First, a huge thank you to all the actors who submitted, auditioned, and came to callbacks for The Inn at Lake Devine. We saw so many talented actors and loved seeing the piece come to life aloud.
Below please find the list of our cast for the world premiere production, October 7-24, 2015 (tickets on sale here!). Photos and bios here.
Kurt Badele* as 'Donald Fife'
Michael Breese Barbour* as 'Eddie Marx'
Andrew Dawson* as 'Karl Berry'
Jessica Giannone as 'Woman'
Carson Lee* as 'Nelson Berry'
Jake Lipman* as 'Natalie Marx'
Maria Maloney* as 'Robin Fife'
Ruben Navarro as 'Man'
Norrice Raymaker* as 'Sissy Fife'
Amanda Rodhe as 'Gretel Berry'
Andrew Spieker* as 'Kris Berry'
Barbra Wengerd* as 'Pamela Marx'
Jennifer Dorr White* as 'Ingrid Berry'
Jill Melanie Wirth* as 'Audrey Marx'
Melissa WolfKlain* as 'Linette Feldman'
Our production team is comprised of director Kimberly Faith Hickman, assistant director/associate producer/stage manager Molly Ballerstein, composer and sound designer Philip Rothman, scenic designer Tyler M. Perry, and costume designer Lisa Renee Jordan.
Can't wait for the first read-through later this month!
Sunday, August 23, 2015
Friday, July 10, 2015
Visit 'The Inn at Lake Devine' on Indie Go Go!
This summer, Tongue in Cheek launched its first ever Indie Go Go "crowdfunding" campaign, for the world premiere of The Inn at Lake Devine this fall. All donations are tax-deductible!
We love producing indie theater in NYC for you. You fill our audiences with laughter and applause.
Ticket revenue only covers a portion of our expenses, however. For The Inn at Lake Devine, we are asking our friends and supporters to help with the biggest production we've ever mounted.
We are SO grateful if you are in a position to contribute to our production of The Inn at Lake Devine. Watch our video about the production.
We'll be performing 16 times (our longest run ever!) and the cast is comprised of 15 actors, a top-notch production team and original music, too! At our staged reading in April, our audience members called it "heartwarming and funny" and "a delightful slice of Americana."
ANY support is appreciated -- liking us on Facebook and Twitter, sharing the link to the Indie Go Go campaign with your friends -- and makes producing thought-provoking comedy possible.
And a very special thanks to Holly Lynn Ellis for shooting our video campaign and Gusta Johnson for editing it.
We love producing indie theater in NYC for you. You fill our audiences with laughter and applause.
Ticket revenue only covers a portion of our expenses, however. For The Inn at Lake Devine, we are asking our friends and supporters to help with the biggest production we've ever mounted.
We are SO grateful if you are in a position to contribute to our production of The Inn at Lake Devine. Watch our video about the production.
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| Shooting our campaign video was a blast! |
ANY support is appreciated -- liking us on Facebook and Twitter, sharing the link to the Indie Go Go campaign with your friends -- and makes producing thought-provoking comedy possible.
And a very special thanks to Holly Lynn Ellis for shooting our video campaign and Gusta Johnson for editing it.
Sunday, June 21, 2015
Candid Camera
In scene 3 of The Inn at Lake Devine, it's a rainy summer day, and the Marx family drives over to The Inn to check it out.
Yesterday was rainy in Manhattan, too, and Holly Lynn Ellis (filmmaker and actor) came over to shoot a bunch of short videos of producing artistic director Jake Lipman in her apartment.
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| Jake Lipman talks TIC |
Aside from an attack of the giggles and the roar of a motorcycle, we got tons of footage, about TIC, adapting The Inn at Lake Devine from the book by Elinor Lipman into a play, and a few other fun tidbits.
These videos will be shared over the summer, including in TIC's first ever IndieGoGo campaign. Tickets are on sale now, too.
More soon, but here's to things heating up and sunny days ahead!
Monday, June 8, 2015
Tickets On Sale for THE INN AT LAKE DEVINE
Tickets went on sale today for the world premiere of The Inn at Lake Devine, which will run for 16 performances, October 7-24, 2015 at Theatre 54 @ Shetler Studios in midtown NYC.
