Gun-Shy
- Written by Richard Dresser
- Directed by Gloria Muzio
RICHARD DRESSER’S seventeen published plays have been produced in New York, regional theater, and Europe. His recently published trilogy of plays about happiness in America includes AUGUSTA (working class), THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS (middle class), and A VIEW OF THE HARBOR (upper class). Other plays are: ROUNDING THIRD, which started in Chicago and appeared off-Broadway and has had hundreds of productions, BELOW THE BELT and GUN-SHY, both of which started at the Humana Festival at Actors Theatre of Louisville before moving off-Broadway. Also, SOMETHING IN THE AIR, THE DOWNSIDE, ALONE AT THE BEACH, WONDERFUL WORLD, and BETTER DAYS, plus many short plays. His recent projects include the book for a musical, JOHNNY BASEBALL, which appeared premiered at A.R.T. in Cambridge, and was nominated for seven awards from the Independent Reviewers of New England. His play THE LAST DAYS OF MICKEY & JEAN, about a notorious Boston gangster in early retirement, premiered at Merrimack Repertory Theater in Lowell, Massachusetts and went on for three regional productions that summer/fall. His latest play is THE HAND OF GOD about reality television. He also created and wrote the TV/web series LIFE COACH starring Cheri Oteri for AMC. (As of January 1998)
GLORIA MUZIO is an American theatre and television director. She has worked on a number of TV shows including Criminal Minds, Brothers & Sisters, The Black Donnellys, The Closer, ER, Third Watch, Law & Order, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, The Wire and Oz.
For Evie and Duncan, it's tough to decide which was more work and less rewarding- their marriage or their divorce. Passion and pride face-off as this high maintanence couple and their current significant others try to disentangle the complications of bi-coastal parenting, love, career, and "moving on" in this hilarious new romantic comedy!
Featuring
Jeffrey DeMunn
Jessalyn Gilsig
Christopher Innvar
Lee Sellars
Maryann Urbano
Playwrights Horizons: Gun-shy. Broadway: Talk Radio, A Time to Kill, West Side Story. Off-Broadway: A Small, Melodramatic Story (The Public), The Alchemist (CSC). Extensive Regional credits including work at La Jolla, Huntington Theatre Company, George Street Playhouse, The Alley, The Guthrie, Berkshire Theatre Festival and Long Wharf. Film/TV: Groundhog Day, “E.R.,” “Law & Order,” “The Untouchables.”
Creative Team
Allen Moyer
Scenic DesignerJess Goldstein
Costume DesignerPeter Kaczorowski
Lighting DesignerMartin Desjardins
Sound DesignerDenise Yaney
Production Stage ManagerBroadway credits include The Lyons, After Miss Julie, Grey Gardens (Tony/Drama Desk Nominations, Henry Hewes Award), Thurgood, The Little Dog Laughed, and Twelve Angry Men, among others. Off-Broadway credits include productions for the Public Theater, Second Stage, Lincoln Center Theater, Roundabout Theater, Signature Theater Company, Playwrights Horizons, New Group/Second Stage, and the Drama Dept. Regional credits include productions for the Dallas Theatre Center, Huntington Theater, Guthrie Theater, The Goodman, Yale Rep, Old Globe, La Jolla Playhouse, Long Wharf, Steppenwolf, Baltimore’s Center Stage, LA’s Center Theater Group, and Pittsburgh Public Theater. His extensive opera credits include work for the Metropolitan Opera (Orfeo ed Euridice, directed by Mark Morris), New York City Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Santa Fe Opera, San Francisco Opera, Glimmerglass Opera, Opera Theater of St. Louis, Boston Lyric Opera, Scottish Opera, and the Wexford Festival (Ireland). He also worked with Mark Morris on Sylvia for San Francisco Ballet, and Romeo and Juliet, on Motifs of Shakespeare for MMDG. He received the 2006 Obie Award for Sustained Excellence. For more information, visit allenmoyerdesign.com.
Photo of Christopher Innvar, Maryann Urbano, Jeffrey DeMunn, and Jessalyn Gilsig by Joan Marcus.