Red Caravan to Present Paz Pardo's RUBBERMATCH

Red Caravan, a new collective of curious, kind of nerdy theater artists, launches with the world premiere RUBBERMATCH, written by Paz Pardo and directed by Andrew Willis-Woodward. RUBBERMATCH begins performances on Thursday, May 5 for a limited engagement through Saturday, May 21. Opening night is Monday, May 9 at 8 PM. The performance schedule is Wednesday - Saturday at 8 PM and Sunday at 3 PM. Please note, there are added performances on Monday, May 9 at 8 PM (opening night) and Saturday, May 14 & 21 at 3 PM; there is no performance on Wednesday, May 11. Performances are at The TBG Theatre (312 West 36th Street, 3rd Floor, between 8th & 9th Avenues; A/C/E and 1/2/3trains to 34th Street). Tickets are $18. For tickets, visit https://www.artful.ly/rubbermatch.

Ten years after tragedy drives a group of college friends apart, two are unexpectedly reunited. Ceci, fleeing a broken relationship, tries to find a new home by moving in with Nina. But when their attempts to reconnect uncover old wounds, Nina's repression is pitted against Ceci's self-destructive tendencies. RUBBERMATCH is an intimate exploration of complex, contemporary female friendships, examining questions of grief, sexuality, and the pasts that haunt us. When does a friend's "help" become an act of violence?

The cast features Kayla Jackmon (At the Vanishing Point, High Lonesome Sound, and So Unnatural a Level at Actors Theater of Louisville) and Meredith Owens (Into the Woods at CAP21).

The design team includes Peiyi Wong (scenic design), Jason Fok (lighting design) and Cherie A. Roberts (property design).

Paz Pardo's (playwright) is an internationally produced writer, director, and performer. Plays include Movimiento Perpetuo/Perpetual Motion, written on a Fulbright grant, which premiered in Buenos Aires in 2013; Duct Tape Girl & Fetish Chick Conquer the World, a play about loneliness and queer superheroes written for a living room in Brooklyn, which she also directed; and Chewed Bread, co-created and performed with Nisa Ari. Her plays have been produced in New York, Los Angeles, Buenos Aires, San Francisco, and Colorado Springs. She has performed with TheatreWorks in Palo Alto, California; the TEAM in New York; and BootStrap Theater Foundation in San Francisco, among others. In Brooklyn, she worked as a writer and performer on the Odyssey Project and as a dramaturg with 600 Highwaymen. As the TEAM's resident dramaturg, she spent three years developing the award winning Mission Drift. Her chapter on the TEAM's process will appear in the upcoming book Encountering Ensemble (Methuen Press). A bilingual excerpt ofMovimiento Perpetuo/Perpetual Motion was published in the Brooklyn Review #30.

Andrew Willis-Woodward (director) is a New York-based director, choreographer, and deviser. Recent directing credits include Powerhouse, the cell, TheatreWorks USA, the CAP21 Conservatory, and multiple cabarets at venues such as the Laurie Beechman Theater. Graduate of Stanford University and CAP21; San Francisco Bay Area Theater Critics' Circle Award winner; company member of Poetic Theater Productions; part-time software engineer. www.andrewwilliswoodward.com