Crowded Fire Theater: She Rode Horses Like The Stock Exchange

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Amelia Roper

In a nice park, on a nice street, two nice New England couples try very, very hard to be nice to each other as the Global Financial Crisis comes to town. The first Bay Area production by playwright Amelia Roper, She Rode Horses Like the Stock Exchange is an absurdly funny, poignant and terrifying look at upper-crust America. Hold on to your hors d’oeuvres, ladies and gentlemen—things just got messy.

Cast

Featuring: George Sellner, Zehra Berkman, Kevin Clarke, Marilee Talkington ★ ◼

Dramaturg: Julie McCormick
Stage Manager: Mina Sohaa Smith ★
Assistant Stage Manager: Sarina Renteria
Scenic Design: Maya Linke
Costume Design: Miriam Lewis
Lighting Design: Stephanie Buchner ★
Sound Design: Hannah Birch Carl
Props Design: Devon LaBelle
Production Manager: Stephanie Alyson Henderson ★

★ Crowded Fire Resident Artist
◼ Member of Actors’ Equity Association

Reviews

“Roper develops her story with engaging hints and small revelations beneath deceptively aimless, uncomfortable exchanges…she does so with a cutting wit and dramatic originality that makes one eager to see what she’ll do next.” — Rob Hurwitt, SF Chronicle

“…what’s sly about Roper’s script is the way she conveys a sense of absurdism – on the spectrum from Beckett to Will Eno – and high comedy for a situation that turns out not to be absurd or all that funny. Except it is.” — Chad Jones, Theater Dogs