Theater Breaking Through Barriers presents

THE FOURTH WALL
By A.R. GURNEY

Featuring

STEPHEN DRABICKI, ANN MARIE MORELLI, PAMELA SABAUGH and NICHOLAS VISELLI

Directed by CHIRSTOPHER BURRIS
Set/Lighting Designer: BERT SCOTT
Costume Designer: COURTNEY E. BUTT
Sound Designer: ANDY EVAL COHEN
Props Designer: CODY LEE
Assistant Director: ASLEY SCOTT
Musical Director: DIONNE McCLAIN-FEENEY
Production Stage Manager: MICHAL V. MENDELSON
Production Manager: GRACE RICHADSON
Assistant Stage Manager: EDDY ROLAND
Illustrator: STEPHEN DRABICKI
Advertising: ABM
Press Representation: RON LASKO
General Manager: STEVE ASHER

Theatre at The A.R.T./New York Theatres
502 West 53rd Street (off Tenth Avenue)
May 26 – June 23; Opening Night – 06/07/18

If you ever had the desire to be a part of the action, you might want to check out A. R. Gurney’s THE FOURTH WALL being performed at Theatre at The A.R.T./New York Theatres. Theater Breaking Through Barriers is taking on this innovative piece of theatre. The illusion of the Fourth Wall gets challenged with witty dialogue, sometimes deliberately trite, and tested by our personal idea of reality. Through songs and a piano that self-plays only Cole Porter, theatre is parodied, and we get a taste of what actors go through to maintain their illusion.

Theater Breaking Through Barriers is a critically acclaimed Off-Broadway company integrating able-bodied actors with artists with disabilities. And you can almost always count on them hitting a home run. This dialogue felt a bit stilted, perhaps by design (the parody) and by its setting in the early 2000’s. What at that time seemed outrageous (George W. Bush and his shenanigans) now seems tame compared to our offensive current political atmosphere. That being said, it is always inspiring to watch a production by this group.

- Ronni Burns/Laurie Lawson -