ORIGINAL WORK
Koteles and Jacobs, who also brought the award-winning comedy Bald Diva! The Ionesco Parody Your Mother Warned You About to the very first Fresh Fruit Festival 10 years ago, are returning with another Ionesco-inspired play."
DAVID KOTELES
Fresh Fruit Festival
AFTER THE
CHAIRS
WINNER!
Best Direction, Fresh Fruit Festival 2013
CO-ADAPTED WITH
TOMe' COUSIN
UNCLE
TOM'S
CABIN
Cousin and Jacobs’s aim is to rescue the work from all its accumulated baggage ...and to present Stowe’s — and Aiken’s — story center-stage. This they do, thanks to a knock-out student cast, without the slightest hint of irony or contemporary shading"
BY
JASON JACOBS
Fresh Fruit Festival
ANOTHER
HORATIO
ALGER
STORY
A smart, funny, respectful treatment of Uncle Vanya...An impressive achievement."
Burlington Free Press
ADAPTED FROM
CHEKHOV BY
KATHRYN BLUME
VANYA
VERMONT
Jacobs has staged the piece to take full advantage of the intimate playing space. We are caught up in the intensity of communication between the characters."
Stylishly directed by Jason Jacobs, who co-conceived the project with dramaturg Jamee Freedus, the show is flawlessly paced and brought to vivid life by the talented ensemble cast."
DAVID KOTELES
BALD
DIVA!
Director Jason Jacobs... keeps the evening bouncing along and guides the performers well through the play's final, ironic moments."
An evening of Jewishly inflected, queer songs brings Weimar Germany back to life with humor and music."
a beautifully realized evocation of a club in Germany in the ‘30s ... a thrilling reminder of the power and strength of cabaret at its best.”
JEREMY LAWRENCE
PANGEA
LAVENDER
SONGS
Out of this minimal landscape, director Jason Jacobs creates a vibrant, small-scale panorama with his precise staging. Lawrence glides around, often stands still totally, but remains mesmerizing due to Jacobs’ command of visual technique."
Jason Jacobs book is heartbreaking and touching"
TimesSquareChronicles.com
a fine tuned, superbly crafted piece of theatre"
- Theatre Reviews Limited
Book & Lyrics by
JASON JACOBS
MISS
BLANCHE
TELLS IT ALL
a nuanced story and a tour de force performance"
- FrontRowCenter.com
OTHER VENUES
POST-LIU
VERMONT THEATRE CO
THEATRE ASKEW
INDEPENDENT THEATRE
CHAIRS
DAVID KOTELES
Fresh Fruit Festival
Koteles and Jacobs, who also brought the award-winning comedy Bald Diva! The Ionesco Parody Your Mother Warned You About to the very first Fresh Fruit Festival 10 years ago, are returning with another Ionesco-inspired play."
WINNER!
Best Direction, Fresh Fruit Festival 2013
TOM'S
CO-ADAPTED WITH
TOMe' COUSIN
Cousin and Jacobs’s aim is to rescue the work from all its accumulated baggage ...and to present Stowe’s — and Aiken’s — story center-stage. This they do, thanks to a knock-out student cast, without the slightest hint of irony or contemporary shading"
HORATIO
ALGER
BY
JASON JACOBS
Fresh Fruit Festival
VANYA
VERMONT
ADAPTED FROM
CHEKHOV BY
KATHRYN BLUME
A smart, funny, respectful treatment of Uncle Vanya...An impressive achievement."
Burlington Free Press
Jacobs has staged the piece to take full advantage of the intimate playing space. We are caught up in the intensity of communication between the characters."
BALD
DIVA!
DAVID KOTELES
Stylishly directed by Jason Jacobs, who co-conceived the project with dramaturg Jamee Freedus, the show is flawlessly paced and brought to vivid life by the talented ensemble cast."
Director Jason Jacobs... keeps the evening bouncing along and guides the performers well through the play's final, ironic moments."
LAVENDER
SONGS
JEREMY LAWRENCE
PANGEA
An evening of Jewishly inflected, queer songs brings Weimar Germany back to life with humor and music."
Out of this minimal landscape, director Jason Jacobs creates a vibrant, small-scale panorama with his precise staging. Lawrence glides around, often stands still totally, but remains mesmerizing due to Jacobs’ command of visual technique."
a beautifully realized evocation of a club in Germany in the ‘30s ... a thrilling reminder of the power and strength of cabaret at its best.”
BLANCHE
Book & Lyrics by
JASON JACOBS
Jason Jacobs book is heartbreaking and touching"
TimesSquareChronicles.com
a nuanced story and a tour de force performance"
- FrontRowCenter.com
a fine tuned, superbly crafted piece of theatre"
- Theatre Reviews Limited
OTHER VENUES
POST-LIU
VERMONT THEATRE CO
THEATRE ASKEW
INDEPENDENT THEATRE
AFTER THE
CHAIRS
DAVID KOTELES
Fresh Fruit Festival
Koteles and Jacobs, who also brought the award-winning comedy Bald Diva! The Ionesco Parody Your Mother Warned You About to the very first Fresh Fruit Festival 10 years ago, are returning with another Ionesco-inspired play."
WINNER!
Best Direction, Fresh Fruit Festival 2013
UNCLE
TOM'S CABIN
CO-ADAPTED WITH
TOMe' COUSIN
Cousin and Jacobs’s aim is to rescue the work from all its accumulated baggage ...and to present Stowe’s — and Aiken’s — story center-stage. This they do, thanks to a knock-out student cast, without the slightest hint of irony or contemporary shading"
ANOTHER
HORATIO ALGER
STORY
BY
JASON JACOBS
Fresh Fruit Festival
VANYA
VERMONT
ADAPTED FROM
CHEKHOV BY
KATHRYN BLUME
A smart, funny, respectful treatment of Uncle Vanya...An impressive achievement."
Burlington Free Press
Jacobs has staged the piece to take full advantage of the intimate playing space. We are caught up in the intensity of communication between the characters."
BALD
DIVA!
DAVID KOTELES
Stylishly directed by Jason Jacobs, who co-conceived the project with dramaturg Jamee Freedus, the show is flawlessly paced and brought to vivid life by the talented ensemble cast."
Director Jason Jacobs... keeps the evening bouncing along and guides the performers well through the play's final, ironic moments."
LAVENDER
SONGS
JEREMY LAWRENCE
PANGEA
An evening of Jewishly inflected, queer songs brings Weimar Germany back to life with humor and music."
Out of this minimal landscape, director Jason Jacobs creates a vibrant, small-scale panorama with his precise staging. Lawrence glides around, often stands still totally, but remains mesmerizing due to Jacobs’ command of visual technique."
a beautifully realized evocation of a club in Germany in the ‘30s ... a thrilling reminder of the power and strength of cabaret at its best.”
MISS BLANCHE
TELLS IT ALL
Book & Lyrics by
JASON JACOBS
Jason Jacobs book is heartbreaking and touching"
TimesSquareChronicles.com
a nuanced story and a tour de force performance"
- FrontRowCenter.com
a fine tuned, superbly crafted piece of theatre"
- Theatre Reviews Limited
OTHER VENUES
POST-LIU
VERMONT THEATRE CO
THEATRE ASKEW
INDEPENDENT THEATRE