Catch as Catch Can
- Written by Mia Chung
- Directed by Daniel Aukin
Deep in blue-collar New England, the Phelans and the Lavecchias welcome home a prodigal son, setting off an evolving crisis that reshapes their lives… and the play itself. In Mia Chung’s cyclone of a play, three actors perform across race, gender, and generation — a family drama that doubles as a theatrical tour de force.
This production has received generous support from the Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater.
Featuring
Cindy Cheung
Lon Lavecchia/Daniela Lavecchia
Jon Norman Schneider
Roberta Lavecchia/Robbie Lavecchia
Rob Yang
Theresa Phelan/Tim Phelan
Playwrights Horizons: Log Cabin, Iowa. Also: Golden Shield (MTC), Tiny Beautiful Things (Long Wharf), The Great Immensity (Civilians/Public), Middletown (Vineyard), The Seagull, Antigone (NAATCO), Sugar House…(Ma-Yi), Sides…(Ma-Yi/Miyagi). Film/TV: The Sinner (Netflix, October 2022), The Flight Attendant, Billions, Awkwafina, Thirteen Reasons Why, High Maintenance, Bull, Blue Bloods, New Amsterdam, Love Boat Taipei (upcoming), Mistress America, Obvious Child, Children of Invention, Lady In The Water. Love to Walter and Eddie.
Playwrights debut. Select stage credits: The Chinese Lady (The Public), Henry VI Parts 1-3 (NAATCO), Awake and Sing! (NAATCO/The Public), The Oldest Boy (LCT), Lunch Bunch (Clubbed Thumb), Every Brilliant Thing (Actors Theatre of Louisville), Vietgone (Alley), King Lear (Northern Stage), among others. Film/TV: Bitter Melon, Manila is Full of Men Named Boy, The Normals, HBO’s Angel Rodriguez, The Endgame, Jessica Jones, Veep.
Playwrights debut. New York and regional credits: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (CSC), The Shanghai Gesture (Julia Miles), Bingo With The Indians (World Premiere/The Flea), The Coast Starlight (World Premiere/La Jolla), Chimerica (US Premiere/Studio Theatre, DC). Film/TV: Succession (HBO), The Resident (Fox), The Americans (FX), Living With Yourself (Netflix), The Now (Quibi/Roku). Upcoming: BBC’s The Capture (Season 2), Searchlight Pictures’ The Menu, American Rust (Showtime/Amazon), Rabbit Hole (Paramount+).
Creative Team
Matt Saunders
Scenic DesignEnver Chakartash
Costume DesignerMarika Kent
Lighting DesignerBray Poor
Sound DesignerGigi Buffington
Vocal and Text CoachGenevieve Ortiz
Production Stage ManagerZach Brecheen
Assistant Stage ManagerGigi Buffington (Voice and Text and Dialect Coach) (she/her). Playwrights Horizons: Nora, Heroes of the Fourth Turning, Corsicana, Downstate, Catch As Catch Can, Stereophonic. Broadway: Romeo & Juliet, Stereophonic, The Outsiders, JOB, Prayer For The French Republic, Grey House, Between Riverside & Crazy, Cost Of Living, Slave Play (Remount), The Minutes, Pass Over, Clyde’s, Linda Vista, Straight White Men. Select Off-Broadway: Jonah, Evanston Salt Costs Climbing, King James, On Sugarland; Eight Seasons Steppenwolf; 1 Season Royal Shakespeare Company; Arts Professor, Tisch Drama, NYU.
