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* Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers, appearing under a special agreement with **The Scenic Designer is a member of United Scenic Artists,
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Tin Church runs about 90 minutes
with no intermission
Inspired by recurring nightmares and an old Tin Church, Parrish weaves a sultry southern spell that begs the question, can the wheel of generational trauma ever truly stop spinning? Or are families destined to repeat life's tragedies again and again?
The Magnolia smells sweet on the evening breeze, and then it falls and sours, like a secret kept too long.
Tin Church is an unsettling, Southern Gothic exploration of generational trauma and the secrets families keep. The dream and waking world collide in this intensely dark comedy where demons come out to play in the low country south.
Mary (Marguerite Stimpson) is the oldest of three sisters. It seems she has escaped her small southern town and the monotony of it all for the big city life.
Mildred (Virginia Wall Gruenert), her mother, has a successful marriage, a big family and an even larger front porch. She spends her days stirring up the sweet tea and gossip.
Younger sisters Linda ( Christina Perry) and Sue (Lilly Tobin) are well woven into the intricate quilt of secrets this family keeps. One remembers. The other spends her days and nights trying to forget.
Through a maze of memories, letters, dreams and the waking world, Tin Church takes us on a thrilling psychological exploration of things unsaid. Is Mildred as perfect as she insists? Did Mary truly escape after all? What is the secret that binds them?
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Song List
Where the Shadow Meets the Water
by Adia Victoria
Cast
Creative Team
Robyne Parrish
Amelia Heastings
Elizabeth Bays
Juliette Louste
Marie Laster*
Farid Vargas
Adia Victoria
Julie Skarratt
Katie Rosin
Goddur
Hannah Tamminen
Jamibeth Margolis
Amelia Firestone
Rafaella Rossi
Marco Diaz
Matthieu De Robles
Dariel Garcia
Alex Magallanes
A message from the playwright
"Tell the truth, even though that's not exactly the way it happened." Flannery O'Connor
My mother gave me my first journal when I was five years old. It was then that I began to learn that the best way to get the darkness out of me was to write it down. The darkness and the light.
Tin Church is not an autobiographical tale. I greatly admire Tennessee Williams and like him, I use my childhood as prompts to discover character and story. To explore old wounds. To mine memories and to excavate truth. The whys, if you will.
In this case, I suffered from night terrors as a child and had multiple recurring dreams for several decades that haunted me with their secrets. The first draft of this play, only a ten minute one, happened in 2007 and the final draft was completed in 2024. It took seventeen years to dig up the "truth" around these nightmares. They were, simply, characters buried deeply within, crying to be set free.
An homage to many a dear loved one and to the south, where I grew up. I am the oldest of three sisters. But these are not my sisters. These are your sisters and our sisters and they belong to all of us. This family and this chaos and this generational trauma. I hope you can find yourself somewhere inside. And that together, we can release the darkness. And the light.
Special thanks to
Lindsay Griggs
Eric Dente
Mary Irwin
Julie Skarratt
David Rey
Hannah Tamminen
A Special Thank you
Marie Laster
Special thanks
to Gertrude Laster Duval and Jean Francois E. Duval for the props.
and to Tory Gundrum and Brandon Hughes for the wood shop space.
Meet the Company
Virginia Wall Gruenert
Virginia Wall Gruenert is co-founder and Executive Artistic Director of off the WALL Productions. A native of New York City, Virginia grew up in Bogota, New Jersey. She has studied acting, voice, and movement in New York (Maria Wida, Arthur Storch, Jaques Chwat), in London (National Theater, Bristol Old Vic), and in Los Angeles with the legendary Stella Adler. Acting credits - NYC: What Kind of Woman (Nancy Manocherian’s the cell), Shaken & Stirred (Theater 54), ‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore (Perry St. Theatre), Camelot Revisited (Theater for the New City). Syracuse Stage: The Adding Machine, Ah, Wilderness!, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Kennedy’s Children, among others. Villanova Master’s Program: Watt (adapted from Samuel Beckett’s novel and directed by Charles Van Buren). off the WALL: Shaken & Stirred (Various), Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Martha); Season’s Greetings…! (Jocelyn); Agnes of God (Martha Livingstone); ‘night, Mother (Thelma); The House of Yes (Mrs. Pascal); The Other Place (Julianna); Well (Ann); Ghosts (Mrs. Alving), Byhalia, MS (Celeste); Hoard (Viv); What Kind of Woman (Nora). Virginia is a proud member of The Dramatists Guild of America, Inc., The League of Professional Theatre Women, International Center for Women Playwrights, and Actors’ Equity Association.
