HOW TO USE A KNIFE

by Will Snider
directed by Seth Rozin

May 26 – June 18

Tuesday - Wednesday @ 7pm
Thursday - Saturday @ 8pm
Sunday @ 2pm

Running time: 95 minutes - no intermission

Cast

Scott Greer George
Lindsay Smiling Steve
Jered McLenigan Michael
J Hernandez Carlos
Angel Sigala Miguel
Trevor William Fayle Jack
Maria Konstantinidis Kim

Production Team

Will Snider Playwright
Seth Rozin Director
Kittson O'Neill Dramaturg
Colin McIlvaine Set Designer
Larry Fowler Sound Designer
Robin Stamey Lighting Designer
Natalia de la Torre Costume Designer
Emily Schuman Properties Designer
Lauren Tracy Production Manager
Tom Helmer Stage Manager/InterAct
Paige Zubel Dramaturg
Stone Dog Studios Scene Shop
Esther Cohen Assistant Director
Jeremy Jason Assistant Lighting Designer
Dylan Wallace Assistant Stage Manager

In the raw, ever-pumping, kitchen of a busy Wall Street restaurant, George -- a master chef with a dark and tortured past -- rules over his crew with the swagger of a giant.  While grappling his  inner demons George has to manage two Guatemalan cooks, a nosy busboy, and an a-hole of a boss. But he forges an unlikely personal connection with the dishwasher, Steve, a mysteriously reserved  African immigrant.  Fast-paced and gritty, Snider’s pressure-cooker drama explores both the personal and moral questions that arise when the ugliness of the past boils over.      

MEET THE CAST

AUDIENCE DISCUSSIONS:
 We are scheduling brief optional (20-30 minute) audience discussion sessions in the theatre after every performance during the run (in addition to our usual coffee conversations and Speaker Sunday events). These discussions will be facilitated by local theatre artists and are included as an opportunity for our InterAct audiences to talk about what they experienced during the performance and connect about the themes this play reflects. 

Think of the discussion as a short optional interactive second act.   
 

PERFORMANCE DATES: 

Friday, May 26, 2017          8:00 PM         Preview
Saturday, May 27, 2017     4:00 PM         Preview         
Saturday, May 27, 2017     8:00 PM         Preview         
Sunday, May 28, 2017        2:00 PM         Preview         
Tuesday, May 30, 2017      7:00 PM         Preview         
Wednesday, May 31, 2017 7:00 PM         OPENING NIGHT
Thursday, June 1, 2017      8:00 PM         1st Thursday/Young Professionals
Friday, June 2, 2017            8:00 PM         Post show w/ Director's Gathering
Saturday, June 3, 2017       8:00 PM         Post-show audience discussion
Sunday, June 4, 2017          2:00 PM         Speaker Sunday W/ Chef D. Rose
Tuesday, June 6, 2017        7:00 PM         Coffee Conversation
Wednesday, June 7, 20177:00 PM         Coffee Conversation
Thursday, June 8, 2017      8:00 PM         Post-show audience discussion
Friday, June 9, 2017            8:00 PM         Action Happy Hour w/ HIAS PA
                                                                 OPEN CAPTIONING
                                                                 /Post-show audience discussion
Saturday, June 10, 2017     8:00 PM         Post-show audience discussion
Sunday, June 11, 2017        2:00 PM         Speaker Sunday
Tuesday, June 13, 2017      7:00 PM         Coffee Conversation
Wednesday, June 14, 2017 7:00 PM         Coffee Conversation
Thursday, June 15, 2017    8:00 PM         Action Happy Hour w/ 
                                                                 Coalition Against Hunger
                                                                /Post-show audience discussion
Friday, June 16, 2017          8:00 PM         Action Happy Hour w/ HIAS PA
                                                                 SPANISH OPEN CAPTIONING
                                                                /Post-show audience discussion
                                                                 w/ Fernando Medez of El Sol
Saturday, June 17, 2017     8:00 PM         Post-show audience discussion
Sunday, June 18, 2017        2:00 PM         Speaker Sunday