Highest Standard of Living
- Written by Keith Reddin
- Directed by Don Scardino
Keith Reddin is a graduate of Northwestern University and the Yale Drama School. His plays include: LIFE AND LIMB, LIFE DURING WARTIME, THE INNOCENTS' CRUSADE (published by DPS), RUM AND COKE, HIGHEST STANDARD OF LIVING, BIG TIME, NEBRASKA. Mr. Reddin's MAYBE, starring Vanessa Redgrave, which he adapted from a contemporary Russian play written by Alexander Shatrov, had its world premiere at the Royal Exchange Theatre, in Manchester England in April 1993. He has adapted other plays by Soviet playwrights: Alexander Buravsky's THE RUSSIAN TEACHER, and Mikhail Bulgakov's BLACK SNOW which had its world premiere at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago in May 1993. It won the Joseph Jefferson Award - Best Play 1993. Film credits include: THE PLAYWRIGHT'S CINEMA (TNTMovie),THE HEART OF JUSTICE, and a film adaptation of his play BIG TIME forAmerican Playhouse. Mr. Reddin has been awarded the Charles MacArthur Fellowship (1983), an NEd Playwriting Fellowship (1984), the San Diego Critics Circle Award for Best New Play (1989 & 1990), the Joseph Kesserling Award (1990) and a Drama League Award ( 1990). His play ALMOST BLUE had a workshop production at Arena Stage and his BRUTALITY OF FACT had its NJ premiere at 12 Miles West in 1997. He just finished his latest play ALL THE RAGE for the Goodman Theatre.
Born in New York City, Scardino began his career as an actor. His first Broadway credit was as an understudy in The Playroom in 1965. Additional Broadway acting credits include Johnny No-Trump, Godspell, and King of Hearts. Off-Broadway he appeared in The Rimers of Eldritch, The Comedy of Errors, Moonchildren, and I'm Getting My Act Together and Taking It on the Road, he was also the lead in a cult classic B horror movie titled Squirm in 1976. He served as Artistic Director at Playwrights Horizons from 1991-96. On television he appeared on the daytime soap operas The Guiding Light, All My Children, Love Is a Many Splendored Thing, and Another World and the primetime series The Ghost & Mrs. Muir and The Name of the Game. Feature film credits include Rip-off, Homer, Squirm and Cruising. Following his acting on the network soap operas, Scardino began to direct them. He directed episodes of Another World, One Life to Live, and All My Children. He went on to direct plays on and off-Broadway, including the world premiere of Aaron Sorkin's A Few Good Men. He has directed extensively in television, most notably the comedy 30 Rock. Feature film directing work includes Me & Veronica (Venice Film Festival), and Advice from a Caterpillar, winner, best comedy, at Aspen Comedy Festival. He directed the 2013 film The Incredible Burt Wonderstone, starring Jim Carrey and Steve Carell.
Featuring
Timothy Carhart
Peter Crombie
Steven Culp
Clement Fowler
Leslie Lyles
James Murtaugh
Lola Pashalinski
Sloane Shelton
Kevin Skousen
Robert Stanton
Sloane Shelton was born on March 17, 1934 in Asheville, North Carolina, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for Another World (1964), As the World Turns (1956) and What Lies Beneath (2000).
Creative Team
John Amone
Scenic DesignerDavid C. Woolard
Costume DesignerJoshua Dachs
Lighting DesignerScott Lehrer
Sound DesignerFrederic H. Omer
Production Stage ManagerPhoto by Gerry Goodstein