Past Productions

Eight Days (Backwards)

May 29, 2003 - July 5, 2003

Written by Jeremy Dobrish
Directed by Mark Brokaw
With Daniella Alonso, Bill Buell, Randy Danson, Barbara Garrick, David Garrison, Christopher Innvar, Josh Randor
Destinies intertwine in mysterious, touching and often hilarious ways as we travel back through eight days in the lives of thirteen urbanites struggling to find- and to keep- love.

Mark Brokaw

(Director) New York premieres include works by David Auburn, Lynda Barry (THE GOOD TIMES ARE KILLING ME), Douglas Carter Beane (AS BEES IN HONEY DROWN), Charles Busch, Julia Cho, Lisa Kron (2.5 MINUTE RIDE), Kenneth Lonergan (THIS IS OUR YOUTH, LOBBY HERO), Craig Lucas (THE DYING GAUL), Nicky Silver (THE LYONS, TOO MUCH SUN) and Paula Vogel (HOW I LEARNED TO DRIVE, THE LONG CHRISTMAS RIDE HOME). Broadway: HEISENBERG, RODGERS + HAMMERSTEIN'S CINDERELLA, THE LYONS, AFTER MISS JULIE, THE CONSTANT WIFE, CRY-BABY, RECKLESS. Regional includes Guthrie, Seattle Rep, Center Theatre Group, Yale Rep, La Jolla, Steppenwolf, Berkeley Rep, Sundance Theatre Lab and the O’Neill Theatre Conference. He has directed at London’s Donmar Warehouse and Menier Chocolate Factory, Dublin’s Gate Theatre and the Sydney Opera House. Mark is the artistic director of the Yale Institute for Music Theatre and serves on the Executive Board of SDC. Artistic associate: Roundabout Theatre.

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Michael Krass

(Costume Design) Vineyard Theatre: THE LANDING, THE LYONS, MARY ROSE, BEAUTIFUL CHILD, EIGHT DAYS (BACKWARD), ANTIGONE IN NY, AMERICA DREAMING, HIT THE LIGHTS. Broadway: MACHINAL (Tony nomination); THE LYONS, AFTER MISS JULIE; THE CONSTANT WIFE (Tony nomination); TWELVE ANGRY MEN; YOU’RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN; RECKLESS, THE REHEARSAL (Drama Desk nomination), HEDDA GABLER, A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE; many more. Off-Broadway: world premieres by Edward Albee, John Guare, Nicky Silver, Kenny Lonergan, David Rabe, Christopher Durang, Alfred Uhry, Theresa Rebeck, Elaine May, Keith Bunin. Downtown NY: built for collapse, THE SERPENT (Daniel Kramer), HADESTOWN (Rachel Chavkin), etc. Dance: BalletTech. Regional: The Guthrie, Arena Stage, The McCarter, Old Globe, La Jolla, ten summers at The Hangar, twelve summers at Williamstown. Film: Campbell Scott’s HAMLET. Opera: PELLEAS AND MELISANDE in St. Petersburg, Russia. Teaching: eighteen years at NYU undergrad, now the grad school at Brown.

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Christopher Innvar and Daniella Alonso in EIGHT DAYS (BACKWARDS). Photo by Carol Rosegg.
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David Garrison and Daniela Alonso in EIGHT DAYS (BACKWARDS). Photo by Carol Rosegg.
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David Garrison and Daniella Alonso in EIGHT DAYS (BACKWARDS). Photo by Carol Rosegg.
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David Garrison and Bill Buell in EIGHT DAYS (BACKWARDS). Photo by Carol Rosegg.
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Josh Randor and Randy Dawson in EIGHT DAYS (BACKWARDS). Photo by Carol Rosegg.
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Daniella Alonso and Josh Randor in EIGHT DAYS (BACKWARDS). Photo by Carol Rosegg.
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Christopher Innvar and Josh Randor in EIGHT DAYS (BACKWARDS). Photo by Carol Rosegg.
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Barbara Garrick and Christopher Innvar in EIGHT DAYS (BACKWARDS). Photo by Carol Rosegg.
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David Garrison and Daniela Alonso in EIGHT DAYS (BACKWARDS). Photo by Carol Rosegg. Photo by Carol Rosegg.
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