Evelyn in Purgatory

BY Topher Payne

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January 10 - 26, 2020

Box Office: 513.684.1236

When a complaint is filed against one of the 70,000 teachers in New York’s public schools, they’re sent to a Reassignment Center, one of a series of empty offices in the Department of Education Building. There, they sit and wait for their case to be reviewed. Usually for months. Sometimes for over a year. A claim of improper behavior by a failing student lands Evelyn Reid in “the rubber room,” where she encounters a group of teachers, some guilty, some not, who have long since lost any hope of returning to a classroom. Over the course of the school year, these colleagues form an unlikely alliance, reminding each other of forgotten passions, emerging to face life outside in unexpected new directions. They also learn French and workshop a screenplay.

Cast

Evelyn: Heather Abbott

Lila: Cathy Ross

Candace Metzger - Aimée Ward
Toby Fleming - Evan Blanton
Fred Disalvo - Chuck Ingram
Roberta Burke - Chessie Vigran
Mr. Atwood - Robert Weidle

Production Team

Director: Jennifer Keith

Co-Producer: Betsy Bossart

Co-Producer: Patrick Kramer

Stage Manager: Becky Collins

Lighting Designer: jef brown

Set Construction: Bill Pauly & Art Kibby