Rocket to the Moon

23 Feb Rocket to the Moon

Posted at 22:04h in Productions by lf_mc7fi2

Written by Clifford Odets
Directed by Dan Wackerman

February 23, 2015
Theatre at St. Clement’s

Cast:
Larry Bull ….. Phil Cooper
Ned Eisenberg ….. Ben Stark
Jonathan Hadary ….. Mr. Prince
Michael Keyloun ….. Frenchy
Lou Liberatore …. Willy Wax
Marilyn Matarrese ….. Belle Stark
Katie McClellan ….. Cleo Singer

Behind the Scenes:
Scenic & Lighting: Harry Feiner
Costume: Amy C. Bradshaw
Sound: David Thomas
Wig/Hair: Paul Huntley
Casting: Stephanie Klapper, CSA

Press

“Rewards the curiosity of anyone with an interest in Odets… Jonathan Hadary [is] amusingly nettlesome [as Mr. Prince]. Cleo Singer [is] beautifully played by Katie McClellan. In this production, which is handsomely costumed by Amy C. Bradshaw, the center of gravity shifts to Cleo. That’s what’s striking here.” – New York Times

“The Peccadillo Theater Companies revival of Rocket to the Moon (1938) is smart winter programming. Odets’… characters are gifts to actors… our affections [swing] between Hadary’s joyful bull-in-a-china-shop and Eisenberg’s keen vulnerability.” Time Out New York Critic’s Pick! – Time Out New York

“Eisenberg… does an excellent job playing an American Everyman in hard times. McClellan… is perfectly cast as a young woman so full of life and hope that she makes most of the downtrodden men around her feel alive and hopeful, too.” – The New Yorker

“Matarrese plays the jilted wife like a wounded animal. Her words are her claws, poised to shred anyone who threatens the life she’s created… McClellan convincingly portrays the ingenue making up for a troubled home life with fantastical lies about her family’s wealth and privilege. Director Dan Wackerman makes her lack of power in this world terrifying and real.” – Theatremania.com

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