Marguerite Stimpson
Marguerite has appeared in the Broadway productions of The Elephant Man (also West End) and Butley. Other theater credits include King John at Shakespeare on the Sound, Transfigures at WP Theatre, Desperate Writers, The Elephant Man at Williamstown Theatre Festival, Tragedy: A Tragedy at Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Pericles at the Shakespeare Theatre D.C. and the Goodman Theatre, Butley at the Huntington Theatre, and Antigone at A.R.T. Select television credits include “FBI: International”, “Lioness”, “The Blacklist”, “Little America”, “Billions”, “Blue Bloods”, “Law and Order: SVU”, “30 Rock”, and “The Onion” (Huffington Post Best Comedy Video). Marguerite can be seen in Eighth Grade (Golden Globes 2019) and many independent films.
Christina Perry
Christina Elise Perry is a film and theatre actor and producer of dozens of productions Off-Broadway. Highlighted theatrical roles include: NYC Premiere SIX CORNERS by Emmy-nominated Keith Huff as Amanda. Sam Shepard's SIMPATICO as Rosie and FOOL FOR LOVE as May, Critically acclaimed CHASING THE RIVER, and WAIT UNTIL DARK as Susan (NYIT Nominee for Best Actress in a Leading Role). Film: HOW I SPENT MY SUMMER VACATION with In the Garage Productions, Award Winning short, IN THE DARK ROOM. Training: New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts; School for Film and Television. Perry thanks her family and the 'Sisu' her grandparents instilled within her. @christinaperryperry
Lilly Tobin
Lilly Tobin is honored to be a part of this world premiere. Select Credits: How the Grinch Stole Christmas at Madison Square Garden; The Cottage (Dierdre) Engeman, Marvelous Wonderettes (Suzy) Flat Rock, Dial M For Murder (Maxine) East Lynne, Chicago (Roxie) GVT. Other credits: McCarter, Ogunquit, Walnut Street, Maine State, Argyle, NCT, TriArts, Fulton, Riverside. TV: “Michael & Michael Have Issues” Comedy Central. Wagner & LAMDA Graduate. Thank you Robyne for creating complex roles for women. www.lillytobin.com
Robyne Parrish
Ms. Parrish was accepted into and participated in several prestigious arts programs throughout her early education including the Tri-District Arts Consortium in SC and the SC Govenors School of the Arts. She was also awarded Superior in Acting from the South Eastern Theatre Conference.
She began her professional actor's training at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA) where she received her Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Drama. UNCSA is ranked one of the top acting conservatories in the world. Ms. Parrish received extensive classical training including voice and speech work with an emphasis on alignment, mask and movement, both the Meisner and Stanislovski Techniques, and Shakespeare. She has been trained by some of the worlds greatest teachers, including renowned director, Gerald Freedman, Cigdem Onat, Bob Fransisconi, Mary Irwin and Broadway dance legend, Molly Murray. While at school, Ms. Parrish played The Bakers Wife in "Into the Woods", Beatrice in "The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man in the Moon Marigolds" and Natasha in "Rough Crossing". After graduating, she returned to NC as a guest artist to play the role of Angharad in the musical version of the novel "How Green Was My Valley" entitled "A Time for Singing", written by Gerald Freedman and John Morris.
After University, Ms. Parrish moved to NYC and spent many years working Off -Broadway, Regionally and in National Tours. Ms. Parrish had the great fortune of studying with Patsy Rodenburg and Ian McKellen at the Royal National Theatre in London. In 2004, Parrish founded Sonnet Repertory Theatre, in NYC.
Later, Parrish was a Graduate Fellow Candidate for three years at Point Park University in the MFA in Theatre Performance and Pedagogy Program. In addition, Ms. Parrish completed an MA degree in Psychology. In 2012, Parrish took the position of Artistic Director of the Gilbert Theatre in Fayetteville NC where she remained for five seasons.
Now a full time Actor/Director/Producer/Coach based in NYC, Parrish continues her personal study at Russian Arts Theatre NYC, Double Edge Theatre in MA and Stanislavsky Active Analysis with Cotter Smith. As an educator, Parrish teaches online theatre arts classes at the collegiate level and is Head Coach at Parrish and Co., NYC, where she specializes in Private Coaching, Scene Study and Monologue Matchmaking for the actor. **Member of the National Alliance of Acting Teachers, AEA and SAG-AFTRA.
