Marvin’s Room
By Scott McPerson
Directed by Thomas James O’Leary
Original Music by Dylan Price
Set Design by Nicholas Acciani
Lighting Design by Avery Reagan
Costume Design by E.B. Brooks
Sound Design by David B. Marling
Properties Design by Lori Berg
Stage Manager: Kassy Menke
Asst. Stage Manager: Emmett Lee Merritt
February 18 - March 27, 2022
Actors Co-op, Hollywood, California
Cast: Francesca Casale, Tara Battani, Crystal Yvonne Jackson, Biran Habicht, Dean Hermansen, Marek Meyers, Kimi Walker
Photos by Larry Sandez
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REVIEWS
Award-winning director Thomas James O’Leary does a superb job of helming this complex, potentially dark story with a light touch which gives permission for viewers to laugh at the bittersweet goings-on in the family home.
- Elaine Mura, LA Splash
All of this adds up to something truly wondrous when performed by actors who realize that the best way to get laughs is to play it straight-and-honest, and a director like Thomas James O’Leary, who knows how to bring out the best in every single one of them.
- Steven Stanley, StageSceneLA
Actors Co-op is reviving Scott McPherson‘s extraordinary play Marvin’s Room. While it has always been one of my favorite plays, it’s a daunting choice for any company. The play requires a delicate touch so the sentiment doesn’t turn into bathos and the black humor stumble into vulgarity. Under Thomas James O’Leary’s sensitive directorial touch, it’s a near-perfect attempt that does credit to the ensemble. McPherson, who died of AIDS in 1992 at the age of 33, gives us an extraordinary play in that the heartbreaking material is also very funny and very compassionate. This play packs the most gentle wallop, and this production follows suit.
- Tony Frankel, Stage and Cinema
Award-winning director Thomas James O’Leary does a superb job of helming this complex, potentially dark story with a light touch which gives permission for viewers to laugh at the bittersweet goings-on in the family home.
- Elaine Mura, LA Splash
All of this adds up to something truly wondrous when performed by actors who realize that the best way to get laughs is to play it straight-and-honest, and a director like Thomas James O’Leary, who knows how to bring out the best in every single one of them.
- Steven Stanley, StageSceneLA
Actors Co-op is reviving Scott McPherson‘s extraordinary play Marvin’s Room. While it has always been one of my favorite plays, it’s a daunting choice for any company. The play requires a delicate touch so the sentiment doesn’t turn into bathos and the black humor stumble into vulgarity. Under Thomas James O’Leary’s sensitive directorial touch, it’s a near-perfect attempt that does credit to the ensemble. McPherson, who died of AIDS in 1992 at the age of 33, gives us an extraordinary play in that the heartbreaking material is also very funny and very compassionate. This play packs the most gentle wallop, and this production follows suit.
- Tony Frankel, Stage and Cinema
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