The Last Roller Coaster Written by Chris Nelson. Directed by Aubrey Snowden
About This Show
Viv’s life is a perpetual roller coaster. She’s jaded, sexually voracious, and unstable. Following a fractured parade of bad relationships and worse choices, she vows to make a fresh start. In fits and starts, Viv takes the audience on a ride to reel in her appetites, confront her demons, and exit the carnival once and for all. Only then can Viv embrace the ultimate challenge: herself.
about the artists
Chris Nelson (writer) earned an MFA from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, where she studied playwriting with Arthur Miller, Tony Kushner, and John Guare. She earned a BA in both English and Drama with a Film Certificate from Duke University. Chris was the Grand Prize winner of the Davenport Ten Minute Play Contest in 2013. Her writing has been recognized with an NEA grant, the Frank Nelson Doubleday Fellowship, two Benenson Awards in the Arts, the Reynolds Price Award and residency grants from the Helene Wurlitzer Foundation of New Mexico in Taos, NM, the Jentel Artist Residency Program in Banner, WY and the Julia and David White Artists’ Colony in Ciudad Colón, Costa Rica. Chris lives with the best two people in the world in Brooklyn. www.onecargarage.com
Aubrey Snowden (director) is a NYC based director and choreographer, who recently worked with Leigh Fondakowski on the New York premiere of Spill at Ensemble Studio Theater. Previous directing credits include Betrayal by Harold Pinter for the Wilbury Group in Providence RI, Bigfoot Stole My Wife for BEDLAM at the Access Theater, and assisting Eric Tucker on the award winning, off-Broadway run of Sense and Sensibility at Judson Church. Aubrey has her MFA in Directing from Brown University Trinity Rep. www.aubreysnowden.com
Thursday, June 1 at 7:30pm
General Admission
$15 in advance
$18 at the door
Stu./Sen./idNYC
$12
80 minutes
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Credits
Directed by
Aubrey Snowden
Written by
Chris Nelson
Cast
Therese Plummer* – Viv
Olivia Khoshatefeh* – Sabine
Sylvia Kates* – Little Girl
Dennis Kozee* – Luke/Harris/Woody/Mitch/Eric
Maurice Jones* – Eddie/Tyler/Doc/Oliver/Ring Announcer
Amy Laird Webb – Amy/Mom
Amanda Dolan* – Suzanne/Bella/Jen
Craig Zisel – James
Susan Bennett* – Narrator
*Actors appearing courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association
Photo credit:
Audrey Snowden