Most recently: A Man Called Otto with Tom Hanks; GOSSIP GIRL HBO Max; Nobody Wants to Shoot a Woman with Tine Benko, Max Casella and Lev Gorn; Feature Sci Fi Nemesis Eterna, the short Horror film Who's Afraid, the new play When We Fall with the Pittsburgh Public Theatre, the new musical Close, But Not Too Close with PROJECTY NYC, available to stream now, appeared in the rolling world premiere of BD Wong’s The 3 Karen’s with Weathervane Theatre and OOTB NYC and as Elmire in Tartuffe with the Pittsburgh Public Theatres Playtime. In 2019/2020: The Giant Hoax Off Broadway with Indieworks at Theatre Row and Off Broadway at the Chain the the WP of Chasing the River.
Off Broadway: York Theatre, The Mint, Musicals Tonight!, Sonnet Rep and the NY Music Festival. Regional: The Arden, Virginia Stage, the Pittsburgh CLO, Theatre Raleigh, PMT, NJ Rep, Sierra Rep and the Public Theatre of Maine. An Addy award winning commercial actress; best actress in the short film Vulnerability (which she co-wrote and produced) at PCIFF and starred opposite Richard Kind and Steve Guttenburg in the feature, Help Me, Help You. Nominated Best Supporting Actress at the NYFTV Festival for the new series Into Gray. Currently producing/acting/writing/directing in multiple indie/short films/webseries in the NYC indie community (including the award winning Peri-Street).
Acting coach with Parrish and Co. Instagram @parrishandco
Robyne Parrish
Born in Ohio and raised in the Carolinas, Robyne Parrish has lived and worked as an Actor/Director/Playwright in NYC for the better part of twenty years. This is her first commissioned play and her first full length world premiere. Parrish and Off the Wall have a storied past, collaborating on multiple projects, notably Sarah Kane's 4.48 Psychosis , Andrea Lepcio's Looking for the Pony , and The Zero Hour by Madeline George. Parrish cites she's been greatly influenced by playwrights Williams, Lett s, McNally, Nottage, Shepard and Shanley, " I have a great deal of admiration for Shanley and have since my college years. I'd say Shanley was instrumental in making my childhood desire to be in New York a reality, by bringing the community into focus and allowing his characters to take huge risks and speak deep secret truths. As Actor/Playwrights, Tracy Lett s and Sam Shepard always inspired me to embrace the multi -hyphenate within. They wrote rich and deeply emotional characters, like Nott age and McNally. And of course, Williams, a prolific southern Playwright who was known for using his familial relationships as inspiration for his storytelling ."
Amelia Heastings
Amelia is thrilled to be a part of the Tin Church team!
Select Credits: Shakespeare & Company - Three Tall Persian Women (World Premiere), Dear Jack, Dear Louise; Hamlet 2023, Golda’s Balcony 2023, 2024; Interlochen Shakespeare Festival - Comedy of Errors; Walk With Amal- The Ghosts of Carrie Furnace; Pittsburgh Public Theater - Murder on the Orient Express, The Tempest; Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival - Much Ado About Nothing; Greenbrier Valley Theatre - Mountain Home Christmas, Frankenstein
Elizabeth Bays
Elizabeth Bays is a New York based actor/burlesque artist/filmmaker and is delighted to be making her “backstage debut.”
Theatrical credits (as an actor) include Simpatico(Off-Broadway), Angelina Ballerina the Musical (National Tour) the world premiere of The Tower at Obie Award winning HERE Arts Center, and the NY Premiere of Tony/Oscar/Pulitizer Prize winning playwright, John Patrick Shanley’s “Banshee.” She has performed with Labryinth Theatre Company, Actor’s Theatre NYC, Antimatter Theatre Company, and more.
Elizabeth is part of Hotsy Totsy Burlesque (named the Best Burlesque Show in NYC by Broadway World) a “nerdlesque” troupe that performs monthly at the world famous Slipper Room.
