The NOLA Project Show Archive

Almost an Evening

Almost an Evening
By Ethan Coen
Directed By James Yeargain, A.J. Allegra, and Sam Dudley
January 2011: The Nims Blackbox Theatre at NOCCA

‘Waiting’ directed by James Yeargain
A.J. Allegra: Nelson
Natalie Boyd: Receptionist
Sean Glazebrook: Mr. Sebatacheck
James Bartelle: McMartin
Jason Kirkpatrick: Polhemus

‘Four Benches’ directed by A.J. Allegra
Sam Dudley: One
Jared Gore: Earl
Jason Kirkpatrick: Mr. Boodrum
Sean Glazebrook: Control
James Yeargain: Texan
Natalie Boyd: Woman
Kristin Witterschein: Girl

‘The Debate’ directed by Sam Dudley
Jason Kirkpatrick: God Who Judges, Actor
James Yeargain: God Who Loves
Jared Gore: Angel One, Understudy
Sam Dudley: Angel Two
Sean Glazebrook: Maitre D’
Natalie Boyd: Lady Friend
James Bartelle: Young Man
Kristin Witterschein: Young Woman
A.J. Allegra: Waiter

Laura Jean Hoffpauir: Stage Manager
Dan Zimmer: Lighting Design
Davis Barron: Sound Design
Megan Whittle: Assistant Stage Manager

Three darkly humorous plays that fail to answer life’s big questions. Ethan Coen of the Coen Brothers, the duo behind such iconic films as Raising Arizona, Fargo, No Country for Old Men, Burn After Reading, and recently True Grit, adds playwriting to his impressive resume in the form of three hysterical and disturbing plays that blend traditional Coen Brothers off-kilter humor, with other theatre and film influences such as Beckett, Abbot, Costello, Sartre and Pinter. The theme tying the three together is hell—both on earth and in the hereafter.

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