Everyday Inferno Theatre Company Announces the Cast & Creative Team of SUPERTOPIA

Everyday Inferno Theatre Company is pleased to announce the cast and creative team behind the upcoming world-premiere production of Laura Hirschberg's Supertopia, marking Everyday Inferno's fifth annual free production in Central Park. Supertopia will play six performances each Thursday-Sunday at 6:30pm from August 11th to August 20th, 2017 at Summit Rock.

An original, heartfelt adventure for all ages, Supertopia centers around a group of remarkable, super-powered people in a new land where heroes aren't unique, and no one is in need of saving. Accountable to no one but themselves, the nine settlers of Supertopia struggle with the responsibility of creating a better world and the impossible, incredible choices that come with great power. Everyday Inferno's fifth annual free Central Park production imagines the lush, isolated beauty of Summit Rock as an uncharted wilderness, full of possibility. Join us once more for an astonishing summer evening, as we build new worlds in our own shared backyard.

Supertopia is directed by Katherine Sommer, with combat & movement direction by Cristina Ramos. The production features Noah Lee Breymeier, James Cribbins (Shakespeare's Globe Theatre), Amelia Fei, Paul Gregg (Seven Angels Theatre), Malloree Hill (Utah Shakespeare Festival), Leslie Marseglia (Julius Caesar, Shakespeare in the Park), Ivy Quainoo (The Voice of Germany), Cristina Ramos, & Kyonne Nikole Smith.

LAURA HIRSCHBERG was a member of Everyday Inferno's 2016 Playwright/Director Development Lab where Supertopia originated. Other playwriting credits include: Heart of Oak (Everyday Inferno); Verona Walls (WorkShop Theater); Fire Thief (Looking Glass Theatre); Call Me... (WorkShop Theater); Truth and the Mountain Men (Ugly Rhino); and Fish Food (WorkShop Theater). An excerpt from Laura's play,Her Brother's Keeper, was published by Smith & Kraus as part of their collection of 2016's Best Men's Stage Monologues. Laura is currently an associate artistic director at The WorkShop Theater.

KATHERINE SOMMER is an NY-based producer and director, a Skidmore College graduate, and the Producing Director of Everyday Inferno Theatre Company. With Everyday Inferno, Katherine's directing credits include the world premiere of Punk as Fuck, By Sun and Candlelight, Stella Starlight: Queen of Space, and The Policy. Katherine has produced The Turn of the Screw at the historic Morris-Jumel Mansion, A Map to Somewhere Else, Something Wicked and Heart of Oak (Hangover Encore selections in the 2014 and 2015 FRIGID New York festivals). Katherine has served on the board of Tomfoolery Theatre (NJ), and has directed multiple short plays at the Looking Glass Theater (NY).

EVERYDAY INFERNO THEATRE COMPANY creates adventurous theatrical productions of new or rarely produced texts that tell women's stories in a unique, entertaining, and accessible manner. We exceed the limitations of low-budget theatre by exploring nontraditional spaces, stagecraft, and storytelling. We are committed to developing a diverse audience by producing work that is large in scope while keeping our production costs (and ticket prices) at a minimum. Through our work, we prove that stories focused on women can be universally enjoyable and relatable.