Juliette Louste
Juliette Louste (born in 1988, in France) is a dancer and choreographer, teacher and improviser, as well as technician, technical director and light designer. She studied choreography at the Institut del Teatre in Barcelona, and began to work professionally in the stage world in 2007. After graduating in 2012, she spent a few years living wherever she was working, leading her to places such as Europe, Canada, South Africa, Brazil, Japan, United States and Iceland, where she worked for the first time in 2013. Since 2016, she is based in Reykjavík where she is working as technician for several venues such as Tjarnarbíó, Borgarleikhúsið and Þjóðleikhúsið, light designing numerous shows, technical director of 3 festivals (Reykjavík Dance Festival, Reykjavík Fringe Festival and UNGI), as well as dancing and choreographing. among other for theater pieces. She co-founded PerKinBa in 2009, and Dulmáni in 2019. She is also running Juliette Louste Company since 2012.
Marie Laster*
Marie Laster is a scenic designer based in New York City. Scenic design credits include What the Constitution Means to Me (Arden Theatre), one drop cool (Moxie Arts NY & WP Theater), Chicken & Biscuits (TheatreSquared), All My Mothers Dream in Spanish (Azuka Theatre), Ghetto Gods in Divineland (Passage Theatre), Sandblasted (Theatre Horizon), Untitled (Barrymore Scenic Design Nomination - Inis Nua Theatre). Marie received a Bachelor of Architecture degree from Philadelphia University and enjoys channeling her creative energy through the scenic design process. marielasterdesign.com
Farid Vargas
Farid Vargas began his career in Mexico City, focusing in live engineering for live jazz. After working aboard Norwegian Cruise Lines as an audio engineer for Broadway musicals such as Six! The Musical and Burn the Floor, he moved to New York City. He’s continued his career off Broadway working as an A1 and Production Sound for The Public and St Ann’s Warehouse on Manahatta, The Hunt, Grenfell and The Ghost of John McCain. He’s excited to make his sound design debut with Tin Church.
Adia Victoria
Adia Victoria is an American singer and songwriter. In addition to playing and writing music, she also writes poetry. Victoria has described her music as "gothic blues".
It incorporates elements of rock, blues, punk rock and country music. Victoria has described her music as "gothic blues". In August 2021, Victoria released Magnolia Blues as the lead single from her upcoming third studio album A Southern Gothic. Jon Freeman of Rolling Stone described the song as "an eerie, acoustic-guitar-driven tune that expands to thick bass and a ghostly orchestra of strings and banjo." A Southern Gothic was released on September 17, 2021.
https://adiavictoria.fancollab.com/
Julie Skarratt
Julie Skarratt has always dreamed of seeing the world, and of seeing it her own way. Born and raised in Australia, Julie began modeling as a teenager, and 15 years in front of the camera gave her an unparalleled opportunity to travel and explore. She graced the editorial pages of Vogue and the covers of Cosmopolitan, working in St. Barths, Tokyo, the hills of Italy, and anywhere else a photographer or designer might take her. She collaborated with the likes of Karl Lagerfeld and famed fashion photographer Albert Watson, and it was the photographers capturing her likeness who encouraged Julie to pick up a camera herself.
In addition to her work as a wedding and family photographer, Julie is the photographer of choice for the Metropolitan Opera, the New York City Ballet, MoMA, the New York Philharmonic, and Carnegie Hall. Her work has been published in The New York Times, Vogue, Town & Country, Martha Stewart Weddings, People, and Quest Magazine -- where she currently holds the position of Photographer at Large.
Katie Rosin
KATIE ROSIN, KAMPFIRE PR/MARKETING is a full service marketing and publicity company instrumental in the launch of the Broadway musical Brooklyn and the National Tour of Mother Load. Kampfire has been integral in multidimensional campaigns for Telly Award Winners, New York Innovative Theatre Award Recipients, GLAAD Award winners, back-to-back NYMF Best of Fest winners, and Drama Desk nominees. Off-Broadway highlights include Eisenhower, Theatre at St. Clements; The Creeps, Playhouse 46 at St. Luke's; KHAN!!! The Musical, The Players Theater; Daughter of the Wicked, City Center | Stage II; The Lucky Star, 59E59; The Little Match Girl, St. Luke’s; unFRAMED, John Jay College Performing Arts Center; GLAAD Award Nominee, She Like Girls, Ohio Theater; Glimpses of the Moon, Algonquin Hotel; IT Awards recipient, Elizabeth Rex, Center Stage; Triple Threat: 2007 Drama Desk Nominee (mis)UNDERSTANDING MAMMY: The Hattie McDaniel Story, Theatre 5. She is currently the Director of Communications at Spruce Peak Arts, in Stowe, Vermont. During the pandemic, she served as Director of Communications at the Broadway Podcast Network. www.kampfirefilmspr.com IN: @kampfirefilmspr TW: @kampfirepr FB: @kampfirefilms
Goddur
Goddur (Gudmundur Oddur Magnusson) is a Visual Artist / VisCom Designer now research professor at Iceland University of the Arts. His research work has been on the history of the Icelandic visual Language with more than 30 years of experience in teaching graphic design and as free lance graphic designer. He is educated in fine art in the 70’s with many fluxus artists like Dieter Roth, Hermann Nitsch and Robert Filliou. He graduated in design and photography from Emily Carr University of Art & Design, Vancouver, B.C. 1989.
