Playing July 24th-August 16th, Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm, Sundays at 7pm at THE RAVEN PLAYHOUSE 5223 Lankershim Blvd (Between Magnolia and Weddington), N. Hollywood, CA 91601 Call 323-860-6569 for reservations!
Ashley, a struggling young artist, finds herself confronted with cataclysmic events and abandoned by her lover, Diane. So Ashley decides to return from the big city to her family home on Carapace Isle, on the coast of North Carolina. She seeks comfort within the bosom of family, but there are frustrations: They’re all dysfunctional to one degree or another, perhaps none more so than Ashley herself. There’s father Bo, an uncultured redneck; There’s mother Lib, who blithely tries to plaster a pleasant face on everything, regardless of the circumstances; There’s seemingly favored sister Sissie, who is pregnant and hiding the true origins of her fetus from her parents.
Ashley finds herself with a limited amount of time to mend all her broken fences before impending disaster threatens to overtake her. Can she find healing for all of her broken relationships? Will Carapace Isle become a safe haven for her once again?
“Carapace Isle” debuted at Manhattan Repertory Theatre in 2008. The new production marks its West Coast Premiere.
Jon Courie is playwright. A native of Raleigh, North Carolina, he now resides in Brooklyn, New York. His other plays include “GenXYY,” “The Widow Hart,” “Bliss Hunter,” “At Home With Carson Taylor,” and “The King and Si: Yul Brynner Revealed.”
Trace Oakley directs. He has directed shows throughout the U.S.A. and Europe, and counts among his credits “A Christmas Carol,” “Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All For You,” “Butterflies Are Free,” “Hollywood Homicide Whodunit,” and 15 world premieres at Changing Scene Theatre in Denver, where he also served as artistic director for Chicken Lips Comedy Theatre. He is currently managing director of NorthEast Shakespeare Ensemble in New Hampshire. Previously for Collaborative Artists Ensemble, he directed “Standing On My Knees.”
The cast of “Carapace Isle” includes Mark Belnick, Ajarae Coleman, Danielle Montezinos, Meg Wallace and Emmy winner ® Barbara Keegan.
