Coming off the smash success of last year’s “Double Feature!” (winner of three awards from the 2019 Tulsa Awards for Theatre Excellence [TATE] including Outstanding Original Play and Outstanding Costumes and Makeup), Heller Theatre Company has selected two one-act plays by Tulsa playwrights to continue its mission of supporting original work with local flavor.
Subtitled Two Plays Walk Into a Bar, this year’s “Double Feature!” ( the third annual pairing of one-acts beginning with 2018’s “Triple Feature!”) pairs two world-premiere one-act plays that both take place in bars.
“Intoxication”
written by Shadia Dahlal; directed by Angela Mclaughlin
Heller Theatre Company’s Playwright-in-Residence Shadia Dahlal’s latest new work “Intoxication” is a love story between a woman and alcohol. Dahlal explores love, addiction, and trauma in this intimate, sweetly funny new play about female alcoholism. This sensitive dramedy will be directed by the incomparable Angela McLaughlin (The Last Days of Judas Iscariot, Circle Mirror Transformation).
CAST:
ELENA: Kathleen Hope
STEVE: Timothy Hunter
SAM: Kathryn Hartney
REMY: Roderick Hudson
YIA YIA: Sally Allen
THE WOMAN: Karlena Riggs
“Jack Dicky and the Swarthy Gentleman”
written by Quinn Blakely; directed by Jarrod Kopp
“Jack Dicky and the Swarthy Gentleman” was developed by Quinn Blakely as part of Second Sunday Serials, a monthly event in which playwrights tell a story over the course of several months, one scene at a time. “Jack Dicky” was an instant hit, premiering to universal acclaim and went on to be voted forward every month during the first season of Serials (2017-18)
This side-splitting detective comedy with vaudevillian roots takes you for a ride-along on the madcap adventures of a hard-boiled private eye named Jack Dicky. Conspiracies, pratfalls, and wordplay await! Jarrod Kopp (The 39 Steps) directs.
CAST:
JACK DICKY: Steve Barker
SIREN: Ashlee Osborn
BUDDY/WINSTON: Andy Axewell
MONTAGO/HARLEY: Carl Antonowicz
THE COMMIE KID/CLYDE: Cal Wright
MARLEY/SCIENTIST: Jeffery Jimenez
COLONEL: Annette Wright
PLAYWRIGHT: Paul Henry
Performances will be held April 17, 18, 24, and 25 at 7:30 PM and April 26 at 2:00pm at Nightingale Theater, 1416 E 4th St. Tickets will go on sale March 15 at hellertheatreco.com/tickets .
This production is made possible through the generosity of the George Kaiser Family Foundation. Heller Theatre Company is a member of Arts Alliance Tulsa. This show may contain mature themes and adult language. For more information, visit www.hellertheatreco.com or check out Heller Theatre Company on Facebook and Twitter.
