The Road Theatre Company and Taylor Gilbert, Founder/Artistic Director together with Sam Anderson, Artistic Director, have announced in this, their 21st season, the Los Angeles premiere of THE WATER’S EDGE, written by Theresa Rebeck (Broadway’s Seminar; Bad Dates, Mauritius) and directed by Sam Anderson (“Lost,” Blackbird).
THE WATER’S EDGE will preview on Tuesday, January 17 at 8pm and Thursday, January 19 at 8pm and will open on Friday, January 20 at 8pm and run through Saturday, March 10 at the Historic Lankershim Arts Center, 5108 Lankershim Blvd. in North Hollywood, CA.
From Pulitzer Prize finalist and writer of such acclaimed TV drama’s as “NYPD Blue” and “Law and Order: Criminal Intent” comes a searing family drama about loss, grief and revenge, with a shocking twist.
ABOUT THE CREATIVE TEAM AND CAST
Theresa Rebeck (Playwright) is a widely produced playwright throughout the United States and abroad. Her works include Mauritius, The Scene, The Water’s Edge, Spike Heels, Loose Knit and The Family of Mann at Second Stage; Bad Dates and The Butterfly Collection at Playwrights Horizons; and View of the Dome at New York Theatre Workshop. Omnium Gatherum (co-written with Alexandra Gersten-Vassilaros, and finalist for the Pulitzer Prize) was featured at the Humana Festival 2003, and had a commercial run at the Variety Arts. Publications include her Collected Plays and Free Fire Zone, a book of comedic essays about writing and show business (all by Smith and Kraus). Her first novel, Three Sisters and Their Brother, was published in March 2008 by Shaye Areheart Books, a division of Random House. In television, Rebeck has written for “Dream On,” “Brooklyn Bridge,” “L.A. Law,” “Maximum Bob,” “First Wave,” “Third Watch,” and “NYPD Blue,” where she also worked as a producer. Produced features include Harriet the Spy, Gossip, and the independent feature Sunday on the Rocks. Awards include the Mystery Writer’s of America’s Edgar Award, the Writer’s Guild of America award for Episodic Drama, the Hispanic Images Imagen Award, and the Peabody, all for her work on “NYPD Blue.” She has been a finalist for the Susan Smith Blackburn prize twice, won The National Theatre Conference Award (for The Family of Mann), and was awarded the William Inge New Voices Playwriting Award in 2003. Rebeck holds a PhD. from Brandeis University in Victorian Melodrama. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband Jess Lynn and two children, Cooper and Cleo.
Sam Anderson (Director) Co-Artistic Director of the Road Theatre Company, recently completed a five-year run as Bernard on ABC’s megahit LOST. In a film and television career spanning thirty years and close to 200 roles, some of his favorites are the Principal in “Forrest Gump,”the lethal attorney Holland Manners in “Angel,” Donna’s racist father in “La Bamba,” Dr. Fonzie in “Friends,” the befuddled FBI agent in “Everybody Loves Raymond,” as well as his participation in such “event” television projects as “From the Earth to the Moon” as Dr. Tom Paine, head of NASA, and Stephen King’s “The Stand” as Whitney. His role as the arrogant cardiologist Dr. Kaysen on “E.R.” earned him a SAG Award (Best Ensemble). Recent film credits include “Water For Elephants,” with Robert Pattinson, and Reese Witherspoon, and starring roles in the raucous independent film comedy “ Frankie Goes Boom,” and director Jamie Babbit’s dark thriller, “Breaking the Girl.”
