The Understudy
By Theresa Rebeck
Photos by Ross Zentner
Renaissance Theaterworks
Cast
Harry - Ken T. Williams
Roxanne - Cassandra Bissell
Jake - Phillip Sletteland
Creative Team
Costume Designer - Jason Orlenko
Lighting Designer - Jan Kellogg
Props Design - Nikki Kulas
Scenic Designer - Nathan Stuber
Sound Designer - Sarah N. Ramos
Fight Director - Christopher Elst
What People Are Saying
“Making an impressive professional debut as a director, Mallory Metoxen ensures that this terrific ensemble covers it all with intoxicating, nearly farcical speed, while nevertheless leaving room for tonal and temporal shifts…”
— Mike Fischer, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
“…under the direction of Mallory Metoxen, this play is a giant laugh from beginning to end.”, “…it was hard to catch my breath because the laughs came so fast and furious.”
— Dave Begel, On Milwaukee
“[The actors],under the unerring direction of Mallory Metoxen, are wonderful… they deliver sparkling, precise comedy couched in one just right line after another.”, “This play, complex as it is, must be funny, and the Renaissance production nails it.”, “Very Kafka, but with less dread and more laughter.”