Theatre @ Boston Court to Present THE MISSING PAGES OF LEWIS CARROLL, Opening 1/31

The Theatre @ Boston Court presents The Missing Pages of Lewis Carroll by Lily Blau, developed in collaboration with Sydney Gallas, directed by Abigail Deser. Opening night is Saturday, January 31, 2015 on the Main Stage at Boston Court Performing Arts Center, 70 North Mentor Avenue.

The beloved British writer Lewis Carroll kept a detailed journal of his life, including his close relationship with young Alice Liddell, the 11-year-old muse who inspired Alice in Wonderland. Upon Carroll's death it was discovered that several pages of his otherwise immaculate journal had been torn out. Now after more than a century of swirling rumors, this play takes us down the rabbit hole to explore these missing pages and what might have occurred between the legendary storyteller and the young girl who inspired one of the most famouse stories ever written.

Featuring: Leo Marks, Corryn Cummins, Erin Barnes, Ashley Ruth Jones, Erica Hannrahan-Ball, Time Winters, Jeff Marlow.

Production Staff: Stephen Gifford, Scenic Design; Jaymi Smith, Lighting Design; Garry Lennon, Costume Design; Keith Skretch, Video Design; John Ballinger, Sound Design; Jenny Smith, Prop Design; Raul Staggs, Casting Director; Nike Doukas, Dialect Coach; Stephen Ratliff, Hair Consultant; Amy Cole Peterson, Assitant Director; Matthew Quinlan, Dramaturg; Alyssa Escalante, Stage Manager; Ed Krieger, Production Photography.

LILY BLAU is a screenwriter, playwright, and journalist. Additional theatrical projects include The Lady in Gold, adapted from the non-fiction book of the same name (developmental workshop at the Stella Adler Studio, New York City, 2013); and The Girls Play (Winner, Best Script, Vignettes Festival, New York City, 2011). Current television projects include period drama Side by Side, FBI drama Among Us, and teen drama Salem Prep, as well as half-hour comedy: Everything's Better in Buttonwillow. Blau also writes and co-hosts the sketch comedy/dating advice show The Adventures of Femme and Bro. As a journalist, she has written essays and articles from a feminist perspective on subjects ranging from art, to the economy, to stripping. Her work has been published by the Huffington Post; Sexy Feminist Magazine; Alternet; and Mercer Street, among others. Blau holds a BFA from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts with concentrations in writing, drama, and French. Originally from the Boston area, she currently resides in Los Angeles, and is represented by CAA and Washington Square Films.

ABIGAIL DESER is a freelance director based in Los Angeles. Local work includes the world premiere of Steve Yockey's Heavier than... for Boston Court and Yockey's short play Skulls for Chalk Repertory at the Page Museum, Roald Dahl's The Magic Finger, Honus and Me and Lily's Purple Plastic Purse for the Mainstreet Theater Company, the Los Angeles premiere of Adam Bock's Thursday, Julia Cho's Small Museum and Cusi Cram's Predator, all for The Echo Theater Company. She was the Associate Artistic Director of the Ojai Playwrights Conference (OPC) for five years, where she developed and directed the Pinter Prize-winning Map of Doubt and Rescue by Susan Miller, T.D. Mitchell's Beyond the 17th Parallel, Rogelio Martinez's My First Radical, Lee Blessing's Flag Day and Dan Deitz's The Sandreckoner. She has also worked with the award-winning solo artist Heather Woodbury on The Last Days of Desmond Nani Reese and directed Timberlake Wertenbaker's The Love of the Nightingale at USC's Bing Theater. Deser's Chicago credits include her work at Steppenwolf Theater Company; Closer by Patrick Marber (Mainstage) with Gary Cole, and in conjunction with her own company Roadworks Productions, the midwest premiere of Kenneth Lonergan's This Is Our Youth, Phyllis Nagy's Disappeared and Serenading Louie by Lanford Wilson all at Steppenwolf. Also for Roadworks Productions, Dealer's Choice by Patrick Marber, The Soldier Dreams by Daniel McGivor, and for Famous Door Theater, Two Planks And A Passion by Anthony Minghella. Deser's work has been honored with two After Dark Awards for Best Director and numerous Joseph Jefferson Award nominations for Best Director and Best Ensemble, and an Ovation award nomination, among others. Deser curated and directed live shows for broadcast for Chicago Public Radio's Stories On Stage for many years. She developed and directed Claire Chafee's Five Women On A Hill (Magic Theater) and assisted Robert Falls on Young Man From Atlanta (Goodman Theater and the LongAcre Theatre on Broadway). In New York: Tone Clusters by Joyce Carol Oates (Lincoln Center Theater Director's Lab) and Cages (Access Theater).

The Missing Pages of Lewis Carroll is supported in part by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Los Angeles County Arts Commission, Edgerton Foundation, The Shubert Foundation, The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust, Founding Director Z. Clark Branson, and the generous contributions of The Theatre @ Boston Court supporters and contributors.

The Theatre @ Boston Court is the award-winning resident theatre company at Boston Court Performing Arts Center in Pasadena, CA. Michael Seel, Executive Director; Jessica Kubzansky and Michael Michetti, Co-Artistic Directors; Hillary Metcalf, Managing Director.

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