September 16 - October 2, 2022
Mischief lurks in the sleepy village of Edmonton, when a slick, young devil arrives in search of a few fresh deals. As the townsfolk reveal their secrets and desires, bargains are struck, tables are turned and an outcast woman living at the edge of town proves to be much more than she seems. This inventive and fiendishly funny tale reminds you to be careful what you wish for and to ponder the value of your own soul.
“A spell worth casting.” —The Hollywood Reporter
"The playwright’s ear for patterns of speech, and the halting language of longing, is marvelous here." —Chicago Sun Times
JEN SILVERMAN (Playwright) is a playwright, novelist, poet and screenwriter. Jen’s plays include The Roommate, as well as Collective Rage: A Play in 5 Betties and The Moors. Her plays have been produced internationally in Australia, the UK, the Czech Republic, Switzerland, Spain and elsewhere. She is a three-time MacDowell Fellow, a member of New Dramatists, and an Affiliated Artist with New Georges, Clubbed Thumb, Space on Ryder Farm, and the Playwrights Center. Honors: The Helen Merrill Award, the Yale Drama Series Award, the Lilly Award, Fellowships from the New York Foundation for the Arts and the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council. She is a 2022 National Endowment for the Arts Fellow (prose) and 2022 Guggenheim Fellow (theatre).
TARA WIBREW (Director; Associate Producer) is a multi-hyphenate theatremaker who has worked with Oregon Contemporary Theatre since 2011. She has a Masters in Arts Management from the University of Oregon and trained at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts - Atlantic Acting School. Select OCT credits include: direction of A Doll's House, Part 2, Damascus (West Coast Premiere), Middletown, Melancholy Play (#GoTeamAlmond), Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, A Bright New Boise and August: Osage County; costume design for The Real Thing and Next Fall; stage management for Clybourne Park; and acting roles in The Cake, The Flick, Shrimp & Gritts: She's Gone and boom. Other select directing credits include Thom Pain (based on nothing), Treehouse (World Premiere), Peter and the Starcatcher, The Pillowman and The Last Days of Judas Iscariot. Tara is an adjunct professor of theatre arts at Lane Community College. She is also a founding member of Operation Shadowbox and producer/editor/co-host of What The Musical, a podcast for musical theatre nerds and newbies. In her spare time, she sings lead for Higher Love Band and goes adventuring with her very good dog, Poppy. whatthemusical.com, higherloveband.com.
CAST TO BE ANNOUNCED.
AMY DUNN (Scenic Designer; Production Manager/Master Carpenter) graduated from the UO with a BA in Theatre Arts and joined the staff of Oregon Contemporary Theatre shortly thereafter in August 2007 as the Master Carpenter. In 2019, Amy took on the additional role of Production Manager. Select design credits include: Stop Kiss,Mud (University Theatre); The Explorers Club (VLT); King Lear (SPA); and Hello, Dolly! (Lane Summer Musical Theatre). Amy's OCT design favorites include: Alabaster, Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley, Buried Child, Venus in Fur, A Bright New Boise, I and You, August: Osage County, boom, The Pillowman, Shipwrecked! and The Clean House. In her spare time, Amy can be found cross stitching, gaming or gushing over her adorable cats, Oskar and Jill.
ADDITIONAL CREATIVE TEAM TO BE ANNOUNCED.
Mischief lurks in the sleepy village of Edmonton, when a slick, young devil arrives in search of a few fresh deals. As the townsfolk reveal their secrets and desires, bargains are struck, tables are turned and an outcast woman living at the edge of town proves to be much more than she seems. This inventive and fiendishly funny tale reminds you to be careful what you wish for and to ponder the value of your own soul.
“A spell worth casting.” —The Hollywood Reporter
"The playwright’s ear for patterns of speech, and the halting language of longing, is marvelous here." —Chicago Sun Times
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