Inverse Theater Company
Presents
THE DEATH OF GRIFFIN HUNTER
A play noir by Kirk Wood Bromley
Directed by Howard Thoresen
Performances Begin Wednesday, January 10, 2007
At The Brick Theater, 575 Metropolitan Ave., Williamsburg, NYC
"Kirk's writing is some of the most crafted, interesting stuff in the New York theater.”- Robert Lopez, Tony-Award winning composer of Avenue Q.
“Kirk Bromley is one of the most intrepid, visionary playwrights working in New York today.” – Greg Kotis, Tony-Award winning writer of Urinetown.
Inverse Theater Company will present The Death of Griffin Hunter, a revival of the seminal production (1998) of the play by Kirk Wood Bromley, starting on January 10, 2007, and running Wednesday – Saturday nights at 8 pm until February 3, 2007. Of the original production, nytheatre.com said, “anyone who cares about the state of contemporary theater should see this play.”
The Death of Griffin Hunter is the story of Griffin Hunter, the Secretary of Disarmament for the United Nations. When Hunter flies to San Francisco to sign a disarmament treaty with 90 nations, he is quickly embroiled into the crypto-psychotic grip of Vaad Sirat, an international weapons cartel that will stop at nothing to seduce Hunter to destroy himself and his vision for a better world. This thrilling “play noir” not only features 30 sensational characters, an Iranian Tazi’ya play-within-the-play, and intricate and compelling plot twists, but it is a timely meditation on the complexities of peacemaking in a world where war means profit.
Inverse Theater was voted “Best Downtown Theater Company” by The New York Press in 2001. It was the winner, along with Ellen Stewart of La Mama and Basil Twist of Mabou Mines, of the first annual New York Innovate Theater Awards for Continued Achievement in Off-Off-Broadway. Of its production of Three Dollar Bill, the New York Times said, “Very impressive! A nonstop parade of puns, tweaked aphorisms, and linguistic gymnastics…a barrage of jokes that hit more than they miss.” And of its production of Midnight Brainwash Revival, Time-Out NY said, “An overflowing smorgasbord of verbiage and imagination.”
Kirk Wood Bromley is a NYC-based playwright, actor, theater writer, musician and Artistic Director of Inverse Theater Company. His plays have been produced in New York, Los Angeles, London, San Francisco, Cleveland and various college campuses around the country. Bromley was the recipient of the 2001 Berrilla Kerr Foundation Playwrights Award and his plays won two Fringe Awards – Excellence in Playwrighting (The American Revolution, 2002) and Excellence in Music and Lyrics (Lost, 2003).
Set designer Jane Stein has worked on many Broadway shows including Lenny, Jesus Christ Superstar, Pippin, Chicago, The Magic Show, Equus, and Bette Midler’s Clams on the Half Shell Review. Costume designer Karen Flood did the original costumes for Urinetown. And lighting designer Jeff Nash has worked with artists as diverse and renowned as Ellen Stewart, Frank Corsaro, Stuart Sherman, Natsu Nakajima, Sin Cha Hong, John Vaccaro, Robert Wilson, and Gian Carlo Menotti.
The cast of THE DEATH OF GRIFFIN HUNTER includes Al Benditt, Chris Borg, Eva Van Dok, Josh Hartung, Robert Laine, David Lamb, Catherine McNelis, Randall Middleton, David Nash, Hettienne Park, Joe Pindelski, Timothy McCown Reynolds, Jessica Chandlee Smith, and introducing Chris Thorn as Griffin Hunter.
THE DEATH OF GRIFFIN HUNTER will begin performances on Sunday, August 14th and the schedule will be as follows:
Wednesdays – Saturdays, January 10 – February 3, at 8 pm.
Tickets will be $18 and can be reserved at www.inversetheater.org or 646-552-4754. To learn more about the company, visit www.inversetheater.org.
THE DEATH OF GRIFFIN HUNTER
A play noir by Kirk Wood Bromley, Directed by Howard Thoresen
At The Brick Theater, 575 Metropolitan Ave., Williamsburg, NYC
SCHEDULE: Wednesdays – Sundays, January 10 – February 3, 2007, at 8 pm
TICKETS: $18.00; reservations at www.inversetheater.org or 646-552-4754
PRESS CONTACT: Ruthie Conde (646) 226-0607
