Speed-the-Plow at The Gladstone Theatre

Directed by Teri Loretto-Valentik
Designed by Ivo Valentik
Featuring: Kyla Gray, John Muggleton and Chris Ralph

Speed-the-Plow by Pulitzer Prize winning author David Mamet is the second show in this exciting season. Filled with Mamet’s trademark, rapid-fire dialogue, Speed-the-Plow focuses on the ruthless nature of Hollywood and the movie industry. Karen, a temp office worker finds herself in a unique situation when she ends up behind the desk for Gould, a recently promoted film company executive with doubts about the nature of what it is he really does. His co-worker and friend Fox has a lead on a big film with a big star and needs Gould to make it happen for him. What happens when the three personalities meet in this competitive milieu leads to an eruption of laughter, anger and emotion. The debut of the show in 1988, starring then emerging pop-idol Madonna, saw a nomination for a Tony Award for Best Play and Plow was recently revived in London with Kevin Spacey in the role of Gould. This fast paced, darkly funny show was described by Jack Kroll of Newsweek as "another tone poem by [the] foremost master of the language of moral epilepsy". Come prepared to enjoy an evening of taut drama that questions the nature of the business of entertainment and ultimately forces us to ask "what would I do?" Photo by David Whiteley.


Ages: Intended for Mature Audience: Strong Language and Adult Situations