His work has been presented in publications like Graphic Design for the 21st Century (2003), North by North - Scandinavian Graphic Design, Die Gestalten Verla, Berlin 2002 & 55°North - Contemporary Scandinavian Graphic Design, Laurence King Publishing (2002)
Hannah Tamminen
Hannah is a theater, film, and television actor based in New York City.
Born and raised in New Jersey to a drummer and a ballerina-turned-scientist, I developed an early appreciation for the performing arts. Over the years, my journey has taken me across the country, where I’ve worked at esteemed venues such as La Jolla Playhouse, The Mark Taper Forum/Center Theater Group in Los Angeles, Ensemble Theater Company in Santa Barbara, and Target Margin Theater Company in Brooklyn, NY.
My formal training includes earning an MFA in Acting from the University of California, San Diego, which provided me with a deep understanding of the craft. After graduation, I spent several years in Los Angeles, further developing my skills and expanding my professional network.
Alongside my performance work, I discovered a passion for teaching and education, leading me to share my knowledge through classes in Acting, Voice and Speech, Movement, and Public Speaking. Additionally, I work privately with individuals on presentation and delivery skills, interview and audition preparation, and speech and accent coaching.
I currently reside in Brooklyn but spend much of my time in the Princeton, NJ area and Maine. In my spare time, I enjoy playing softball in Central Park and testing my knowledge at trivia nights!
Jamibeth Margolis
Jamibeth Margolis, CSA is a professional casting director based in New York City. She was with Johnson-Liff Casting, Cameron Mackintosh, and Margolis-Seay Casting and is now out on her own as a freelance casting director and owner of Jamibeth Margolis Casting And Productions. Previous credits include the Broadway and National Touring Companies of such hits as Les Miserables, The Phantom Of The Opera, Miss Saigon, Cats, and Jane Eyre as well as two dozen other shows on Broadway. She currently casts for Off-Broadway, National Touring Companies and shows for prominent regional theaters and all of the major theater festivals in NYC. She is proud to have cast Harmony by Barry Manilow and Bruce Sussman this past season on Broadway. Her casting office is dedicated to the development of new plays and musicals. Jamibeth won an Artios Award for her casting of Fiddler On The Roof In Yiddish at Stage 42 (directed by Joel Grey). Thank you to the Robyne, Ginny, Hans and the team for this opportunity. Member: Casting Society Of America www.jamibetharts.com
Amelia Firestone
Rafaella Rossi
Marco Diaz
Matthieu De Robles
Dariel Garcia
Alex Magallanes
Alex (They/Them) is a proud first-generation Mexican-American Stage Manager. Past credits include National Tour: 𝘋𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘌𝘷𝘢𝘯 𝘏𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘯 Regional: 𝘓𝘦𝘴 𝘔𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴, 𝘋𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭𝘴, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘔𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘥, 𝘍𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘭𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘰𝘰𝘧, 𝘞𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴 (The Muny) 𝘍𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴 (Shakespeare & Company) 𝘓𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘙𝘦𝘥, 𝘈 𝘔𝘪𝘥𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳 𝘕𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵'𝘴 𝘋𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮 (Pennslyvania Shakespeare Festival) 𝘙𝘢𝘨𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 (Piedmont Opera). UNCSA. Love to my family and my cat. @magallanesmanages
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Off The Wall Productions To Return To New York With TIN CHURCH
OFF THE WALL PRODUCTIONS will present the world premiere production of TIN CHURCH, written and directed by Robyne Parrish (former resident and current guest cast member of the iconic Sleep No More at the Mckittrick Hotel). TIN CHURCH, inspired by recurring nightmares and an old Tin Church, weaves a sultry southern spell that begs the question, can the wheel of generational trauma ever truly stop spinning? Or are families destined to repeat life's tragedies again and again?
