Ghost-Writer
Ghost-Writer
By Michael HollingerGhost-Writer
By Michael HollingerA mysterious tale of artistic creation and forbidden love. In early 20th century New York, novelist Franklin Woolsey dictates his latest book to his young secretary. As they work they form a romantic and creative bond. Or do they?
When their relationship is called into question, the devoted secretary must defend the truth as she sees it. A smart new play about the relationship between art and its creator.
A strong and involving performance
Cast
Colin Lane*
Hollis McCarthy*
Amy Tribbey*
COLIN LANE B’way: Roundabout Theatre: Molly Sweeney, A Touch Of The Poet. B’way tour: with Shelley Winters in The Gingerbread Lady. Off B’way: After Luke/When I Was God (Dada), Drama Desk nominee The Colleen Bawn (Corrigan), Philadelphia Here I Come (Ned), A Child's Christmas In Wales (narrator), Liverpool Fantasy (John Lennon), Trust (Arty), Poor Beast In The Rain (Danger Doyle), How Love Is Spelt (Colin). Gloucester in Alvin Epstein's acclaimed King Lear for ASP at La Mama. Regional credits include: Faith Healer (Frank), Berkshire Theatre Festival. Hot'n'Throbbing (Clyde) at Arena Stage, DC. Dido, Queen Of Carthage (Aeneas), American Repertory Theatre. Rice Boy (Harris), Yale Rep. Peer Gynt at The Guthrie, Minneapolis. Hedda Gabler, Portland Stage. The Weir, Merrimac Rep. The Cripple Of Inishman, The Wilma, Philadelphia. Long Day's Journey Into Night, (Jamie), Capital Rep. He's a BackStage West Award winner for Molly Sweeney (Frank) at The Mark Taper Forum, LA., and a Connecticut Critics Circle nominee for Beauty Queen of Leenane (Pato). Mr Lane has appeared from time to time with Elm Shakespeare and Shakespeare & Company, and at the historic Ivoryton Playhouse. He appeared during the ‘90s at the Asolo in Remembrance and Dancing At Lughnasa. Recently in West Palm Beach he was Rank in A Doll's House. Movies include Broken Harvest, The Blood Oranges, Lesser Prophets and A Will Of Their Own.
HOLLIS MCCARTHY Regional: Sylvia – Delaware Theatre Company; Betrayal, Capital Rep; Cornelia, Old Globe; Count of Monte Cristo, Richard III, Henry VI, Alabama Shakespeare; Indian Blood, Buffalo Studio Arena; Tartuffe, Two River; Helen, Next Theatre; Love’s Labours Lost, Chicago Shakespeare; Sherlock’s Last Case, Drury Lane Oakbrook; Much Ado About Nothing, Hamlet, Colorado Shakespeare; Much Ado..., Taming of the Shrew, Notre Dame Shakespeare; As You Like It, Macbeth, Portland CenterStage; Romeo and Juliet, Things We Do for Love, Organic; Dancing at Lughnasa, Kansas City Rep. Off-Broadway: Gabriel, ATLANTIC (understudy). FILM: Road to Perdition, Behind the Waterfall, Last Call. TV: Dead Before Dawn, Across Five Aprils.
AMY TRIBBEY is delighted to be back (and working with Kate) at FST, where audiences saw her in Last Train to Nibroc (Best of Suncoast, Best Actress) and The Lieutenant of Inishmore. Most recently she preformed in the New York Theatre Experiment's production of Up, Up, Down, Down. Regional credits include: Love Song, Cincinnati Playhouse; The Sleeper (world premier), Laguna Playhouse; Steel Magnolias and Proof, Alabama Shakespeare Festival; Wuthering Heights, Papermill Playhouse; Crimes of the Heart and Proof, Tennessee Rep; Amadeaus and Much Ado About Nothing, Arkansas Rep; A Streetcar Named Desire and Dial M for Murder, Pioneer Theatre Company. Television credits include: Law & Order; Law & Order: SVU and As The World Turns. Ms. Tribbey is a graduate of the University of California, at Berkeley. For more information please visit www.AmyTribbey.com
Creative
Director | Kate Alexander
Scenic Design | Rob Eastman-Mullins
Costume Design | Sara J. Hinkley
Lighting Design | Richard T Chamblin III
Production Stage Manager | Kelli Karen*
* Denotes member of Actors' Equity Association. The Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.