DETENTION #49: HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS!

Wednesday, December 4 at 8pm

Cherry Lane Theatre
38 Commerce Street

Detention​ is an evening of new and original theater pieces written, directed, and
performed exclusively by ESPA artists. In this monthly series, ESPA playwrights are
given two weeks to create new, short plays based on a specific writing assignment.
These plays are then paired with ESPA actors and directors, and presented in a
one-night-only performance.

This special year-end edition of Detention will be held at the Cherry Lane Theatre,
the downtown home of our Primary Stages mainstage productions. Because of this
special venue, this Detention focuses on community and collaboration – a
challenging opportunity for writers to create material for a specific person and for
actors to receive and perform a monologue written especially for them. Writers and
actors were paired randomly, and writers created a monologue specifically for the
actors based on their conversations. Directors then brought these pieces to life in
the week prior to the performance. All monologues are based on the idea of home –
whatever that means, evokes, or strikes in the artists.
 
 
 
 
 
This Detention performance showcases the work of over 35 artists:

Playwrights: ​Ali Keller,​ ​Alison Shapiro, Chad Kaydo, Clio Doyle, Donnie Tuel,
Ginny Mohler, Janine Renee Cunningham, Jeff Smith, Maggie Wilson, Martha
Garvey, Meghan Duffy, Nicole Reinert, Sam Given, Samantha Walsh, Sarah Caroline
Billings, Sarah Krohn, Shaun Bennet Fauntleroy, Shauna Bloom

Actors: ​Allison Lewis-Tobes, Ashley Formento, Charlie Gillette, Dave Marr, Erica
Lynn Ceci, Heather Bildman, Isabella Dawis, Jade Anderson, Jessica Chang, Joshua
Youngerman, Kathryn Elizabeth Miller, Katrina Michaels, Louisa deButts, Paige
Felger, Ross Pasquale, Sam Given, Sarah Ceballos, Sezen Hatta, Shuyler Nazareth,
Susan Hochtman, Tara Tisch-Wallace

Directors: ​Kenzie Caplan,​ ​Savannah Core, Steven Kanner, Kelly Letourneau

 
For more information about Primary Stages ESPA or our Detention series,
please visit our website ​or call ESPA Administration at 212-840-9705.
Have questions about Detention #49: Home for the Holidays? Contact Primary Stages ESPA