Workshop Performances at Eventide Theatre Company of ARE YOU STILL THERE?

On September 19th and 20th, Eventide Theatre Co. hosts a Sailor Beware Presentation of ARE YOU STILL THERE?   This workshop performances features Jody O’Neill and Kate Paxton, and is directed by Stephen Rourke.

ARE YOU STILL THERE? is a seriocomedy tracking the 13 year relationship of two outsiders:  Artie, an aging teacher who’s been driven out of his classroom; and Ellie, a spiritually lost young woman desperate for a mentor.  Artie, a former actor and director, reluctantly advises Ellie on her checkered theater career, but the real lessons Artie and Ellie learn from each other are the mysteries of friendship, their ache for the families they never had, and why they’re obsessed with the plays of Anton Chekhov.

 

This summer, the play was given a reading at New Jersey Rep. featuring Michael Tucker and Ella Kaille, directed by Jill Eikenberry.