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Rabbit Hole
by David Lindsay-Abaire
June 6 - July 20
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Dylan Chalfy • Joey Parsons • Erika Rolfsrud • Alec Silberblatt and Jo Twiss
in
RABBIT HOLE
by David Lindsay-Abaire
Directed by Rob Ruggiero


June 6 through July 20, 2008

For complete schedule and ticket information click here.

For cast and production information click here.

David Lindsay-Abaire’s Pulitzer Prize-winning story of loss and hope has had audiences laughing through their tears since its Tony-nominated debut on Broadway. Becca and Howard Corbett have everything they could want in life until fate shatters their idyllic home and leaves the couple drifting apart. Rabbit Hole is a heartfelt, rich and funny journey through grief that reminds us of the human spirit’s ability to heal and get back to the business of living.

“A revelation…laced with wit…compassion and searing honesty.” - Variety

“Realistic without being tragic, sentimental or weepy, and it’s often surprisingly funny.” - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

“Emotions surge out of sight. Lindsay-Abaire unpeels emotional layers, twisting and turning through the rabbit hole of grief. And the characters emerge, different for the journey…It’s a play of small moments truthfully played, which suggests careful work by director Rob Ruggiero.”
- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

"A startling, heartfelt, remarkable new play." - Associated Press

Dylan Chalfy • Joey Parsons • Erika Rolfsrud • Alec Silberblatt and Jo Twiss
in
RABBIT HOLE
by David lINDSAY-aBAIRE
Directed by Rob Ruggiero


June 6 through July 20, 2008

Performances: Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays - 7:30 p.m.
 

Fridays and Saturdays - 8 p.m.

  Matinees on Saturdays and Sundays - 2:30 p.m.
  Please Note: There will be no matinee on June 7th or 8th.
   
Tickets:

$37, except Friday and Saturday nights, $47.
Center reserved seats: $11 extra.

Group rates available for parties of 11 or more!

Complimentary tickets available for for downtown Hartford residents courtesy of
United Technologies Corporation
Call for details.

Support of youth tickets provided by Lincoln Financial Foundation
Lincoln Financial Foundation


Appropriate
for kids?:


Rabbit Hole contains some adult language. This play is recommended for ages 12 and up.

Running time: Approximately two hours with one intermission


For tickets call (860) 527-7838



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Cast and production information.

Heartbreaking and Heartwarming
Winner of The Pulitzer Prize
Rabbit Hole
Comes to TheaterWorks in Hartford

TheaterWorks, downtown Hartford’s home for contemporary plays, presents David Lindsay-Abaire’s touching family drama Rabbit Hole. This Pulitzer Prize-winning story of loss and hope has had audiences laughing through their tears since its Tony-nominated debut on Broadway. The production, directed by TheaterWorks’ Associate Artistic Director Rob Ruggiero, runs June 6 through July 20, 2008 at the company’s intimate venue located at 233 Pearl Street. Rabbit Hole is sponsored by The Hartford.

In the play, Becca and Howard Corbett have everything they could want in life until fate shatters their idyllic home and leaves the couple drifting apart. Rabbit Hole is a heartfelt, rich and funny journey through grief that reminds us of the human spirit’s ability to heal and get back to the business of living. Variety called the play “a revelation…laced with wit…compassion and searing honesty.” Rabbit Hole is produced in partnership with Pittsburgh Public Theater.

The TheaterWorks / Pittsburgh Public production of Rabbit Hole opened recently in the Steel City to rave reviews. The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review called Ruggiero’s production, “realistic without being tragic, sentimental or weepy, and it’s often surprisingly funny.” The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette states, “emotions surge out of sight. Lindsay-Abaire unpeels emotional layers, twisting and turning through the rabbit hole of grief. And the characters emerge, different for the journey…It’s a play of small moments truthfully played, which suggests careful work by director Rob Ruggiero.”

Playwright David Lindsay-Abaire was awarded the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for Rabbit Hole, which premiered on Broadway at Manhattan Theatre Club’s Biltmore Theater. The play also received five Tony Award nominations including Best Play, a Dramatists Guild Hull-Warriner Award nomination, and the Spirit of America Award from the Barbara Barondess MacLean Foundation. His other plays include Fuddy Meers, Kimberly Akimbo, Wonder of the World and A Devil Inside, among others. He is currently writing the book and lyrics for the Broadway-bound musical Shrek with composer Jeanine Tesori. In addition to his work in theater, David wrote the screenplay for the upcoming Newline feature Inkheart, and is currently at work on screen adaptations of his plays Rabbit Hole for 20th Century Fox, starring Nicole Kidman, and Kimberly Akimbo for Dreamworks and Killer Films.

Erika Rolfsrud returns to TheaterWorks after appearing in The Dazzle in 2003. The actor, who will be playing the role of Becca Corbett, has appeared recently on Broadway in Lincoln Center Theatre’s epic three-part The Coast of Utopia and understudied the role of Becca for the New York engagement of Rabbit Hole. She has appeared Off-Broadway in The Glory of Living (under the direction of Phillip Seymour Hoffman), How I Learned to Drive, and Love’s Fire (under the direction of Mark Lamos). Dylan Chalfy plays Becca’s conflicted husband Howie Corbett. He has appeared in the acclaimed Lincoln Center revival of O’Neill’s Ah, Wilderness! and Circle in the Square’s The Rose Tattoo opposite Mercedes Ruehl. He has done hard time on television’s Law & Order, Law & Order SVU, and HBO’s prison drama Oz.

Joey Parsons, playing the role of Becca’s offbeat sister Izzy, returns to Connecticut where she studied at the Yale School of Drama and appeared in the Yale Repertory Theatre’s Measure for Measure. She appeared on Broadway in the September 11th benefit performance of Disorderly Conduct and has extensive regional credits. Jo Twiss marks her TheaterWorks debut in the role of Nat, Becca’s straight-talking mother. Ms. Twiss appeared on Broadway in the Ashley Judd-Jason Patric revival of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. She has appeared extensively Off-Broadway, including over 75 productions for the Circle Repertory Lab Theatre. She appears in the upcoming Revolutionary Road, the highly-anticipated film shot in Connecticut that reunites Titanic leads Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet. Rounding out the cast is newcomer Alec Silberblatt in the role of teenager Jason. Rabbit Hole marks his professional debut in a performance The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review calls, “delightful.”

Rabbit Hole reunites director Ruggiero with a team of TheaterWorks veteran designers – Luke Hegel-Cantarella (sets), Anne Kenney (costumes), John Lasiter (lighting), and Vincent Olivieri (sound).

Rabbit Hole runs June 6th through July 20th at TheaterWorks, 233 Pearl Street in downtown Hartford (wheelchair accessible). Performances are Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays at 7:30 p.m.; Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 p.m. with matinees on Saturdays and Sundays at 2:30 p.m.

Tickets are $37 for weeknights and matinees; $47 for Friday and Saturday evenings. Seating is general admission. Center reserved seats are $11 extra. College-age student rush tickets are $11 at show time with valid school ID (subject to availability). Special discounts are available for groups of 11 or more. A limited number of complimentary tickets for residents of downtown Hartford are available for select performances, courtesy of United Technologies (call for details).

Rabbit Hole is sponsored by The Hartford with additional production support provided by the Edward C. and Ann T. Roberts Foundation. TheaterWorks’ 2007-2008 Season is sponsored by Aetna, with additional support provided by the Greater Hartford Arts Council, Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, and the Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism. TheaterWorks’ Youth Program is underwritten by Lincoln Financial Foundation.


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