October 14- November 22
Thurs-Sat at 8PM
Sun at 7PM
through November 22
Additional performance:
Wednesday, November 18 at 8PM
at the Black Dahlia Theatre
5453 Pico Blvd at Hauser
For tickets, click HERE
Eileen Galindo as Lucia and Analeis Lorig as Rachel.
ABOUT THE PLAY:
Rachel and James move from Uganda to Ohio, hoping to provide a better life for their newly adopted African son, Daniel. Suffering from a severe case of PTSD, Daniel struggles desperately in the public school system, overwhelming his inexperienced teacher and threatening to unravel Rachel & James marriage.
DIrected by Larissa Kokernot
With:
Angela Bullock
Jennifer Chang
Eileen Galindo
Matt Gaydos
Analeis Lorig
Set Design: Tom Ontiveros
Lighting Design: Mike Durst
Costume Design: Rachel Shachar
Original Music: Mike Shapiro
Production Stage Manager: Jimmy Ng
Angela Bullock as Tanya and Jennifer Chang as Ms. Kennedy.
WHAT THE CRITICS ARE SAYING:
"McKee has created five fascinating and richly detailed characters, and director Larissa Kokernot's production brings them to vibrant life." CRITIC'S PICK
--Neal Weaver, Backstage West
"Parents, teacher, principal, therapist: McKee dispassionately observes how each of these adult authority figures fails to help Daniel emerge from his private hell. By keeping him offstage, she places the focus squarely on how adult desire, always rationalized, displaces a child's basic needs; Daniel is literally invisible... as a portrait of the crucible that is parenthood, "Stray" troubles indeed."
--Charlotte Stoudt, L.A. Times
"The theatre is intimate and the show's design efficient, with strong actors who are fully able to relax while owning the complex roles."
--Kenneth Hughes, Flavorpill
"...a rich and layered study of characters in crisis. They're all so carefully drawn and layered that I could imagine an entire play being built around any of these people...What starts out as an inquiry into contemporary social problems evolves into a challenging play about the individual sacrifices we all choose to make and why we make them."
--Prince Gomolvilas, Bamboo Nation
