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This must-see 90-minute sensation was awarded the Olivier Award for Best New Comedy, the Outer Critics Circle and Drama League Award for Best Play. Reza’s previous work includes the award-winning “Art” and both plays have been translated into more than 20 languages. Two sets of parents whose children are involved in a fight in a public park meet to discuss the matter in a civilized manner. Cocktails are served, tensions build to a snapping point and the parents become increasingly childish, resulting in an evening that devolves into comedic side-splitting chaos when the gloves come off and the parents share how they really feel in a free-for-all brawl. “God of Carnage” is “a four-way prize fight,” says The New York Times Ben Brantley of The New York Times wrote: “Never underestimate the pleasure of watching really good actors behaving terribly . . . highly skilled stage performers take on roles that allow them to rip the stuffing out of one another, tear up the scenery, stomp on their own vanity and have the time of their lives." Greg Vinkler directs the cast and serves as a referee to a wonderfully crafted script. Vinkler is the Players artistic director and played Lady Bracknell in this season’s “The Importance of Being Earnest.” He has also directed more than 20 productions at the Players including “A Little Night Music.” He was in the Peninsula Players 2000 production of “Art,” Reza’s other Tony Award-winning play. “I saw ‘God of Carnage’ in New York and knew immediately I wanted to bring it to audiences in Door County,” Vinkler said. “Reza and Hampton are wordsmiths, the dialogue they created for the couples is deviously delicious, and it is really something to savor. Blended with the childish antics the couples dissolve into brings to my mind an adult romper room. I sit in rehearsals watching these wonderful actors and go for a roller-coaster ride, screaming with laughter.” The cast of “God of Carnage” are all Players veterans who have numerous regional stage credits. The four member cast portrays the parents of Benjamin Raleigh and Henry Novak. Benjamin hit Henry with a stick, breaking his two front teeth. The parents are meeting the next day to civilly discuss the incident at the Novak’s home. Maggie Carney plays Veronica, Henry’s mother who is a part-time writer. Carney’s Players credits include Muriel in “The Fox on the Fairway,” “Unnecessary Farce,” “Cabaret,” “Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure” and the one-woman play “The Lady with All the Answers.” She has performed regionally at BoarsHead, La Jolla Playhouse and Northlight. Joe Foust is cast as Michael, Henry’s father who runs a household goods store. This is Foust’s thirteenth season with the Players and his stage credits include “Making God Laugh,” “The Elephant Man,” “Around the World in 80 Days,” “Greetings!” and “A Few Good Men.” Foust’s regional theater credits include the Cleveland Playhouse, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, First Stage, First Folio, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, the Goodman Theatre and more. Kevin McKillip plays Alan, Benjamin’s father who is a lawyer and head counsel for a pharmaceutical company. McKillip’s recent Players credits include “A Few Good Men,” “Rumors,” “Is He Dead?” and “The Importance of Being Earnest.” He is the recipient of a Tyrone Guthrie Award from the Stratford Festival of Canada and his regional theatre credits include Milwaukee Repertory, American Players Theatre, Goodman Theatre, Court Theatre, among others. Karen Janes Woditsh plays Annette, Benjamin’s mother and a wealth management advisor. Woditsch returns to the Players for her sixth season where her stage credits include “The Fox on the Fairway,” “A Few Good Men,” “The Mousetrap,” “Red Herring,” “Rumors,” “Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure,” “A Little Night Music” and “A Few Good Men.” Regionally her credits include work with the Goodman Theatre, Northlight, Chicago Shakespeare and 19 productions with Writers’ Theater. The design team creating the Brooklyn apartment of “God of Carnage” includes United Scenic Artists members Brian Sidney Bembridge, who is designing the set, and costume designer Kärin Simonson Kopischke. Original music and sound design by Nick Keenan with properties design by Sarah E. Ross and lighting designer Steven Roy White. Peninsula Players is a non-profit theater and a member of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers, and employs professional actors for all of its productions. Company members work in regional theaters from Los Angeles to New York, as well as in film, television and radio. The Peninsula Players perform Tuesdays through Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 7p.m. except Sundays, Sept. 11, Oct. 9 and 16 which will have 4 p.m. performances. Discount tickets are available for groups of 15 or more. Individual tickets are also available. Individual ticket prices range from $32 to $38. There are no performances on Mondays. For more information or to reserve tickets phone the Peninsula Players box office at 920-868-3287 or visit the website at www.peninsulaplayers.com. © Copyright 2011 by DoorCountyTravelersJournal.com
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