TBTB Theater Breaking Through Barriers Presents

PUBLIC SERVANT
By BEKAH BRUNSTETTER

Starring
CHRISTINE BRUNO, CHRIS HENRY COFFEY and ANNA LENTZ

Directed by GEORDIE BROADWATER
Scenic Design: EDWARD T. MORRIS
Costume Design: COURTNEY E. BUTT
Lighting Design: ALEJANDRO FAJARDO
Sound Design: SAM CRAWFORD
Props Design: RONI SIPP
Production Stage Manager: MICHAL V. MENDELSOHN
Assistant Stage Manager: EMILY PAIGE BALLOU
Production Manager: JEREMY PING
General Manager: STEVE ASHER
Casting: TBD CASTING/STEPHANIE YANKWITT, CSA/MARGARET DUNN
Advertising/Marketing: HYSELL MARKETING
Press Representative: SPIN CYCLE/RON LASKO

Theatre Five @ Theatre Row
410 West 42nd Street (between Ninth & Tenth Avenues)
www.telecharge.com or 212-270-6200
May 25 – June 29; Opening Night – 06/06/19

THEATER BREAKING THROUGH BARRIERS is the only Off-Broadway theatre company – and one of a few theatres in the country – dedicated to advancing the work of writers, director, performers, designers, technicians and administrators with disabilities. They kicked off their 40th season with Bekah Brunstetter’s (NBC‘s Emmy-winning drama This Is Us and the upcoming Oklahoma TV series) PUBLIC SERVANT.

Ed Sink (Chris Henry Coffey) has recently been elected as County Commissioner in a small North Carolina town. As he bobs and weaves in the political morass, answering and avoiding demanding phone calls, he is visited by Miriam (Christine Bruno) who needs his civic assistance in selling her late mother’s home. To add to the chaos, daughter Hannah (Anna Lentz) pays him a surprise visit carrying a secret that Ed is too busy to hear.

A timely message in today’s political atmosphere answers the question “How much can one man/woman do?” Start with one person at a time; do what you can. Brunstetter’s complex characters remind us that decisions are never singular events; they ripple out and alter the lives of many in ways that can’t be imagined. Stellar performances by all amidst impressive picket-fence scenic designs by Edward T. Morris add to the authentic community/family ambiance. You may never visit that small North Carolina town or find a compassionate county official, so do the next best thing and go see PUBLIC SERVANT.

- Laurie Lawson -