The Barnstormers Theatre Presents…
Collected Stories
By Donald Margulies
ART. AMBITION. APPROPRIATION.
Where mentorship ends, rivalry begins.
Starring Kate Middleton and Rebecca Cole, this Pulitzer prize-nominated play follows the relationship of an established author and her ambitious protégé, examining the fine line between artistic ownership and betrayal.
Set entirely in the Greenwich Village apartment of celebrated New York author, Ruth Steiner, the play follows the shifting dynamic between Ruth, an aging, revered author, and Lisa Morrison, her starstruck graduate student and protégée. Over the course of six years, Ruth mentors Lisa, eventually revealing intimate details of her youth. What begins as a straightforward student-teacher tutorial, evolves into a complicated professional relationship and then into a true friendship, blurring the boundaries between fact and fiction, and ultimately sparking a bitter clash concerning intellectual property, the morality of biographical fiction, and who has the right to claim a story.
Director
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Jordan Ahnquist
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Stage Manager
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Shannon Sturgis
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Assistant Stage Manager
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Camden Hornor
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Scenic Designer
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Travis McHale
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Lighting Designer
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Connor White
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Sound Designers/A1
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Zoey Gromadzyn/Thomas Stafford
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Props Manager
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Darren Green
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Production Manager
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Michele Begley
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Technical Director
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Dillon Lorden
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Director ~ Jordan Ahnquist * Stage Manager ~ Shannon Sturgis * Assistant Stage Manager ~ Camden Hornor * Scenic Designer ~ Travis McHale * Lighting Designer ~ Connor White * Sound Designers/A1 ~ Zoey Gromadzyn/Thomas Stafford * Props Manager ~ Darren Green * Production Manager ~ Michele Begley * Technical Director ~ Dillon Lorden *
