​​​​​​​Jessica Holt Director
The Resting Place by Ashlin Halfnight
World Premiere
Produced by Magic Theatre
October 10 - November 4, 2018
San Francisco, CA
Press
"Sensitively directed by Jessica Holt, the six actors carefully navigate the play’s ups and downs...it’s a brilliant, absorbing, utterly human play that doesn’t skirt the issues. This profound work of art is worth seeing."
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"Jessica Holt’s direction is perfectly in tune with each change in the emotional roller coaster ride that is playing on Magic’s three-sided stage."
-Theatreworld
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" A finely nuanced production, in which even the scene changes are touching...poignant and heartbreaking"
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"A gripping, heart-pounding, and emotionally arresting world premiere...[it] is live theatre at is most difficult, most impactful, most important best.
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" Crisply directed"
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To listen to the KPFA review of THE RESTING PLACE, click HERE
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For more about this play, check out this wonderful feature on playwright Ashlin Halfnight HERE
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Cast
Annie | Martha Brigham
Mitch | James Carpenter
Angela | Emilie Talbot
Macy | Emily Radosevich
Liam | Wiley Naman Strasser
Charles | Andrew LeBuhn
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Creative
​Director | Jessica Holt
Scenic Designer | Edward Morris
Costume Designer | Shelby-Lio Feeney
Lighting Designer | Wen-Ling Liao
Sound Designer | Sara Huddleston
Stage Manager | Liz Matos
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