"Cabin Pressure" - A play by Damon Stewart (10/14) 

 

“Cabin Pressure,” written by Damon Stewart and directed by Karen Christina Jones, is a darkly comic exploration of the interaction of former lovers who come to believe this conversation may be their last. The evening begins with cash bar at 6:00 p.m. and the performance commencing at 7:00 p.m. Tickets are $20 and reservations are required.

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The University Club continues its commitment to serving as a venue for the visual and performing arts by hosting two stagings of “Cabin Pressure,” a short play by Albany author Damon Stewart. The performances will be held on October 14 and Saturday, October 21 at the National Register-listed University Club of Albany, 141 Washington Avenue. One need not be a member to attend.

“Cabin Pressure” is a darkly comic exploration of the interaction of former lovers who come to believe this conversation may be their last. Directed by Karen Christina Jones of the Callaloo Theater Company, the performance stars Jean-Remy Monnay as Porter MacFarlane, who specializes in crisis management - professionally solving problems, personally creating them - and Angelique Powell as Valerie Dane, his ex who is trying to move on to bigger and better things.

 

 

The cast also includes Amy Scharf as Joyce Costello; Jared Scharf as Kyle Costello; Rachel Pearlman as Sara Jane Meacham; Tyler Broker as Cory Schmidt; John Quinan as Don Nicholson, Isaac Scranton as Steve Valerio, Morgan Elizabeth as Lisa Mason, and Lonnie Honsinger as Voice of Captain.

Strong language and adult themes in the play may make it unsuitable for children.

The evening begins with cash bar at 6:00 p.m. and the performance commencing at 7:00 p.m. The cost for the performance is $20 per ticket. Reservations are required by the Friday prior to the performance and may be made by calling the Club at 518-463-1151; by sending an email to ellen@universityclubalbany.com; or online at www.universityclubalbany.com .

Damon Stewart lives in New York’s Capital Region. He has published short stories in several literary journals as well as travel and outdoor articles for national and regional magazines and newspapers. He is the author of Interesting Tales of Other People’s Woe, a short story collection published in 2014. In 2007, he wrote and co-produced a pilot for a reality series, The List. In 2009, he wrote, produced and starred in a short film called Shot Through the Heart. His screenplay Termini Station was a finalist in the Fall 2011 Buffalo-Niagara Screenplay Competition.

Karen Christina Jones is an active member of the Upstate theatre and film scene. After founding Callaloo Theater Company in 2000, Jones directed and produced productions of Smokers, Godspell, and for colored girls who considered suicide when the rainbow is enuf.  Jones has been recognized for her work on and off the stage by The Theater Association of New York State for Doubt (Classic Theater Guild), The Wiz (Our Own Productions, Inc.), The Tempest (Classic Theater Guild), Home Again (Confetti Stage).

This event is presented by the University Club Foundation, a 501c3 corporation, and the Terri Boor Cultural Programming Fund, established to support the social, cultural and historic preservation programs of the University Club Foundation. For more information about the University Club please visit www.universityclubalbany.com .

 

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