Wide Eyed Productions and Mastodon Theatre Company will present the world premiere of KEEP by Francesca Pazniokas. Directed by Stephanie C. Cunningham, previews begin April 7 at TBG Theatre. Opening night is slated for Friday, April 14.
KEEP tells the story of a young hoarder who is trapped in her home by her own belongings, unable to throw anything away. When her sisters surprise her with an intervention, she is forced to start cleaning. What seems like a straightforward plan proves far more difficult than any of the sisters imagined. As they sift through the debris, old resentments and secrets -- including the fate of their missing sister who disappeared years earlier -- come to the surface.
KEEP features Jenna D'Angelo, Kim Krane, Madison Comerzan and Leslie Marseglia. The production team includes Kristin Skye Hoffmann (producer), Cate DiGirolamo (lighting),
Chris Young (costumes), and J. Alexander Diaz (sound).
Francesca Pazniokas is a writer and musician whose work has been produced in New York, Chicago and London. She holds a BA from Georgetown University and a MA in Playwriting from Royal Holloway, University of London. KEEP is her first play.
Stephanie C. Cunningham's recent directing credits in New York include Butcher (
Stella Adler Studio), Salt (Wide Eyed Productions), Die Kleinen (Mastodon Theater Company), First Love (RAL Productions), and The Worst Year Ever (Fringe NYC). Currently she is on faculty at The New School for Performing Arts, is the director of the New School for Drama's Summer Acting Intensive and is a freelance teaching artist around NYC. She has been a teaching fellow at Boston College and Harvard University. She holds an MA in Theatre Education from Emerson College and an MFA in Directing from New School for Drama.
Since its inception in 2007, Wide Eyed Productions brings brave, bold and culturally relevant new texts to production. With a core ensemble of emerging theatre artists, the company is dedicated to leaving audiences wide eyed. Past productions include Animals by Sam Byron, Jack and the Soy Beanstalk and Noah's Arkansas by
Jerrod Bogard, A World Elsewhere! Arias in the Key of Clown by Ben Newman, Dead Special Crabs by Dan Kitrosser and A Devil Inside by
David Lindsay-Abaire. They have produced plays at venues including The Kraine, Players Theater, East 13th Street Theater, and Cherry Lane Theater. For more info, visit
www.wideeyedproductions.com.
Mastadon Theatre Company was founded by Madison Comerzan, Jenna D'Angelo & Kim Krane, who met while studying theatre at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo. Mastodon's first production was Elemeno Pea by
Molly Smith Metzler at the Access Theatre in 2014. That production was followed by the premiere of Die Kleinen by Molly Haas-Hooven in 2015. Mastodon is committed to producing work by emergin artists that sheds light on the human condition, challenges preconceived notions and is, above all, entertaining For more info, visit
www.mastodoncompany.com
KEEP runs April 7 - 30, Thursday - Saturday at 8pm with additional performances April 11, 12 & 27 at 8pm and April 17 at 3pm. TGB Theatre is located at 312 West 36th Street, between 8th & 9th Avenues -and is accessible from the 1, 2, 3, A, C & E trains at 34th Street. Tickets are $18, available at 800-411-8881 or
www.BrownPaperTickets.com.
