Directed by Jeremy Gable

Bryony Lavery's Tony-nominated drama makes its Orange County premiere. An American woman researching her thesis on serial killers travels to England to interview a convicted child murderer. Artistic Director Jeremy Gable returns to directing after helming the Orange County premiere of Sarah Kane's "4.48 Psychosis".

May 4 - 27

CAST
Katie Chidester – Agnetha Gottmundsdottir
Scott Manuel Johnson – Ralph Wantage
Jill Cary Martin – Nancy Shirley

CREW
Brey Barrett – Stage Manager
Christina L. Munich – Lighting Designer
Christina Acero – Sound Designer
Jessica Topliff – Costume Consultant
Jeremy Gable – Set Design

THE HUNGER ARTISTS THEATRE
COMPANY PRESENTS THE ORANGE COUNTY
PREMIERE OF BRYONY LAVERY'S
TONY-NOMINATED DRAMA ...

FROZEN
May 4 – 27, 2007

FULLERTON, CA – The Hunger Artists Theater Company is proud to announce the Orange County premiere of Bryony Lavery’s Tony Award-nominated drama Frozen, May 4-27, 2007. This premiere production will be directed by Artistic Director Jeremy Gable, who directed last season’s critically acclaimed Orange County premiere of Sarah Kane’s 4.48 Psychosis.

Nominated for the 2004 Tony Award for Best Play, Lavery’s play takes place in the aftermath of a 10-year-old English girl's disappearance. Several years later, an American psychiatrist speaks with both the girl's mother and killer in an attempt to discover if this
was a crime of evil or a crime of illness.

The three-person ensemble features Katie Chidester (Agnetha Gottmundsdottir), Scott Manuel Johnson (Ralph Wantage) and Jill Cary Martin (Nancy Shirley). Christina L. Munich is designing lights for Frozen. Christina Acero serves as production Sound Designer. Jessica Topliff is Costume Consultant. Set design is by Jeremy Gable and Brey Barrett serves as production Stage Manager.

“Frozen is about as perfect as a play can get.” says company Literary Manager Glendele Way-Agle. “It's thought-provoking without being didactic, difficult without being unbearable, humorous without being inappropriate, hopeful without being manipulative. It's everything a great piece of theatre should be.”

“There is very little set and no props,” says director Gable. “Just like the characters - who find themselves isolated and stripped of everything they could rely on - the actors in this production find themselves alone on stage, conjuring up objects and locations. I find myself blessed to have such a talented cast that's up to the challenge, as well as an incredible design team to help tell this beautiful story.”

Born in 1947, Lavery claim she started writing plays when she got tired of boring roles (like the left arm of a sofa). She has written 20 since 1976, including The Magic Toyshop (2001), Illyria (2000), More Light (1997) and The Two Marias (1988) In more recent times, she has been busy writing film scripts and a biography of Tallulah Bankhead, as well as writing and directing plays for youth projects.

Lavery has also gotten involved with the Sphinx Theatre Co. which is dedicated to encouraging and producing new theatre collaborations between leading women artists. She created two highly-acclaimed works for them, Goliath and A Wedding Story. She has also been an Artistic Director of Gay Sweatshop and Female Trouble and a teacher of playwriting at Birmingham University.

Performances of Frozen will take place on Fridays and Saturdays at 8 pm, Sundays at 7 pm. There will be a special “$5.00 Night” performance on Thursday May 24 at 8 pm,

General admission tickets for Frozen are $18; senior and students (with valid ID) may purchase tickets for $15. Tickets are $5 on Thursday, May 24th only. Patrons may purchase tickets online by visiting our website (www.hungerartists.com). To reserve tickets by phone, please call 714.680.6803. For more information about Frozen or the company’s Season, please visit www.hungersartists.com . Programming, dates and times are subject to change.

For more information, please call the theater at 714.680.6803 or email hungerartists@yahoo.com