Process Group Presents 'Savage in Limbo' by Shanley

The Process Group presents a gripping production of John Patrick Shanley's Savage in Limbo at the DUO Theater on October 18 through November 4. The play is directed by Bryan Close.

Oscar, Pulitzer Prize, and Tony Award winning writer of Doubt and Moonstruck, John Patrick Shanley has created a darkly comic and compelling work about our search for purpose in a purposeless world. The sinews and teeth of Shanley's words are captured in the The Process Group's production of Savage in Limbo. Bryan Close's intuitive direction balances the operatic hilarity and cutting despair of each of the characters in this murky Bronx bar. With each chord progression in Shanley's striking score, the cost of loneliness, the power of honesty, and the need for transformation ring powerfully through

"The story begins in an 80's Bronx bar with Murk, a baby-faced bartender with a wooden foot, and his regular costumer, April White, a failed nun.  Soon Denise Savage – who is still a virgin at 32 – stomps into the bar, searching vainly for action. The action arrives with Linda Rotunda, who has the opposite situation. Linda has had too much sex and enters crying in fear that she is losing her 'Monday night workout,' Tony Aronica.  The Italian stud comes bursting in shortly thereafter to explain, as only he can, why he wants to leave Linda for "ugly girls" who 'know things that he don't.'  Seeing the kind of action she's looking for, Denise makes a play for Tony. Things get really interesting as April's serenity becomes hysteria, Murk fights to keep glasses filled and two proposals of marriage get slapped on the table," explain press notes.

The cast features Jenny Grace as Linda Rotunda, Rebecca Whitehurst as Denise Savage, Robert Bray as Tony Aronica, Brooke Delaney as April White, and Henry Zebrowski as Murk.  Directed by Bryan Close with lighting design by David Bengali.

Performances: Thursdays, Fridays & Saturdays 8PM and Sundays 3PM.  The DUO Theater is located at 62 East 4th Street. General admission tickets for Savage in Limbo are $25. Tickets may be purchased online at www.smarttix.com, by phone 212-868-4444, or at the box office thirty minutes prior to curtain.

Photo by Mara Taber: Robert Bray and Jenny Grace