THE LAGUNA PLAYHOUSE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
ANDREW BARNICLE WILL STAR IN DAVID RAMBO'S THE ICE-BREAKER
Production Also Stars Monette Magrath; Art Manke Directs
JANUARY 2, 2007 - LAGUNA BEACH, CALIFORNIA – The Laguna Playhouse is pleased to announce that its Southern California Premiere production of The Ice-Breaker, will star Andrew Barnicle, the theatre’s artistic director. Joining him onstage in the two-character play is Monette Magrath, who appeared in the Laguna Playhouse production of The Laramie Project in 2003.
In The Ice-Breaker, a reclusive former scientist who abandoned his career to live in the Arizona desert and cultivate an interest in Anasazi pottery is tracked down by a Ph.D. student who has based her dissertation on his early research in global warming and seeks his endorsement. Intellectual and romantic sparks fly in this play by David Rambo, who won national acclaim for his play God’s Man in Texas and who is a co-producer and writer for CBS’s CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. The production is being directed by Art Manke.
Barnicle, an accomplished stage actor for many years prior to his arrival at the Laguna Playhouse in July 1991, was last seen on stage here in the October, 2000 production of Enter the Guardsman, the musical by Scott Wentworth, Marion Adler and Craig Bohmler. Previously at the Laguna Playhouse, Barnicle starred in Gunmetal Blues, a musical by that same team, Strange Snow by Stephen Metcalfe, To Gillian on her 37th Birthday by Michael Brady and in Sam Shepard’s True West. He has appeared in a myriad of television and film roles, and played major roles at the San Diego Rep, Alaska Rep, Alabama Shakespeare Festival and Michigan’s Meadow Brook and Hilberry Theatres. He has also appeared in several Off-Broadway productions including three at SoHo Rep and in True West at the Cherry Lane Theater. He also appears on the cast album of Gunmetal Blues. As a director, Barnicle has staged over thirty productions at the Laguna Playhouse, as well as productions at The Colony Theatre in Burbank, Meadow Brook Theatre in Michigan and The Theatre at Old Town in San Diego. Prior to coming to Laguna, he served as Head of Theatre at United States International Theatre in San Diego and as Associate Artistic Director of North Coast Repertory Theatre in Solana Beach.
In The Ice-Breaker, he will be joined by Monette Magrath. Her Los Angeles theatre credits include: Phebe in As U Lyk It: A California Concoction, Violet, Zuzu, and others in It’s a Wonderful Life, Sibyl in Private Lives, Lady Caroline Bramble in Enchanted April, and Mme. de Tourvel in Les Liaisons Dangereuses all at Pasadena Playhouse; Ann in All My Sons for McCoy Rigby Entertainment, Abigail in Safe in Hell at South Coast Rep (Playwright’s Festival), and Natasha in the World Premiere of The Rehearsal at Walt Disney Concert Hall with the LA Philharmonic. Regional Theatre includes: Lady Caroline in Enchanted April at Cleveland Playhouse, Louann in Book of Days at Arena Stage. New York Theatre includes: Mrs. X in Strindberg’s The Stronger, Masha in The Seagull, and Joanne in Come Back to the Five and Dime… Onstage most recently, Monette played Laura in The Glass Menagerie for CCAP at The Theatre at Boston Court, and Laila in The Monkey Puzzle Tree at The Ojai Playwright’s Festival.
The production team for this production includes Tom Buderwitz, scenic design; Angela Calin, costume design; Paulie Jenkins, lighting design; Steven Cahill, sound design and music, Michael Donovan, casting director, Jim Ryan, production manager, and Rebecca Green, production stage manager.
Tickets are on sale now. Subscription packages including this play are also available for purchase.
Performance and Ticket Information
Ticket Prices: $25 to $65
Previews:
Tuesday & Wednesday, February 13 & 14,at 8:00pm,
Thursday, February 15, at 2:00pm& 8 pm,
Friday, February 16, at 8:00pm.
Opening Night Gala:
Saturday, February 17, 7:30 pm
By invitation only and press night
Regular Performances
February 18 – March 18, 2007:
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, 8:00 pm,
Saturdays, Sundays, 2 pm
Fridays, 8:00pm,
Saturdays, 8:00pm.
Media Contact: Greg Patterson, 949-497-2787 ext. 216
E-mail: gpatterson@lagunaplayhouse.com
