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PERFORMANCE INFO
Speed the Plow by David Mamet
Wednesday, June 13 at 8pm
National Parks Realty - 601 Spokane Ave, Whitefish
Starring Timothy Williams, Nick Spear, & Becky Rygg
Betrayal by Harold Pinter
Monday, July 24 at 8pm
The ATP Garage - 6464 Hwy 93 S, Whitefish
Starring Luke Walrath, Rebecca Spear, & Anthony Mead
All readings directed by David Ackroyd
It’s Only a Play by Terrence McNally
Wednesday, September 26 at 8pm
The Flat - 419 E 2nd St in Downtown Whitefish (above Wasabi Sushi Bar)
Starring David Ackroyd, Corey Burke, Betsi Morrison, Nick Spear, Rebecca Spear, Luke Walrath, Mikey Winn
All readings directed by David Ackroyd
Presented by Great Northern Brewing Company free to the public, ATP is presenting 2 nights of raw and relevant readings held in unconventional spaces around the Valley. Enjoy beer, wine, and riveting drama read by professional actors in the unlikeliest of places.
ABOUT SPEED THE PLOW
Winner of the Tony Award for Best Actor
Revived on Broadway in 2008, the original production starred Joe Mantegna, Ron Silver, and Madonna in this hilarious satire of Hollywood, a culture as corrupt as the society it claims to reflect. Charlie Fox has a terrific vehicle for a currently hot client. Bringing the script to his friend Bobby Gould, the newly appointed Head of Production at a major studio, both see the work as their ticket to the Big Time. The star wants to do it; as they prepare their pitch to the studio boss, Bobby wagers Charlie that he can seduce the temp/secretary, Karen. As a ruse, he gives her a novel by “some Eastern sissy” writer that needs a courtesy read before being dismissed out of hand. Karen slyly determines the novel, not the movie-star script, should be the company’s next film.
ABOUT BETRAYAL
Winner of the Olivier Award for Best Play
The play begins in the present, with the meeting of Emma and Jerry, whose adulterous affair of seven years ended two years earlier. Emma's marriage to Robert, Jerry's best friend, is now breaking up, and she needs someone to talk to. Their reminiscences reveal that Robert knew of their affair all along and, to Jerry's dismay, regarded it with total nonchalance. Thereafter, in a series of contiguous scenes, the play moves backward in time, from the end of the Emma-Jerry affair to its beginning, throwing into relief the little lies and oblique remarks that, in this time-reverse, reveal more than direct statements, or overt actions, ever could.
ABOUT IT’S ONLY A PLAY
A hilarious ensemble of actors comes together in a comedy written by four-time Tony® winner Terrence McNally for a celebration of theatre at its best…and theatre people behaving their not-so-best.
It’s opening night of Peter Austin’s new play as he anxiously awaits to see if his show is a hit. With his career on the line, he shares his big First Night with his “best” friend, a television star, his novice producer, his doped-up diva, his genius and unstable director, a lethal drama critic, and a fresh-off-the-bus coat check attendant on his first night in Manhattan.
It’s alternately raucous, ridiculous and tender—and proves that sometimes the biggest laughs happen offstage.