 |
Partial Comfort Productions |
 |
|
|
||||||||||||
Partial Comfort Productions is a collaborative ensemble devoted to the development and presentation of original new theater. The company was co-founded in 2002 by Chad Beckim and Molly Pearson. Past productions include Samuel D. Hunter’s A Bright New Boise (Best of 2010, New York Magazine), Thomas Bradshaw's The Bereaved (Best of 2009, Time Out New York), a quartet of acclaimed works by Beckim (After., nami, The Maine Play and ...a matter of choice), Ross Maxwell’s Open House (Best Ensemble Award winner at FringeNYC 2006); Craft and Nelson by Sam Marks; Kidstuff by Edith Freni, Booty Candy by Robert O’Hara; and Play by OHara, Chay Yew, Kia Corthron, Eddie Sanchez, Keith Adkins and Tracey Scott Wilson. For more information visit www.partialcomfort.org.
Schedule of Upcoming Productions
Production History
| Baby Girl
| Open: 03/10/06 Close: 04/01/06
Baby Girl is the story of Elise, a new mother and former druggie at the end of her rope, jobless and living out of her car. The father wants to sell the baby to a gay couple, but all she wants is to find a way back into the heart of her ex-boyfriend. Baby Girl charts Elise's desperate journey over the course of one day to save her self and her baby despite her past mistakes. | |
 | |
| Nami
| Open: 09/06/06 Close: 09/30/06
When Lil, a damaged agoraphobe, believes she has uncovered a plot to sell a child of Tsunami-ravaged Indonesia into sex slavery by her neighbors, her husband must confront what he perceives to be her declining mental health. Next door, Keesha grapples with her husband's addiction and the daily struggle for normalcy, further endangered by their new underaged tenant. When the women piece together the details of the transaction, they unite to save the child, their husbands and themselves from the coming storm. | |
| |
| Ten
| Open: 09/18/12 Close: 09/29/12
TEN, an evening of 10 short plays by Samuel D. Hunter, Thomas Bradshaw, Robert O'Hara, Laura Marks, Chad Beckim, Ross Maxwell, Edith Freni, Jonathan Caren, Greg Keller, and Sam Marks Performance schedule: Tuesday – Saturday at 8 PM Ticket price: $10 Produced by Partial Comfort Productions To celebrate their 10th anniversary, Partial Comfort Productions presents an evening of 10 short plays by 10 writers, helmed by 10 directors, and featuring a cast of 10 actors. For details on each of the 10 short plays, visit The Wild Project's website. Direct link at: http://thewildproject.com/ About the Company: Partial Comfort Productions Partial Comfort Productions is a collaborative ensemble devoted to the development and presentation of original new theater. The company was co-founded in 2002 by Chad Beckim and Molly Pearson. Past productions include Samuel D. Hunter’s A Bright New Boise (Best of 2010, New York Magazine), Thomas Bradshaw's The Bereaved (Best of 2009, Time Out New York), a quartet of acclaimed works by Beckim (After., nami, The Maine Play and ...a matter of choice), Ross Maxwell’s Open House (Best Ensemble Award winner at FringeNYC 2006); Craft and Nelson by Sam Marks; Kidstuff by Edith Freni, Booty Candy by Robert O’Hara; and Play by OHara, Chay Yew, Kia Corthron, Eddie Sanchez, Keith Adkins and Tracey Scott Wilson. For more information visit www.partialcomfort.org. | |
| |
| The Bereaved
| Open: 09/09/09 Close: 09/26/09
Carol is a lawyer who believes that she has a fatal heart condition. With unpaid college loans and no life insurance, she fears for the welfare of her fifteen year-old son and her underemployed husband. In a world of drug dealing, teen pregnancy, racism and mindless violence, how can a dying woman insure the future well being of her fragile family? | |
| |
| The Bigger Man
| Open: 06/29/05 Close: 07/23/05
Len, a former thief and all-around screw-up, has serious doubts about the upcoming wedding of his ex-girfriend. The night before the ceremony, while sharing a hotel room with his drug addict buddy, Len is certain that something is not quite right about the entire event. He may not be the Best Man, but can he be The Bigger Man? Pitting urban nihilism against surban optomisism, this off-kiler love story is played out in soggy hotel rooms, with paranoid wedding guests, an aggrivessibly friendly host and uncertain danger lurking at every turn | |
| |
| The Main(e) Play
| Open: 01/16/08 Close: 02/09/08
THE MAIN(E) PLAY explores the colliding worlds of two brothers: Shane, a New York City actor desperate to connect to the sanctity of home, and his younger brother Roy, a single stay-at-home dad and sole caretaker of a dysfunctional seven-year-old. A return to Maine for Thanksgiving forces the brothers to confront the loss of tradition, raising the question: what happens when what was, is no longer? In addition to Michael Gladis, the production stars Alexander Alioto, Susan Dahl, Curran Connor and Allyson Morgan with sets by Caleb Levengood, lighting by Jason Jeunnette, costumes by Whitney Locher and sound by Daniel Odham. | |
| |