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prudential hall
betty wold johnson stage
Tuesday, June 7, 2022
7PM
presents
Soft Animals
by Erin Mallon
Directed by
Laura Eckstrand
Cast
(In order of appearance)
Dylan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Darin F. Earl II
Rebecca Stinger . . . . . . . . . . Daria M. Sullivan
Mark Miller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jason Szamreta
Emily. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Emaline Williams
Jacob . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Christopher Young
Sabrina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joelle Zazz
about the
performance
What would your life be like if you
couldn’t feel physical pain? If your
body had a mind of its own? What if
you never fell asleep? How about if you
remembered every single thing you’ve
ever felt, thought or experienced?
Four medical misfits sign up for a
three-day workshop to tackle their
issues. Can a former male nurse and
self-professed “woo-woo” guide them
toward healing? Or…perhaps they
aren’t the ones most in need of a cure.
Dive into the world of Soft Animals
where alien hands, rogue eyeballs and
umbilical cord jump ropes are the norm
and ask yourself one of life’s mysterious
questions: does the mind actually
create the body?
about erin mallon
Erin Mallon’s plays have been presented
with Urban Stages, New Georges,
Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival,
The Collective, Cherry Picking, Great
Plains Theater Conference, Samuel
French #OOB Short Play Festival,
Project Y Theater, Dreamcatcher Rep,
Mile Square Theatre and more. Erin’s
play Branched (dir. Robert Ross Parker)
premiered with InViolet Theater at
HERE Arts Center in NYC and is in
print with Original Works Publishing.
Her play, The Net Will Appear had its
off-Broadway premiere at 59E59
Theaters in NYC starring the great
Richard Masur and is now available
on Audible.com as an audio drama
co-starring Matilda Lawler (Disney
Plus’ Flora & Ulysses, Broadway’s
The Ferryman). Erin’s other full-length
plays include: Good Riddance, Soft
Animals, Hand Me Down, Stunning
Displays of Prowess, Skin Hungry,
The Other White Meat, Come Find
Me and These Walls Can Talk 2:
The Narwhal Strikes Back!
Vivid Stage
Oakes Center
120 Morris Avenue, Summit, NJ 07901
908.514.9654
vividstage.org
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