The fourth vignette in the "Brecht Line-Up"
playing June 18th, 19th, 24th, 25th, July 2nd, 9th, 11th
as part of "sUBVERsIVE sHORTs" 2010
HONEY-COATED HAM
by Joan Broadman of Champaign, Illinois
Directed by Michael Fanelli*
Starring
Robert
Bozek as "Nathan"
James Steiner as "Earl"
Laura Mooney as "Jean"
ABOUT THE PLAY.
"Honey-Coated Ham" is an uncomfortably honest drama about
the brutality of the meat industry as one unsuspecting girl learns the painful
truth about the inner workings of her uncle's pig farm. ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT.
Joan Broadman.
Runner-up,
one-act category, Maxim Mazumdar New Play Competition, Alleyway Theatre
(Buffalo, NY), Nov. 2009
Staged
reading by Stage Coach Players (DeKalb, IL), Nov. 7, 2009; winner, short play
category, annual Playwriting Contest
Non-Equity
production by Love Creek Productions (New York), at Sonnet Theatre (New York),
Aug. 4, 5, 8, and 9, 2009; selected for Brief Acts series
Non-Equity
production by The Old Opera House Theatre Company (Charles Town, WV), June
26–28, 2009; one of four plays selected for annual New Voice Play Festival
Finalist,
Summer Shorties festival, Turtle Shell Productions (New York), June 2009 ABOUT THE CAST.
Robert
Bozak ("Nathan")
Bob
is a graduate of the improvisation program at Second City Toronto. Some of his
most memorable work has been appearing in the cult horror classic films Slime
City Massacre as the New Mayor of Slime City and Red Scream Nosferatu as
R.M. Renfield. Bob also as appears in stage productions in Buffalo, most
notable being Night of the Living Dead as Johnny and Nosferatu: The
Legend of Dracula as Holmwood at the Ghostlight Theatre.
 James
Steiner ("Earl")
After
graduating from Buffalo State College
with a Bachelor of Arts - Theater degree,
James makes his first appearance with Subversive Theatre. Last year, he
was seen in the world premiere of Clinton's
Ditch: The Story of the Building of the Erie
Canal (Dan O'Brien, Sean, Shovel
Aid) both acting and assistant directing with Dan
Shanahan for Erie Canal Drama Theater,
Inc., East Side Mommas (Prison Guard) at Theaterloft with Ujima, Seven
Keys To Baldpate (Peters) and Twelfth
Night (Sir Andrew Aguecheek) as well as many others at
Buffalo State College.
He will soon be moving to England to work for his Master
of Fine Arts - Theater degree from East 15
Acting School.
James is also performing in the play IN
THE BEGINNING, the fourth play of this Showcase's "Artaud"
Line-up as well as provided the off-stage voice for the play MEDALS
the third play of our Showcase's "Brecht" Line-up.
 Laura
Mooney ("Jean")
Laura
is thrilled to be working with Subversive Theater. She is a sophomore at
Buffalo State College majoring in Theater. She is a graduate from
Kenmore West High School. She has performed in THE SPOON RIVER
ANTHOLOGY and SHAKESPEARE ABRIDGED under the direction of Vanessa
Baryness Scinta at Kenmore West. She has done several shows with the
Town Players including A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS, YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU,
STAGE GIRLS and MURDER IN THE CATHEDRAL.
 ABOUT THE DIRECTOR.
Michael Fanelli*
Native
New Yorker Mike Fanelli lives in Elma with his wife, Anne, their two horses
and seven cats,
is
thrilled to be working with two perceptive and talented casts
and
never thought he'd live to see the day that Subversive Theatre would have
air-conditioning.
Subversive Theatre's Executive Director and Treasurer, Mike
is directing both this project and his own creation CLIMATE
CHANGE AND THE COURTESAN. Last year, Mike directed his original
work PLANET OF THE ENRIQUES as part of sUBVERsIVE sHORTs 2009.
His original work GEORGE made its debut as part of the first-ever
sHORTs Showcase back in 2005.
* = indicates members of the Subversive Theatre
Collective
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