Drama
August 22-September 14, 2019
The State Theater
1hrs 30mins
PG-13
Raw emotions run high in this intense, Olivier Award-winning two-hander, nominated for three 2016 Tony Awards including Best Revival, Best Actor and Best Actress. Blackbird is a deeply complex portrayal of two people whose ruined lives are inextricably intertwined.
Cast & Creative
DirectorKimberly Loren Eaton
Kimberly Loren Eaton
Kimberly Loren Eaton is a theatrical director and creator focused on developing new works, member of SDC. Select directing credits: Daughters of the Sexual Revolution with Sarah Steele and Tim Busfield; Woodward Award finalist, American Dream, with David Morse, Tamara Tunie, and Sarita Choudhury (Manhattan Theatre Club); The Forgetting Curve (Boston Center for the Arts, Calderwood Pavilion, Wimberly mainstage); Ain’t Far From Home (MTF- Playwrights Horizons Downtown), and has been developing Sammy’s Bowery Follies. A 2019- 2020 SDCF Observership fellow, Women’s Work Lab Directing Fellow at New Perspectives Theatre Company where she presented Terroir, and alumni of DirectorsLab: Chicago 2018, Kimberly is represented by the Michael Moore Agency.
Founder and principal of Theatrum Mundi Productions, an NYC producing and creative development consulting company, Kimberly has been involved with the producing teams of Fun Home (Broadway- 5 Tony Awards including Best Play, and National Tour), The Velocity of Autumn (Broadway), and Freud’s Last Session (Off-Broadway Alliance Award for Best Play).
Former Artistic & Managing Director of the Off-Broadway Marjorie S. Deane Theatre.
Executive Board member, League of Professional Theatre Women.
Guest lecturer: BroadwayCon, Juilliard, NYU Tisch.
Training & Education: Hofstra University, London Academy of Music & Dramatic Arts, Commercial Theatre Institute.
Other favorite roles include Roger in Rent, Claude in Hair and Jamie in The Last Five Years. Bruce also works behind the curtain. He has designed and built sets for over 300 productions, including some here at Harlequin. He is very proud and honored to be a part of this beautiful and significant show.
Alyssa is a long-time collaborator with Harlequin over the past decade as both an actor and resident Fight/Intimacy Director. Alyssa has worked with numerous other companies across Puget Sound including Seattle Rep, Book-It Repertory, Seattle Shakespeare Company, Seattle Opera, Tacoma Opera, Taproot Theatre, the University of Washington School of Drama, and Seattle University. Alyssa is also a freelance teaching artist, Advanced Actor Combatant with the Society of American Fight Directors, and co-founder of the PNW Theatrical Intimacy collective. Huge love to Fox and her parents for all their support. www.alyssakay.net
New York-based Colleen Litchfield makes her Harlequin debut in Blackbird. Her credits include Trinculo in The Tempest (Gallery Players), Anya in The Cherry Orchard (Columbia Stages), Richard II, Heart of Robin Hood, Taming of the Shrew, and The Sea-Maid’s Music (Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival), The Summoning (SheNYC Festival, Best Leading Actress Award Winner). Education: BFA NYU Tisch, Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. colleenlitchfield.com
Other Puget Sound credits include A Christmas Carol, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and The Pitmen Painters (ACT), Lady Windermere’s Fan and Camping with Henry and Tom (Taproot Theatre), Much Ado About Nothing and Twelfth Night (Seattle Shakespeare Company), Jane Eyre and Frankenstein (Book-It), Indian Ink and The School for Lies (Sound Theatre Company), Arms and the Man and Travesties (Seattle Public Theater), Peter and the Starcatcher (Icicle Creek Festival and Coeur d’Alene Summer Theatre) and The Elephant Man (Strawberry Theatre Workshop). His latest play, Holiday of Errors, co-written with Daniel Flint, was recently published by StageRights. Frank is a graduate of Harvard University and trained with Shakespeare & Company. He is married to the lovely Ann McCurdy; they are the proud parents of Rowan. More at franklawler.com.
Lola is excited to be back with Harlequin! Recent Credits: The SpongeBob Musical (SpongeBob) and Chicago (Roxie), both at Olympia High School. Local theatre: Fun Home with SPSCC (Small Allison), Seussical with Faith Acts! (JoJo). Professional credits: Annie at the 5th Avenue Theater (Swing Understudy), and Blackbird with Harlequin Productions (Girl). She would like to thank her family for being so supportive of her in her pursuit of musical theatre!
Interviews with the Guest Director and Cast of Blackbird
Guest Director Kimberly Loren Eaton and castmembers Frank Lawler and Colleen Litchfield discuss the process of bringing David Harrower's Blackbird to life.
Actors Colleen Litchfield, Frank Lawler and guest director Kimberly Loren Eaton share some moments of levity, their self-care regimes, and some thoughts on Olympia.
