
Evelyn in Purgatory
BY Topher Payne
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