For two weekends, starting on Friday, April 19th, Home Made Theater will present The Humans, written by Stephan Karam.
Winner of the 2016 Tony Award for Best Play, The Humans is filled with equal parts humor and hurt. Breaking with tradition, Erik Blake has brought his Pennsylvania family to celebrate Thanksgiving at his daughter’s apartment in lower Manhattan. As darkness falls outside the ramshackle pre-war duplex, eerie things start to go bump in the night and the heart and horrors of the Blake clan are exposed. The Humans is also the winner of a 2016 Obie Award for Playwriting and a Pulitzer Prize finalist.
The Director of The Humans is Erin Nicole Harrington, whose previous Home Made Theater directing credits include The Beauty Queen of Leenane and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time. The artistic team also includes Scenic Designer Bridget Jansen, Lighting Designer Jacob Pickett, Sound Designer Anne-Marie Baker, Costume Designer Dianne O’Neill, Properties Designer Elizabeth Parizh, and Stage Manager Caitlin Wickes.
Actors in The Humans that may be familiar to Home Made Theater audiences include Mary Ellen Dowling (Calendar Girls), Antoinette Fasino (‘night, Mother) and Daniel Perez (Cry It Out). New to Home Made Theater are Jessie House, Jocelyn Khoury, and David Skeele.
Performances are Fridays and Saturdays, April 19th, 20th, 26th, and 27th at 7:30PM, and Sundays, April 21st and 28th at 2:00PM. There will be a Thursday at 7:30 performance on April 25th. All performances are at the Dee Sarno Theater, inside Saratoga Arts, 320 Broadway in Saratoga Springs. Tickets are available at Home Made Theater’s website, www.HomeMadeTheater.org, or by calling (518) 587-4427 during business hours.