TIN CHURCH will play at the Chain Theatre as part of The Factory Series @Chain Theatre, which provides renters with production support that may include subsidized space, rehearsal studios, and equipment and the overarching marketing, publicity, and technology enhancements for the theater. Performances begin Wednesday, October 23 and continue through Sunday, November 23. Opening Night is Friday, October 25 7 p.m. Tickets are $35 and available at https://www.ticketor.com/carnegiestage/tinchurch.
The Magnolia smells sweet on the evening breeze, and then it falls and sours, like a secret kept too long. Tin Church is an unsettling, Southern Gothic exploration of generational trauma and the secrets families keep. The dream and waking world collide in this intensely dark comedy where demons come out to play in the low country south. Mary is the oldest of three sisters. It seems she has escaped her small southern town and the monotony of it all for the big city life. Mildred, her mother, has a successful marriage, a big family, and an even larger front porch. She spends her days stirring up sweet tea and gossip. Younger sisters Linda and Sue are well woven into the intricate quilt of secrets this family keeps. One remembers. The other spends her days and nights trying to forget. Through a maze of memories, letters, dreams, and the waking world, TIN CHURCH takes us on a thrilling psychological exploration of things unsaid. Is Mildred as perfect as she insists? Did Mary truly escape after all? What is the secret that binds them?
Born in Ohio and raised in the Carolinas, Robyne Parrish has lived and worked as an Actor/Director/Playwright in NYC for the better part of twenty years. This is her first commissioned play and her first full length world premiere. Parrish and Off the Wall have a storied past, collaborating on multiple projects, notably Sarah Kane's 4.48 Psychosis, Andrea Lepcio's Looking for the Pony, and The Zero Hour by Madeline George. Parrish cites she's been greatly influenced by playwrights Williams, Letts, McNally, Nottage, Shepard and Shanley, "I have a great deal of admiration for Shanley and have since my college years. I'd say Shanley was instrumental in making my childhood desire to be in New York a reality, by bringing the community into focus and allowing his characters to take huge risks and speak deep secret truths. As Actor/Playwrights, Tracy Letts and Sam Shepard always inspired me to embrace the multi-hyphenate within. They wrote rich and deeply emotional characters, like Nottage and McNally. And of course, Williams, a prolific southern Playwright who was known for using his familial relationships as inspiration for his storytelling."
The production stars Marguerite Stimpson (The Elephant Man/Bway) as Mary, Christina Perry (Simpatico/Off-Bway) as Linda, Lilly Tobin (How the Grinch Stole Christmas/Madison Square Garden and National Tour) as Sue, and Virginia Wall-Gruenert (What Kind of Woman/Off-Bway) as Mildred Gilbert.
TIN CHURCH features scenic design by Marie Laster, sound design by Farid Vargas, lighting design by Juliette Louste, and original music by Adia Victoria. TIN CHURCH is produced by Hans H. Gruenert (Off the Wall Productions Pittsburgh), Erika Cuenca (Wall Stageworks LLC Pittsburgh), and Juliette Louste (ViVa Holding ehf Iceland). Casting is by JAMIBETH MARGOLIS casting. The stage manager is Amelia Heastings.
TIN CHURCH plays the following regular schedule through Friday, October 25:
Tuesdays at 7 p.m.
Wednesdays at 7 p.m.
Thursdays at 7 p.m.
Fridays at 7 p.m.
Saturdays at 7 p.m.
Sundays at 2 p.m.
Tickets are $35 and are now available online at https://www.ticketor.com/carnegiestage/tinchurch .
Running Time: 90 mins
Website: www.insideoffthewall.com/
off the WALL Productions (OTWP)
OTWP established by Hans and Virginia Wall Gruenert in 2007, is a non-profit 501 C3 and formerly Carnegie Stage’s Resident Professional Theater Company, working under contract with Actors Equity Association.
In the past 18 years, OTWP produced 76 shows, including World premieres and Regional premieres .
OTWP's mission is to create a more conscious and compassionate community, while providing a living wage for all artists, and to encourage and support the admiration of all arts and artists by providing a home in which live theater, dance, music, and comedy can be presented, while nurturing, challenging, inspiring and empowering women theater artists from our area and beyond to collaborate as playwrights, directors, technicians, and actors, explore new ideas, and develop new works.
Viva Holding ehf
ViVa Holding is a dynamic live theater and dance performances producer based in Iceland. We work closely with off the WALL productions (NYC) to bring you unique and captivating shows that will leave you spellbound. Our passion for creativity and innovation is reflected in every performance we produce.
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