Merlin Productions LLC Presents

THE DIORAMA

By JENNIFER BROWN STONE and DAVID S. STONE
Original Story and Characters by Jennifer Brown Stone

Starring
SUSAN LOUSIE O’CONNOR, MELISSA MACLEOD HERION, ABLERTO BONILLA
HUNTER CANNING, BOB GREENBERG

Directed by DAVID S. STONE
Choreographer: WENDY SEYB
Voice Overs: ROMY NORDLINGER
Set Design: JENNIFER VARBALOW
Costume Design: SIDNEY SHANNON
Lighting Design: JOE DORAN
Sound Design: NICK SIMONE
Production Manager: MATT VIEIRA
Stage Manager: EMILY HAMBURGER
Press: HELLER HIGHWATER LLC

Theatre Row’s Lion Theatre
410 West 42nd Street (between Ninth & Tenth Avenues)
www.telecharge.com
May 28 – June 14, 2014; Opening Night -05/30/14

Cecily (Susan Louise O’Connor) is the “creative” sister. After having been kicked out of her latest “home,” she shows up at her sister Janey’s (Melissa Macleod Herion) door looking for a place to stay. In Jennifer Brown Stone’s and David S. Stone’s THE DIORAMA, the relationship between these two sisters is explored. Occupying both ends of the spectrum, Cecily and Janey share family secrets, painful memories, and moments of joy no matter how different they may be. And both learn that sometimes the only way to survive is to create a little fantasy.

THE DIORAMA is a heartfelt, thought-provoking piece of work full of engaging albeit definitely flawed characters. Denny (Bob Greenberg), who speaks in spaghetti, has befriended Cecily, while Elliot (Hunter Canning) is the long-awaited gentleman who has dropped into Janey’s life displacing Tom (Alberto Bonilla) and his little shoe fetish. Remarkable performances by all, together they bring together vulnerability and perseverance in an unconventional way. Under the watchful and caring direction of David S. Stone, THE DIORAMA leaves you uplifted, hopeful and inspired. And it does it in 80 minutes – impressive!

- Laurie Lawson -