The 15th Annual New York International Fringe Festival will present the premiere of the new play SAMMY GETS MUGGED!, by award-winning writer Dan Heching, through August 28. Directed by Noah Himmelstein, the cast features Stephanie Pope Caffey (Broadway's Chicago, Fosse and more), Patrick Byas ("Law & Order: SVU") and Mr. Heching. Check out photos from the production below!
As much as he tries to get around it, Sammy got mugged one Sunday afternoon, and it was pretty scary. But for whom? Him, or his mysterious mugger, whose resolve is less than perfect? SAMMY GETS MUGGED! recounts an antagonistic exchange between two strangers, all the wild possibilities that follow, and how we choose to remember the more unsavory moments in our lives. Loosely
based on a real mugging in Paris in the spring of 2005, the show invites urban dwellers, theater enthusiasts and their friends to witness a city mugging through the eyes of a born-and-raised city kid who is anything but your classic victim.
SAMMY GETS MUGGED! features costume design by Mark Richard Caswell, sound design by Giovanni Villari, scenic design by David L. Arsenault, casting by Stuart Howard and Paul Hardt and production stage manager Shelby Taylor Love.
The show takes place at The Living Theater, 21 Clinton Street between Houston & Essex, (F/V to 2nd Avenue /J/M/Z to Delancey/Essex) on Monday, August 15 at 2:00 PM; Thursday, August 18 at 6:00 PM; Saturday, August 20 at 9:00 PM; Friday, August 26 at 8.45 PM and Sunday, August 28 at 12:00 Noon. Tickets go on sale today at (888) 468-7619 or at www.fringenyc.org. More
information is available at www.SammyGetsMugged.com.
Stephanie Pope CAFFEY (Rue Felicite) is thrilled to be a part of Dan Heching's Sammy Gets Mugged! Some of her Broadway and touring credits include Muzzy Van Hossmere in Thoroughly Modern Millie, Velma Kelly in Chicago, the leading player in Fosse, Brenda in Smokey Joe's Cafe, Gymnasia in Forum, The Hunnies in Jelly's Last Jam, Josephine Baker in The Zeigfeld Follies of 1936, to name just a few. Regional roles include Fastrada in Pippin, Cicre in The Odyssey, Liliane LaFleur in Nine and Dussie Mae in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom. TV credits include "One Life to Live," "All My Children," "Oz" and "Ed." She has appeared in commercials, film, music videos and cabaret with her very first cabaret act, On My Way To You receiving a MAC Award nomination for best newcomer. Her critically acclaimed solo CD Now's the Time to Fall in Love is available through CDBaby.com. Stephanie, along with her sister and business partner, Jennifer Pope, are the owners of Bikram Yoga East Harlem, which was this year named one of the "Top 10 Bikram Yoga Studios in America" by Details Magazine. www.bikramyogaeastharlem.com
Photo Credit: Walter McBride
Stage & Set Design starring in Dan Heching Presents 'Sammy Gets Mugged' at the Living Theatre in New York City.
Patrick Byas & Dan Heching
Dan Heching
Patrick Byas
Patrick Byas & Dan Heching
Dan Heching
Patrick Byas
Stephanie Pope Caffey
Patrick Byas
Patrick Byas
Patrick Byas
Stephanie Pope Caffey
Stephanie Pope Caffey
Dan Heching
Dan Heching
Dan Heching, Patrick Byas
Patrick Byas & Dan Heching
Patrick Byas & Dan Heching
Patrick Byas & Dan Heching
Dan Heching, Patrick Byas & Stephanie Pope Caffey
Dan Heching & Patrick Byas
Dan Heching & Patrick Byas
Patrick Byas & Dan Heching
Patrick Byas & Dan Heching
Dan Heching & Patrick Byas
Dan Heching & Patrick Byas
Dan Heching & Patrick Byas
Dan Heching & Patrick Byas
Dan Heching & Patrick Byas
Dan Heching & Patrick Byas
Patrick Byas, Dan Heching
Dan Heching & Patrick Byas
Dan Heching, Patrick Byas
Dan Heching & Patrick Byas
Dan Heching & Stephanie Pope Coffey
Dan Heching & Stephanie Pope Caffey
Dan Heching & Stephanie Pope Caffey
Dan Heching & Stephanie Pope Caffey
Dan Heching & Stephanie Pope Caffey
Dan Heching, Patrick Byas
Dan Heching, Patrick Byas
Dan Heching, Patrick Byas
Patrick Byas & Dan Heching
Patrick Byas & Dan Heching
Patrick Byas & Dan Heching
Patrick Byas, Stephanie Pope Caffey
Dan Heching, Patrick Byas
Patrick Byas, Stephanie Pope Caffey
Dan Heching
Dan Heching
Patrick Byas & Dan Heching
Dan Heching, Patrick Byas
Dan Heching, Stephanie Pope Caffey
Patrick Byas & Dan Heching
Dan Heching & Patrick Byas
Patrick Byas & Dan Heching
Patrick Byas & Dan Heching
Dan Heching & Patrick Byas
Dan Heching, Patrick Byas & Stephanie Pope Caffey
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