ANCHORS by Tony Zertuche, directed by Eliza Beckwith
Michael Goliad is stuck!
He is stuck in his life, stuck on himself, and now...
He's stuck in the Navy!
As the US revs up for the first Gulf War, Mexican-American, Michael Goliad joins the Armed Forces to pay for college, but soon realizes what it really means to become Property of the U.S. Navy. Now Goliad must fight for love, life and the pursuit of manhood as he is shipped off to his first duty station in the Philippines. All he wants is to be his own man, but the Navy and a certain gorgeous Filipina have other plans. With the help of female recruit Jeri Lewis, his fun-loving bunk mate Schotz and a pair of tyrannical Company Commanders, Goliad is bound to be haze gray and underway.
February 7th to the 23rd, 2008 @ The Kirk Theatre at Theatre Row
410 West 42nd St. (9th Ave)
Tickets are $18
www.LivingImageArts.org
(212) 279-4200
STARRING
Bryan Close* Helen Coxe* Andrew Eisenman*
Laura Hall Kyle Masteller Banaue Miclat
Raushanah Simmons* Renaldy Smith Kristin Villanueva*
Set ELISHA SCHAEFER
Lights WILBURN O. BONNELL
Costumes KIM WALKER
Sound GEOFFREY ROECKER
Stage Manager JAY KOEPKE
Graphic Design JAY BALLESTEROS
Producer/Artistic Director PETER MARSH
Production Supervisor/Executive Director MIA VACULIK
Associate Producers KENDRA DOLTON TYLER PENFIELD
Press Representative LANIE ZIPOY
ABOUT THE PRODUCTION:
Born and reared in Dallas, Texas to a Mexican mother and American father, Playwright Tony Zertuche served in the United States Navy from 1991-95 before attending The University of Texas at Austin where he earned a Bachelors Degree in Radio-TV-Film, with a concentration in screenwriting and a minor in Japanese Studies. His short play Men are Pigs was presented as part of Living Image Arts' short play series Committed last spring. It was hailed as "Hilariously endearing... with performances that are both heartfelt and humorous!" by OOBR and "Thoughtful original artistry" by OffOffOnline.com.
Eliza Beckwith has directed a number of world premieres, primarily with New Directions Theatre (where she is Co-Artistic Director) and at Ensemble Studio Theatre. Full-length plays with N.D.T. include Triptych, Random Harvest and The Flid Show described as"Absorbing and often poignant."- Charles Isherwood, New York Times, all by Richard Willett, and F-Stop, by Olga Humphrey. She has directed four plays in the annual E.S.T. Marathon of One-Act Plays, including The Once Attractive Woman, Little Airplanes of the Heart, and Ukimwi.
Now in its fifth season, Living Image Arts has produced Committed, Hello My Name Is..., I'd leave You But We Have Reservations, and How to Lose Your Lover in 6 Short Plays at Theatre Row, 2004's Awake, and the defining Brooklyn multi-media arts event of 2003, A Swell Night Out. Living Image Arts is committed to artistic collaboration, nurturing the development of emerging artists, and creating compelling and innovative new work. LIA Artistic Director Peter Marsh produced the critically acclaimed production of Horton Foote's The Traveling Lady, which received a Drama Desk nomination, and Romulus Linney's Klonsky and Schwartz for Ensemble Studio Theatre.
