End Zone Bob Shuman

About This Show

The last thing a performance artist needs is a larger cast—yet that is exactly what he gets in ‘End Zone,’ by Bob Shuman, set in the absurd world of a New England football reunion for a septuagenarian father, the teams he coached, and the sons he keeps forgetting.  Best characterized as a cross between ‘That Championship Season’ and ‘True West,’ the expressionistic tragicomedy chronicles new heights of dysfunction, both on and off the field, in workplace politics, multiple marriages, elder care—or even a trip to MacDonald’s. The cast is headed by Roger Hendricks Simon; direction by Tania Fisher.  

About the Artists

Bob Shuman (MFA, Tisch School of the Arts/NYU) is an award-winning playwright, professor, author, reviewer, composer, and owner of Marit Literary Agency and Stage Voices Web site.  The coeditor of several drama complications from Northwestern University Press and Applause Theater and Cinema Books, he is a Lark Fellow, and has presented his work at Second Stage, Hunter College, Ursinus College, the Amoralists,Phoenix Theatre Ensemble, and Sewanee Writers’ Conference, among others. 

A partial credits listing for Roger Hendricks Simon includes Yale Repertory Company founding member, director and actor for the New York Shakespeare Festival and London’s Royal Court Theatre, among many others.  Elected to Notable Names in American Theatre, he has premiered works by Williams, Shepard, Hare, and directed Lithgow, Travolta, Jones, to name only a few. As a teacher, his influence has been felt from the U.S.I.A. and U.S. State Department to UCLA, Columbia University, Yale University, N.Y.U., and beyond. Founder of The Simon Studio and the Los Angeles Theatre Center Classical Theatre Lab, he has been a producing director for NPR. His films include ‘Wall Street 2’ and, currently, ‘Love in Kilnerry.’

Tania Fisher: Voice-over artist at 15.  By 20, acting in feature films. Became familiar face on Australian TV, guest starring in iconic soaps ‘Neighbours,’ ‘Secret Life of Us,’ ‘Gladrags,’ several national TVCs.  Attended Cannes Film Festival as actress in 2003, then film producer 2004 winning Co-Producer award. Starred in Alan Bennett’s ‘Kafka’s Dick’ Garrick Theater, UK, 2006. In NYC acted in theater/films, produced/managed Off-Broadway theater/films, writes industry-insider articles, is a theater reviewer, and children’s book author.

SAT JAN 25 2020 7:30PM

General Admission
$17 in advance
$20 at the door

Students / Seniors / ID NYC
$15 in advance
$17 at the door

Estimated Runtime
75 minutes

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Credits

Roger Hendricks Simon
Tania Fisher

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