Broomstick

by John Biguenet

Artists Rep

Oct – Nov, 2015

REVIEWS

“Performed with transformative genius by the Artists Rep founding member, this old woman welcomes us into her cottage deep in the Southern woods.”

Penelope Bass, Willamette Week
“O'Brien is marvelous as the sinister Appalachian woman tucked into her primitive cottage.”

Meg Currell, EDGE Media Network
“O’Brien has great fun with this poison-apple granny of a role…”

Bob Hicks, Oregon ArtsWatch
“Biguenet’s play is lyrical, lush, and full of moments of sly humor and real pathos.”

Deborah Kennedy, The Oregonian
“…wronged terribly over the years, and she does keep score. She holds court in a wonderfully cluttered, brambly set (nice job Kristeen Willis Crosser and crew) somewhere in the swampy deep south.”

Judy Nedry, Judy Nedry Reviews
“A Wry, Witchin’ Good Time…”

Dennis Sparks, All Things Performing Arts

ABOUT

A fairytale-twisted yarn of delightful humor and spine-tingling suspense conjures a spooky seasonal experience unlike any other. With Vana O’Brien in a tour-de-force solo performance, an Appalachian witch tells a heartfelt and poetic tale of her long life from first love, to heartache, to the hair-raising vengeance she wreaks upon those who’ve crossed her.

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CAST

Vana O’Brien* / WITCH

CREATIVE TEAM

Gemma Whelan~ / DIRECTOR
Kristeen Willis / SCENIC DESIGN
Gregory Pulver / COSTUME DESIGN
Carl Faber / LIGHTING DESIGN
Rodolfo Ortega / SOUND DESIGN, COMPOSER
Amy Katrina Bryan / PROPS DESIGN
Carol Ann Wohlmut / STAGE MANAGER

* Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States, appearing under a Special Appearance Contract.

~ The Director is a member of the STAGE DIRECTORS AND CHOREOGRAPHERS SOCIETY, a national theatrical labor union.