SUPERIOR DONUTS // FEBRUARY 5 - 26, 2017
“Realism at the Coal Mine’s close quarters is magic.”—National Post
THE COAL MINE THEATRE PRESENTS:
SUPERIOR DONUTS
Written by Tracy Letts
A love letter to the city where he has lived for more than twenty years, Letts describes his new work as “an exploration of the Chicago storefront experience.” The play takes place in the north side neighborhood of Uptown, where Arthur Przybyszewski runs the donut shop that has been in his family for sixty years. More content to spend the day smoking weed and reminiscing about his Polish immigrant father, Arthur hires a shop assistant, the young African American Franco Wicks, who has both an unpublished novel and unpaid gambling debt.
CREATIVE TEAM
WRITTEN BY: Tracy Letts
DIRECTED BY: Ted Dykstra
STAGE MANAGEMENT: Katie White
PRODUCTION MANAGER: Charissa Wilcox
SET AND COSTUME DESIGN: Anna Treusch
LIGHTING DESIGN: Kaileigh Krysztofiak
FIGHT DIRECTOR: Simon Fon
DIALECT COACH: Rae Ellen Bodie
SOUND DESIGN: Verne Good
CAST: Robert Persichini, Darla Biccum, Michael Blake, Paul Dods, Ryan Hollyman, Diana Leblanc
PRODUCED BY: Christopher Hayes and Diana Bentley
AWARDS
DORA AWARDS - INDEPENDENT THEATRE DIVISION
WINNER - OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE (MALE) - ROBERT PERSICHINI
NOMINATED - OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE (MALE) - NABIL RAJO
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Nabil Rajo
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Michael Blake and Alex Poch-Goldin
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The Cast of Superior Donuts
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Robert Persichini
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Robert Persichini and Alex Poch-Goldin
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REVIEWS
“(Robert) Persichini (gives a) deep, soulful performance... even without speaking from the shrug of his shoulders or the wounded, tired way he looks at someone you get a sense of his character's pain and regret.”
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