Tickets are $18 online or by calling 212-868-4444, and for more about the production, visit our website.
Media passes, photographs, interviews and additional materials are available upon request. For group sales, book groups, faith-based organizations and school group performances (with study guide materials and talk-back following the performance), please contact us.
Jake Lipman adapted the play with music, based on the popular novel by Elinor Lipman. The fall production will be directed by Kimberly Faith Hickman and assistant directed by Molly Ballerstein.
Tickets are $18 online or by calling 212-868-4444, and for more about the production, visit our website.
Media passes, photographs, interviews and additional materials are available upon request. For group sales, book groups, faith-based organizations and school group performances (with study guide materials and talk-back following the performance), please contact us.
Jake Lipman adapted the play with music, based on the popular novel by Elinor Lipman. The fall production will be directed by Kimberly Faith Hickman and assistant directed by Molly Ballerstein.
Tuesday, April 7, 2015
A Lipman E-mails Another Lipman: Collaboration Ensues
It all started in May of 2014. I was acting in the TIC-devised piece Buffalo Heights, which was going really well. It was going so well that I wanted to jump in and create another new piece.
As I was running my lines in my apartment on the UWS, I looked over at the bookshelf and saw my favorite novel, The Inn at Lake Devine, by Elinor Lipman, beckoning to me.
I should also say my late mother had planted a seed in my head, years ago, that we were related to Ms. Elinor Lipman. Call it chutzpah. I sent a fan girl, long-lost cousin e-mail through her website that very day, asking if The Inn had ever been turned into a play, and if not, if a conversation could be had about adapting it. I expected some publicist to reply weeks later, but mere minutes later, I heard back from Elinor Lipman Herself. Wow.
She was incredibly gracious from the outset, and encouraging. Let's meet for a drink, she said. I live in NYC also. Wow wow wow.
We met, and a couple of glasses of champagne later, I was the proud owner of an autographed book from my favorite novelist, and that same novelist had put me in touch with her fancy agents at William Morris Endeavor. Sadly, we soon established we were not related. Nope. Not at all. But I didn't care. My mother's chutzpah had emboldened me to reach out and now I was in talks to adapt this story I love into a play. HOLY COW.
In the months since, Elinor has been an incredible collaborator. We've met to tweak dialogue, share more bubbly, and she's come to see me in another play. She's hard at work on her latest novel and jet sets around the world to promote her other works, and yet continues to make time for me.
On April 23 at 7 pm at Shetler Studios, we're presenting a staged reading of the work-in-progress, and I'd love for you to join us. E-mail info@tictheater.com to reserve your free seat.
And we'd love to have you see the fully-staged run this October at Theatre 54 in midtown NYC.
More here: http://www.tictheater.com/innatlakedevine.html
As I was running my lines in my apartment on the UWS, I looked over at the bookshelf and saw my favorite novel, The Inn at Lake Devine, by Elinor Lipman, beckoning to me.
I should also say my late mother had planted a seed in my head, years ago, that we were related to Ms. Elinor Lipman. Call it chutzpah. I sent a fan girl, long-lost cousin e-mail through her website that very day, asking if The Inn had ever been turned into a play, and if not, if a conversation could be had about adapting it. I expected some publicist to reply weeks later, but mere minutes later, I heard back from Elinor Lipman Herself. Wow.
She was incredibly gracious from the outset, and encouraging. Let's meet for a drink, she said. I live in NYC also. Wow wow wow.
We met, and a couple of glasses of champagne later, I was the proud owner of an autographed book from my favorite novelist, and that same novelist had put me in touch with her fancy agents at William Morris Endeavor. Sadly, we soon established we were not related. Nope. Not at all. But I didn't care. My mother's chutzpah had emboldened me to reach out and now I was in talks to adapt this story I love into a play. HOLY COW.
In the months since, Elinor has been an incredible collaborator. We've met to tweak dialogue, share more bubbly, and she's come to see me in another play. She's hard at work on her latest novel and jet sets around the world to promote her other works, and yet continues to make time for me.
