Theatre Breaking Through Barriers
www.tbtb.org
Nicholas Viselli, Producing Artistic Director, Presents

THE ARTIFICIAL JUNGLE
By CHARLES LUDLAM

Featuring

ALYSSA H. CHASE, DAVID HARRELL, ANITA HOLLANDER, ANTHONY MICHAEL LOPEZ, ROB MINUTOLI

Directed by EVERETT QUINTON
Set/Lighting Designer: BERT SCOTT
Costume Designer: COURTNEY E. BUTT
Sound Designer: JULIAN EVANS
Prop Designer/Set Dresser: CHARLES BOWDEN
Puppet Designer: VANDY WOOD
Fight Director/Choreographer: J. DAVID BRIMMER
Production Manager: ANDRE SGUERRA
Production Stage Manager: BETHANY CLARK
Assistant Stage Manager: RYAN KELLER
Puppetmaster/Fight Captain: SATOSHI HAGA
Advertising: ABM
Press Representative: RON LASKO
Illustrator/Artwork: STEPHEN DRABICKI
General Manager: STEVE ASHER

The Clurman @ Theater Row
410 West 42nd Street (between Ninth & Tenth Avenues)
www.telecharge.com or 212-239-6200
May 27th – June 25th; Opening Night –June 8, 2017

What happens when you combine Charles Ludlam’s Ridiculous Theatrical Company creations with Theater Breaking Through Barriers’ talent? You end up with two hours of over-the-top melodrama, absurd comedy, campy acting, and theatre noir at its best. THE ARTIFICIAL JUNGLE is set in a family-owned pet shop. Chester Nurdiger (David Harrell) lives in the back of the pet shop with his bored wife (Alyssa H. Chase) and his doting mother (Anita Hollander). When Chester hires drifter Zachary Slade (Anthony Michael Lopez) to help around the store, his wife suddenly becomes “unbored,” and a plot to get rid of an unsuspecting husband is born. Rob Minutoli rounds out this fine cast as cop Frankie Spinelli. Satire, innuendoes, sexual references, and a bunch of hilarious piranhas pepper this crime venture, and Director Everett Quinton keeps the pace brisk.

Theater Breaking Through Barriers is dedicated to advancing the work of performers with disabilities, and the audience can usually count on productions of quality. THE ARTIFICIAL JUNGLE is no exception. A good time is had by all.

- Laurie Lawson -