Charlie's Waiting
​by Mêlisa Annis
Directed by Ludovica Villar-Hauser

March 28th - April 20th, 2019
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​CAST:

Xanthe Elbrick as Louise
Stephanie Heitman as Kelly
Amy Scanlon as Annie

TEAM:

Playwright: Mêlisa Annis
Director: Ludovica Villar-Hauser
Assistant Director: Judith Binus
Dramaturg: Jennifer Kranz
Production Designer: Meganne George
​Lighting Designer: Miriam Nilofa Crowe
Sound Designer: Caroline Kittredge Faustine
Stage Manager: Jenna Ng Lowry
Assistant Stage Manager: George Weinhouse, M.D.
General Manager: Isabella Jane Schiller
Additional Casting By: Jamibeth Margolis, CSA
​Production Management: Intuitive Management

Charlie’s Waiting, a world premiere by 2017 Parity Commission winner Mêlisa Annis, follows two women the night before their wedding. A pregnant Louise is busy with all the planning while her fiancée Kelly busies herself feeding the goats. Everything is going to plan, that is until Louise is forced to confront questions of trust and intimacy, and she discovers how quickly plans can get derailed.

"...a taut, very funny, and brilliantly played dance of wits and emotions."
- Jon Sobel, Blogcritics 

“…demonstrates its young author’s flair for weaving comedy and drama together, as well as a wicked imagination.”
- Leslie R. Herman, Off Off Online

Special thanks to our partners Dog and Bone and The Churchill

Left to Right: Xanthe Elbrick as Louise, Amy Scanlon as Annie, Stephanie Heitman as Kelly. Photos by John Quilty.

Parity Productions 2018 Developmental Readings. Pictured clockwise from top left: Xanthe Elbrick, Mêlisa Annis, Xanthe Elbrick, Stephanie Heitman, and Amy Scanlon. Photos by Ashley Garrett.

​Left Pictured: Annual Parity Gala, October 2017. 
 Anna Frankl-Duval and Liz Jasicki. Photography by Carlotta Brentan. 
​Right Pictured: Annual Parity Gala, September 2018. 
Maggie Mason and Liz Jasicki. Photos by Ashley Garrett.