Fighting International Fat
- Written by Jonathan Reynolds
- Directed by David Trainer
All ten of Jonathan Reynolds’s plays have been produced in New York, most recently Dinner With Demons, an autobiographical one-man show in which he prepared a full five-course meal onstage eight times a week. Other notable plays include the controversial Stonewall Jackson’s House, which the Pulitzer Drama Jury recommended for the award;Geniuses, produced by Playwrights Horizons and which ran for a year off-Broadway; and the first plays he wrote, a pair of one-acts, Yanks 3 Detroit O Top of the 7th and Rubbers at The American Place. Less notable plays include Fighting International Fat, also produced at Playwrights Horizons, and Tunnel Fever or The Sheep is Out, also produced at The American Place. Although five of his screenplays have also been produced, most notably Micki & Maude and My Stepmother is an Alien, his most memorable experiences in filmmaking have been withApocalypse Now and Leonard Part 6, both of which could have gone either way. He is the recipient of Rockefeller and Guggenheim Foundation grants as well as The Dramatists Guild Flora Roberts Award for Sustained Achievement. For five years, he was Treasurer of The Dramatists Guild of America, and for six years wrote a bi-weekly food column for The New York Times Sunday Magazine. His memoir,Wrestling With Gravy: A Life, With Food, was recently published by Random House, and his next playGirls in Trouble will be produced at The Flea Theatre in New York in February 2010.
David Trainer is an American television director. He is perhaps best known for directing every episode of the Fox sitcom That '70s Show except the pilot "That '70s Pilot" (which was directed by Terry Hughes). He also directed the first two seasons of the television show Boy Meets World (also a supervising producer) and over 60 episodes of Designing Women. Among many others, his directing credits also include several episodes of Sabrina, the Teenage Witch, Grace Under Fire, Cybill, Anything But Love, My Boys and Hot in Cleveland. He also wrote episodes for the soap opera Ryan's Hope in 1977 and the sitcom Misery Loves Company which he co-created with Michael Jacobs and Bob Young in 1995. He has been nominated for three Emmys for his work in television.
Featuring
Stephen Ahern
Lisa Banes
B. Constance Barry
John Gabriel
Ruth Jaroslow
Ann McDonough
Jessica Walter
At Playwrights Horizons: Isn’t It Romantic (Drama Desk nomination) and Fighting International Fat. Broadway: Present Laughter, Accent on Youth, High Society, Arcadia, Rumors. Off-Broadway includes Look Back in Anger (Roundabout, Theatre World Award); My Sister in this House (Second Stage, Obie Award); Three Sisters, Emily (Manhattan Theatre Club); The Antigone (Public Theater); On the Verge, Ten by Tennesee (Acting Company alumnus). Films include The Hotel New Hampshire, Cocktail, Young Guns, The Jackal, Dragonfly, Pumpkin, and Freedom Writers. Some three score television appearances include being a regular on the series “The Trials of Rosie O’Neil,” “Son of the Beach” and “Girls Club;” recurring roles include “China Beach,” “The King of Queens” and “Six Feet Under.” Guest star appearances include “L.A. Law,” “Rosanne,” “Frasier,” “Desperate Housewives” and most recently “Royal Pains,” “The Good Wife,” and “Law & Order: SVU.” Best Pilot: “Gloria Vane.” Lisa is a graduate of the Juilliard School, an alumna of The Acting Company and a member of three unions. (As of March 2011)
Creative Team
Tony Straiges
Scenic DesignerRita Ryack
Costume DesignerFrances Aronson
Lighting DesignerScott Lehrer
Sound DesignerM.A. Howard
Production Stage ManagerPhoto by Susan Cook