STREEPSHOW! Episode Two Jay Stull

About This Show

Nine Meryl Streep characters are chosen to live in a reality TV house and compete for the prize of having the opportunity to rewrite the narrative of their lives. The characters have no knowledge of the actress Meryl Streep and think of themselves as real people who have uncannily tragic biographies. The game is played as typical reality TV episodes are played. There are contests, certain contestants can gain immunity, and, at the end of each episode the house votes to kick someone off. Theater as homage in drag with music. Episode Two: The Disease from Down Under.

About the Artist

Jay Stull is a Brooklyn-based theater maker. His play STREEPSHOW! Episode One premiered last year in ANT Fest at Ars Nova. His play The Capables was produced in the summer of 2013 at the Gym at Judson in New York, and most recently at the Bloomington Playwrights Project in Indiana this past May. He is the former Literary Manager of The Amoralists and curated the Amoralabs in 2013 and 2014. He is a 2015 Directing Fellow at Clubbed Thumb, and an alumnus of Fresh Ground Pepper’s Playground Playgroup, The Civilians R&D Group, and the Lincoln Center Directors Lab.

Andrew Neisler (Director) is a Georgia-raised, now Brooklyn-based theatre artist and director. Recent directing credits include NY Times’ Critics Pick CLOWN BAR at The Box and Drama Desk nominated CHARLATAN at Ars Nova. Other recent projects include MELANCHOLY PLAY (Strasberg Institute), STREEPSHOW: EPISODE ONE (Ars Nova’s ANT Fest), GAME PLAY (Ars Nova), BYUIOO (Pipeline Theatre Company, Gym at Judson), THE GRAY MAN (HERE), SHOOT THE FREAK (Not Just 3 New Plays, Paradise Factory), TAPE (Strasberg Institute), FOLK WANDERING (Ars Nova/Joe’s Pub), and Bebe Zahara Benet’s CREATURE (XL Cabaret). He is currently developing a new trilogy of theatre and music, BULL’S HOLLOW, with frequent collaborators playwright Jaclyn Backhaus and composer Mike Brun. He has worked on new plays with Naked Angels, Primary Stages, New York Theatre Workshop, Ars Nova, Smith+Tinker Writers Group, The Lark, Ensemble Studio Theatre, and more.Andrew is the current Director-in-Residence at Ars Nova, and a member of the 2014-2015 Civilians R&D Group and the 2014-2015 Soho Rep Writer/Director Lab. He is a co-Founder/co-Director of Fresh Ground Pepper (fgpnyc.com) and a Teaching Artist at Playwrights Horizons Theatre School/NYU.

Saturday, Jul 18 at 10:00pm

General Admission
$12 in advance
$15 at the door

Students / Seniors
$10

Estimated Runtime
60 minutes

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Credits

Director
Andrew Neisler

Featuring
Claire Rothrock
Chris Tyler
Isaac Oliver
Emily Marro
Sam Bolen
Todd Briscoe
Joe Castle Baker
Emily Blanck
Micah Bucey
Nicholas Williams
Andrew Neisler

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