SPEED-THE-PLOW
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by
David Mamet |
Fridays:
February 6, 2015, February 13, 2015, and February 20, 2015 at 8:00 PM Saturdays: February 7, 2015, February 14, 2015, and February 21, 2015 at 8:00 PM Sunday: February 15, 2015 at 2:00 PM |
+Please Note: Speed-the-Plow contains strong language. Parental discretion advised.
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A satirical dissection of the American movie business in Hollywood, SPEED-THE-PLOW focuses on two high-powered Hollywood executives, Bobby Gould and Charlie Fox, who have come up from the mail-room together. Charlie brings Bobby a surefire hit with a major star attached. Bobby has been reading an apocalyptically spiritual novel that has deep “meaning,” but Charlie points out that this book would never make a great movie. Bobby seems certain to give the green light to Fox's project. Enter Karen, Gould's temporary office assistant. After Karen leaves the office, Charlie bets Bobby that he cannot get her into bed. When she returns, Bobby asks her to read the novel and give him her thoughts later. That night, at Bobby’s home…
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DIRECTOR
PRODUCER STAGE MANAGER |
Jonathan Fishman
Bill Chamis Ed Whitman |
Cast
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Bobbie Gould
Charlie Fox Karen |
Mike Burdick
Jonathan Fishman Kate Bader |
SPEED-THE-PLOW is presented by special arrangement with Samuel French, Inc., New York
Funding has been made possible in part by the New Jersey State Council of the Arts, Department of State, a partner agency of the National Endowment of the Arts, through a grant administered by the Union County Office of Cultural Heritage Affairs.
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