Hughie
Open Fist Theatre Company
( 11/14/2012 - 01/27/2013 )
Running Time: 60 minutes
HUGHIE is Nobel Prize winning dramatist Eugene O'Neill's classic two-character play. Set in the lobby of a seedy Times Square hotel early one morning in the late 1920s, its characters are the hotel's night clerk and "Erie" Smith, a penny-ante gambler who has spent most of his last 15 years in the hotel between periods of drunkenness. His most recent bender was prompted by the death of the title character, who was the night clerk's predecessor. O'Neill renders a palpable journey into Erie's soul that both invites and compels us to join Erie in supportive community along his path of mourning to ultimate redemption.
Tickets
This production closed on 01/27/2013
Schedule
Wednesdays, Thursdays, Tues 12/11. All shows 8 PM.
Venue Information
Open Fist Theatre
6209 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood, CA 90038 (map)
Box Office 323 - 882-6912
Street Parking is available on Santa Monica Blvd and side streets at 7pm Fri/Sat and all day on Sund
Directors / Designers
Andrew Schlessinger Producer
Eugene O'Neill Playwright
Martha Demson Director
Hannah Kruger Stage Manager
Bruce Dickinson Scenic Designer
A. Jeffrey Schoenberg Costume Designer
Dan Reed Lighting Designer
Peter Carlstedt Sound Designer
Liam Carl Graphic Designer
Cast
Andrew Schlessinger Erie Smith
Joe Hulser Night Clerk
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Reviews
Stagehappenings.com (read review)Hughie is a tour-de-force for Andrew Schlessinger as Erie Smith in this textbook production. - Leigh Kennicott
LA Weekly (read review)Schlessinger turns in good performance - a neat engaging production under Martha Demson's direction. - Lovell Estell
Backstage (read review)We experience Erie's arc: cheerful, gravel-voiced chatterbox to lost soul desperate for validation. - Eric Marchese
StageSceneLA (read review)Andrew Schlessinger delivers a tour-de-force performance as a down-on-his-luck hustler in Hughie. - Steven Stanley