GARBAGEMAN

Written by KEITH HUFF

Starring
DEVEN ANDERSON and KIRK GOSTKOWSKI

Directed by GREG CICCHINO
Set Design: RICHARD HOOVER, KIS KNEKT
Stage Manager: RAFAELLA ROSSI
Managing Director: RICH HAMILTON
Lighting Design: MICHAEL ABRAMS
Sound Design: GREG ROSS
Producer/Costume Design: CHRISTINA ELISE PERRY
Publicity: KATIE ROSEN/KAMPFIRE PR
Original Music by LARRY LANGE and MIKE LORELLO

Chain Theatre
312 West 36th Street, 4th Floor
www.ChainTheatre.org

March 17 – April 10; Opening Night – 3/19/22

What happens when men feel powerless? Keith Huff’s GARBAGEMAN takes an intense view that is both comical and tragic. Gregarious Bandana Dan (Kirk Gostkowski) and bumbling Buddy Maple (Deven Anderson), former schoolmates, are brought together by a commonality of failed relationships, murder, and a burning desire to make it right. Dan is full of stories, and Buddy struggles to get his out. Jointly they manage to convey their desperation and fuel each other to heights they never imagined.

The writing is exquisite in GARBAGEMAN. Feelings of fear and hopelessness are tempered by sophisticated sarcasm and irony; and although you may feel at times that you are listening to two maladjusted men rant, you still want to find out where all this leads. And eventually you do. What Huff has done in this work is explain how marginalized folks can get lost along the way. He has shared the twisted journey with us in this dark comedy. You may not understand or agree, but ultimately you wish them well. Quite an accomplishment.

- Laurie Lawson -