGED.fm
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    OVERALL EXCELLENCE AWARD for OVERALL PLAY

    The New York International Fringe Festival
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    BEST BET

    Theatre Is Easy
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    clever central conceit... a high-concept horror-thriller... Caplis has impressive moments in a hugely demanding role.

    Adam Feldman, Time Out New York
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    totally unique... something you have never seen before... really smart and very cool to watch... you are just rapt.

    Maxamoo Podcast
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    Caplis shows all of these emotions with convincing determination and versatility... Kuehnemann adds an intimacy...

    Michele DeBella, Stage Buddy
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    Dave Lankford brings a new twist to the genre by focusing not on the chaos of an outbreak but the quiet moments of calm in between. (Dare I say he’s breathed new life into the well-worn trope?)

    Liz Richards, NYTheatre Now