John Stark Presents a Guest Production at the TBG Theatre
www.johnstarkproductions.com

O’NEILL’S GHOSTS

By JOVANKA BACH
Directed & Produced by JOHN STARK

Starring

JOHN DiFUSCO, LISA THAYER, PHIL DONLON, DANA KELLY
MONA LEE WYLDE, TOM GROENWALD, TANYA STARCEVICH

Set Designer: JARET SACREY
Lighting, Sound Designer: JOE MORRISSEY
Costumes: MICHAELYN WHITLOCK
Production Manager: ABBEY BAY
Play Revisions: JOHN STARK and RUTH MARIENEE

TBG Theatre
312 West 36th Street (between Eighth & Ninth Avenues)
(212) 868-5252 or www.Smarttix.com
March 4 – 20, 2015; Opening 03/07/15

Long Day’s Journey Into Night may perhaps be the most impressive play ever written by Eugene O’Neill, and its autobiographical qualities made the playwright request that it not be presented until after his death. John Stark’s production of Jovanka Bach’s O’NEILL’S GHOSTS deals with the creative genius behind this monumental play and the demons that fueled it.

As O’Neill (marvelously portrayed by the multi-award winning John DiFusco) puts pen to paper, he is visited by his overwhelmed father (Dana Kelly), his drug-addicted mother (Mona Lee Wylde), and his alcoholic brother (Tom Groenwald), as well as being haunted by the death of a younger brother. His wife Carlotta (Lisa Thayer) and son (Phil Donton) add to his daily strife, and even the maid Maud (Tanya Starcevich) has her moments. This stellar cast depicts a familial history of blame and accusation, guilt and remorse, brilliance and madness, competition and celebrity, and troubled souls doing the best they can to survive. As we celebrate the genius of O’Neill, we can only hope that writing about his traumatic life put to rest or at least quieted down O’NEILL’S GHOSTS.

- Laurie Lawson -