Boston Playwrights' Theatre PRESENTS The Salt Girl written by and featuring John Kuntz directed by David R. Gammons November 5 - 22, 2009
PRESS NIGHT: November 7th, Saturday night at 8 pm.
WHERE: Boston Playwrights' Theatre, 949 Commonwealth Avenue.
EMAIL: mdsmith@bu.edu for press tickets.
BOSTON, MA - The Salt Girl is written by and features Elliot Norton Award-winner John Kuntz*. Fresh from his Kennedy Center award-winning Jasper Lake at BPT and his co-written, much-lauded Superheroine Monologues, Kuntz makes this newest foray onto the stage with a surprising and altogether different theatricality. Directed by fellow Elliot Norton Award-winner David R. Gammons, The Salt Girl follows Kuntz's journey as Quint, a long-depressed, family black sheep who must now comes to terms with his loneliness or give in to his family's history. The Salt Girl is a dark valentine, laced with humor, to all of us who have lost and found a family.
*Appears courtesy of Actors' Equity Association
John Kuntz (Playwright) is a founding company member of the Actors Shakespeare Project, where he was seen as Don John in Much Ado About Nothing, Trinculo in The Tempest, Pandaulf in King John, Tamora in Titus Andronicus, Autolycus in The Winter's Tale, Lucio/Froth in Measure for Measure, Sebastian in 12th Night, Bertram/The Clown in All's Well That Ends Well, and the title role in Richard III. NY credits include Mrs. Daigle in The Bad Seed (Ohio Theatre), Kurt in Jump/Rope (which he also wrote) with Square Peg Productions at Urban Stages, and his one-person shows Starfuckers (Ohio Theatre and NY Fringe) and Freaks! (Solo Arts Group). Recent Boston credits include Heisenberg in Copenhagen and multiple roles in the world premiere of The Communist Dracula Pageant (ART); Janet and Frick in After School Special (which he also wrote) and the title role in Mr. Marmalade (Company One); numerous productions of The SantaLand Diaries (IRNE Award, Best Solo Performance); Katurian in the New England premiere of The Pillowman, Estragon in Waiting for Godot, the title role in Scapin, Austin in True West and the Emcee in Cabaret (all with The New Repertory Theatre), 20 roles in How I Got That Story and multiple roles in Mere Mortals (all with The Nora Theatre Company); Jane/Lord Edgar in The Mystery of Irma Vep, Carl in The Baltimore Waltz, Nathan Leopold in Never the Sinner, and 40 roles in Fully Committed (all with The Lyric Stage), Voice #1 in Betty's Summer Vacation (The Huntington Theatre Company) and three seasons with Commonwealth Shakespeare, appearing in Henry V (Fluellen), 12th Night (Sir Andrew) and Hamlet (Guildenstern/Osric).
John is the author of 14 full-length plays, including The Superheroine Monlogues (co-written with Rick Park), Sing Me to Sleep, Freaks, Starfuckers, After School Special, My Life with the Kringle Kult, Miss Price, The Hotel Nepenthe, Glitterati, Emerald City, Jasper Lake, Jump/Rope and Actorz with a Z.
He received both an Elliot Norton Award and New York International Fringe Festival Award for his solo show Starfuckers, and his plays Sing Me To Sleep and Freaks! both received Elliot Norton Awards for "Outstanding Fringe Production."
He was an inaugural Playwriting Fellow with the Huntington Theatre Company and a Fellow at the O'Neill Center 2007. His play Jasper Lake received both the Michael Kanin and Paula Vogel National Playwriting Awards, with productions at the Kennedy Center (Washington DC) and the New York Fringe Festival. He teaches at Suffolk University and is on the faculty of The Boston Conservatory.
David R. Gammons' (Director) recent directing projects include Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale at The American Repertory Theatre; the Boston premiere of Blackbird at SpeakEasy Stage Company; The Duchess of Malfi and Titus Andronicus for Actors' Shakespeare Project (2007 Elliot Norton Award for Outstanding Director); and the New England premieres of The Lieutenant of Inishmore and My Name is Rachel Corrie at The New Repertory Theatre. Past directing credits include Eric Bogosian's subUrbia at MIT; Romeo and Juliet at The Boston Conservatory; a revival of Arthur Kopit's Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad as the inaugural production at Harvard University's New College Theatre; and original works for Pig Iron Theatre Company, Headlong Dance Theatre, and Vermont's Phantom Theatre. Mr. Gammons' recent productions have been nominated for eight Elliot Norton Awards and seven Independent Reviewers of New England (IRNE) Awards. Mr. Gammons has served as the Director of the Theatre Program at Concord Academy for the last ten years, where he has taught courses in acting, directing, playwriting, and design, and where he directs a Company of student artists committed to creating original experimental work for the stage.
For tickets call 866.811.4111 or visit bostonplaywrights.org
$30/Reserved Admission - $25/Seniors (62+) - $10/Students (with valid ID)
Special Ground Floor Talk Back with the playwright and cast to follow the November 7th evening performance.