On April 23 at 7 pm at Shetler Studios, we're presenting a staged reading of the work-in-progress, and I'd love for you to join us. E-mail info@tictheater.com to reserve your free seat.
And we'd love to have you see the fully-staged run this October at Theatre 54 in midtown NYC.
More here: http://www.tictheater.com/innatlakedevine.html
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| From left-to-right: Elinor and Jake, both Lipmans. |
Sunday, March 22, 2015
Come to our staged reading of THE INN AT LAKE DEVINE, April 23 at 7 PM
As you may know from recent posts, TIC is developing a new full-length play adaptation of the popular novel, The Inn at Lake Devine by Elinor Lipman.
Today's read through added in several choral arrangements, led by Philip Rothman, including Christmas songs (sung with four-part harmony), a round in Hebrew, and an old-timey barbershop quartet rendition of "In the Good Ole Summertime."
Equal parts coming-of-age,
romantic comedy, and comedy of errors, the play follows a woman named
Natalie Marx, from her teenage years to adulthood, examining the
profound effect a single, dismissive letter has had upon her desire to
stay at The Inn at Lake Devine. While her mother says, "It isn't
personal: they have a hotel, they don't want Jews, we're Jews," Natalie
is determined to understand who is behind this statement and in the
course of her pursuit, finds friendship and love.
Join us on Thursday, April 23 at 7 PM for a FREE staged reading of the play (followed by wine, nibbles and general hob-nobbing) at Shetler 1 at Shetler Studios, 244 West 54th Street, 12th Floor. The run time will be about 2 hours, including a 10-minute intermission.
To reserve your seat, e-mail info@tictheater.com with your desired number of seats.
Today's read through added in several choral arrangements, led by Philip Rothman, including Christmas songs (sung with four-part harmony), a round in Hebrew, and an old-timey barbershop quartet rendition of "In the Good Ole Summertime."
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| March 22 table read of THE INN AT LAKE DEVINE |
Join us on Thursday, April 23 at 7 PM for a FREE staged reading of the play (followed by wine, nibbles and general hob-nobbing) at Shetler 1 at Shetler Studios, 244 West 54th Street, 12th Floor. The run time will be about 2 hours, including a 10-minute intermission.
To reserve your seat, e-mail info@tictheater.com with your desired number of seats.
Sunday, January 25, 2015
Making New Work Happen
2015 marks Tongue in Cheek Theater's 10th season, and as producing artistic director, I am especially excited to be working on an entirely new theatrical work, The Inn at Lake Devine. The source material is the wonderful novel by the same name by Elinor Lipman, about a girl coming of age in the 1960s and 70s in New England, grappling with prejudice, religion, romance, and a bit of revenge.
In the coming winter months, I'll be working on the script with a group of trusted artists on a staged reading of the work in April. Feedback from the staged reading will be incorporated into the final script, which will premiere October 8-24, 2015 at Theatre 54 in midtown NYC. More about the piece here.
As I get started on my way with this new piece, I have to say how inspired I am by another company, Going to Tahiti Productions.
Going to Tahiti Productions is run by a dynamic duo, Jessica Ammirati and Molly Ballerstein, producing works that give opportunities to women. From adapting Within Arm's Reach last year (my favorite new work I saw onstage in 2014), to their TV series "Farm Story," that is in post-production, Jess and Molly regularly make exciting new work happen.
They recently created their first video blog, aka vlog, about choosing the right time to produce their next work. I can't wait to see their next collaboration!
In the coming winter months, I'll be working on the script with a group of trusted artists on a staged reading of the work in April. Feedback from the staged reading will be incorporated into the final script, which will premiere October 8-24, 2015 at Theatre 54 in midtown NYC. More about the piece here.
As I get started on my way with this new piece, I have to say how inspired I am by another company, Going to Tahiti Productions.
Going to Tahiti Productions is run by a dynamic duo, Jessica Ammirati and Molly Ballerstein, producing works that give opportunities to women. From adapting Within Arm's Reach last year (my favorite new work I saw onstage in 2014), to their TV series "Farm Story," that is in post-production, Jess and Molly regularly make exciting new work happen.
They recently created their first video blog, aka vlog, about choosing the right time to produce their next work. I can't wait to see their next collaboration!
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