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Dollartorium

 
 

by Ron Pullins
directed by
Roxanna Myhrum

May 5th, 2010 at 7:30pm

The Factory Theatre
791 Tremont Street, Boston MA

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Ralph is unemployed, unhappy and broke, so when a late, late night infomercial promises him riches the great American way, he goes for it and undertakes to open and manage a local franchise of the Dollartorium where he will sell money for money. After all, Ralph has been reading Plato, and he has come to wonder what is there for a good man to do in a world where the greedy have all the goods.

Of course, as in any comedy that owes a debt to Aristophanes, after a long, rude, crude, bumpy trip, Ralph is saved by his darling daughter who takes him back home to Kansas where they can raise pigs, watch their corn grow and dare to look their neighbors in the eye. 

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the company

Steve

Steven Barkhimer most recently appeared in The Taming of the Shrew with the Actors Shakespeare Project. This season he directed The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) for Orfeo Group at the Publick Theatre space. He is also a playwright and teacher. A collection of his original music, entitled “Time Was,” is available at www.cdbaby.com.

melissa

Melisa Baroni is a Boston-based actress and teacher. Recent credits include Ties That Bind (Gan-e-meed Theatre Project); The Superheroine Monologues (Phoenix Theatre Artists and Company One); Doubt (Gloucester Stage, IRNE Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress); Dancing at Lughnasa (Way Theatre Artists); The Kentucky Cycle, Spin, Sacred Hearts, and Flesh & Blood (Zeitgeist Stage). She is also training to become a Designated Linklater Voice Teacher and has trained as both an actor and teacher at Shakespeare & Company. Melissa is a current student in the Independent Study Master’s Program through Lesley University. Her focus is Voice & Movement for Actors.

  John Greene
adam Adam Kassim
becca

Becca A. Lewis originally hails from "Mule Town", Tennessee. Recent Boston credits include, Private Fears in Public Places (Zeitgeist Stage), Valet of the Dolls (The Gold Dust Orphans), the Elliot Norton award-winning Voyeurs de Venus  (Company One), Bunbury (Mill 6), Plays on Tap (Centastage), The Greening of Bridget Kelly (Fort Point Theatre Channel), Bad Jazz (Zeitgeist Stage) and Lost + Found (Queer Soup).  She is currently performing in Amelia Bullmore's east coast premiere of Mammals with Apollinaire Theatre Company. Becca was also a part of Apollinaire's (then TheatreZone) production of Anger Box which was performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland. Becca has recurring roles with the Program to Enhance Relational and Communication Skills (PERCS) at Children's Hospital in Boston.

lorna Lorna Nogueira is happy to be with Whistler in the Dark for this reading of Dollartorium.  She appeared this February in Whistler's production of One Flea Spare and in past Whistler productions of Vampire, All This Flying - All This Tumbling Down, In Perpetuity Throughout the Universe and The Possibilities.  Currently she is appearing in Apollinaire Theater's Mammals.
scott

Scott Sweatt holds an M.F.A in Acting from Columbia University a B.S. in Theatre from Skidmore College and Coos County's Best Marigolds in 1993. He is a recent transplant to the Boston area but feels fortunate to be a part of such a vibrant theatre community. This past fall he appeared with Whistler in In On It. Other Boston credits include: Pablo Picasso Picasso at the Lapin Agile, Lenny Small Of Mice and Men, Cassio/Barbantio Othello  (New Repertory Theatre), SLAMBoston, Boston Theatre Marathon, Exquisite Corps. Many thanks to those who put the "la-la-la-li" in his life.

the playwright
ron

Ron Pullins is a playwright and publisher living in Newburyport with his playwright partner, Leslie Powell. He has written or co-written with Leslie a dozen plays of various lengths that have been read, performed and produced around the country. A member of the Dramatists Guild, he publishes their resource directory. His short play, Pemberton, will be the focus of a workshop development program and reading at the ATHE convention in Los Angeles in August.

the director
roxie

Roxanna Myrhum is a producer and director of opera and theater.  She is a strong proponent of new works and is thrilled to be working on Dollartorium with such a great company and talented cast.  Most recently Roxie worked as dramaturge, assistant director, and puppeteer on Melinda Lopez's new play From Orchids to Octopi: an Evolutionary Love Story.  Other new works include the world premier of The Hourglass for Juventas New Music Ensemble (director), and Username: FAUST, a multi-media theatrical adaptation of the Faust legend (producer, film editor).  Roxie has directed numerous productions for Boston Opera Collaborative including an adaptation of the Figaro plays and operas she co-wrote called The Countess of Seville.  Building on many years of collaborating on new works at the National Puppetry Conference, Roxie recently became Artistic Director of Puppet Showplace Theater in Brookline.  Information about upcoming projects available at http://www.roxannamyhrum.com/

 
   
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