A KID LIKE JAKE Begins 4/19 at Richmond Triangle Players

Richmond Triangle Players continues its 24th Anniversary season with its Daniel Pearle's acclaimed play A Kid Like Jake. Sponsored by David Peake, the production - abouT Loving your child, no matter what - opens Thursday, April 20, 2017 at 8 pm, following a low-priced preview on Wednesday, April 19, and runs through May 13.

On the eve of the admissions cycle for Manhattan's most exclusive private schools, parents Alex and Greg have high hopes for their son Jake, a precocious four-year-old who happens to prefer Cinderella to G.I. Joe. But as the process continues, Jake's behavior becomes erratic and perplexing, and other adults in his life start to wonder whether his fondness for dress-up might be cause for concern. The story of a husband and wife struggling to do right by their son, A Kid Like Jake is a study of intimacy and parenthood and the fantasies that accompany both.

A Kid Like Jake premiered in a sold-out run at LCT3/Lincoln Center Theater (NY Times Critic's Pick). Daniel Pearle's play won the 2013 Laurents/Hatcher Foundation Award and was also awarded the prestigious Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation's Theatre Visions Fund Grant. It was also presented at 2012 Old Vic's TS Eliot US/UK Exchange in London. Pearle's other works include Remote Viewing, The Prodigies, and Plunder (2008 Loeb Drama Center's Phyllis Anderson Prize). His short play The Truth About Christmas was a winner of the 2011 Samuel French Off-Off Broadway Short Play Festival and is published & licensed by Samuel French. He is an alum of Ars Nova's Play Group and has been awarded residencies at The MacDowell Colony and The Blue Mountain Center. He earned his BA from Harvard University and his MFA from The New School for Drama.

Jake's parents are played by Fred Iacovo (RTP debut) and Heather Falks (The Beebo Brinker Chronicles). Jake's counselor/therapist Judy is played by Nancy Callaway (also RTP debut) and the Nurse by Kelsey Cordrey (Richmond Theatre Critics Circle award winner, Best Supporting Actress in a Musical for RTP's bare: a pop opera.)

A Kid Like Jake will be directed by RTP Associate Artistic Director Keith Fitzgerald. Set design is by T. Ross Aitken, costume design is by Sheila Russ, lighting design is by Andrew Bonniwell and the production's stage manager is Dexter Ramey.

All performances will take place at Richmond Triangle Players' theater at 1300 Altamont Avenue, just northwest of the intersection of the Boulevard and West Broad Street. Reserved seat tickets ($30 for Fridays and Saturdays evenings at 8:00 pm, $28 for Thursday evenings at 8:00 pm and Sunday matinees at 4:00 pm, with discounts for groups and students) can be purchased online at RTP's web site at www.rtriangle.org, on RTP's facebook page, or by leaving a message on the RTP Ticket hotline at 804-346-8113.

RTP's theater at 1300 Altamont Avenue is a 4000-square foot performing arts facility accommodating flexible seating arrangements for up to 90 patrons. The building features fully ADA-compliant access and comfortable restrooms, as well as a generous bar, and catering capability, and is also available for cabaret performances and private events.

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