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The White Chip
By Sean DanielsThe White Chip
By Sean DanielsSteven is on top of the world: he’s married, has good friends, and is steps away from his dream job running one of the hottest theatres in the country. He also happens to be an alcoholic spinning out of control. Follow his life from first sip to first love, critical hit to critical care, all the way to rock bottom, where he carves an unusual path to sobriety. Part of The Recovery Project, The White Chip is a wry and wild theatrical journey to recovery.
Running Time
Laugh-out-loud comedy and gasp-inducing tragedy!
Cast
Saxon Palmer*
Julia Brothers*
Michael Flood*
Saxon Palmer's credits include Broadway: Three Sisters, Design for Living, You Never Can Tell. NYC Theater: Measure for Pleasure, Twelfth Night, Macbeth, The Taming of the Shrew, Tamburlaine, The Merchant of Venice, The Glass Cage, King. Regional Theater: Hamlet, Picnic, King Lear, Coriolanus, Take Me Out, Oklahoma. Associate Artist: Georgia Shakespeare Company, Theater for a New Audience. Training: Florida School of the Arts, Florida State University, Emory University. Saxon is also the founder and artistic director of Shakespeare on the Beach in Rockaway, NY (shakespeareonthebeach.org). Saxon lives on his sailboat with his dog, Frank.
Julia Brothers played the role of Ljuba in the world premiere of Sarah Gancher’s comedy Russian Troll Farm, directed by Darko Tresjnak at GEVA Theatre. Other favorite world premieres include playing God in the Kilbanes’ rock opera Weightless at The Public Theatre; Arthur Miller in the bilingual Salesman 之死 by Jeremy Tiang; Jo in Women In Jeopardy by Wendy MacLeod, directed by Sean Daniels; Carla in George Is Dead, written and directed by Elaine May; and I Was Right Here, her solo piece commissioned by SF Playhouse.
Michael Flood is a Los Angeles based actor and writer. He has worked in various productions on stage and tv that include African Company Presents Richard III, Macbeth, Angels in America, The Mountaintop, and Seal Team. You may have also spotted Michael as a contestant on Let’s Make a Deal, dressed as Captain Kirk, where he won a state-of-the-art BBQ grill that’s currently on his patio collecting dust!
Creative
DIRECTOR | Aaron Muñoz
SCENIC DESIGNER | Aaron Muñoz
COSTUME DESIGNER | Jacob Denney
LIGHTING DESIGNER | Jamie Thygesen
SOUND DESIGNER | Naomi Marin
STAGE MANAGER | Shira Lebovich*
STAGE MANAGEMENT INTERN | Stephanie Kaufman