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Misery follows successful romance novelist Paul Sheldon, who is rescued from a car crash by his “number one fan,” Annie Wilkes, and wakes up captive in her secluded home. While Paul is convalescing, Annie reads his latest book and becomes enraged when she discovers the author has killed off her favorite character, Misery Chastain. Annie forces Paul to write a new Misery novel, and he quickly realizes Annie has no intention of letting him go anywhere. The irate Annie has Paul writing as if his life depends on it, and it does.
“There are no lulls in famed screenwriter William Goldman’s 90-minute stage adaptation of the Stephen King story, which Goldman himself translated into the 1990 film... Exposition that took a dozen pages in paperback and at least several minutes on screen plays out...faster than snow piling up in a Colorado blizzard.” —WNBC NY.
Misery is presented by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing, LLC, servicing the Dramatists Play Service imprint (www.dramatists.com)
The American Sign Language interpreted performance is on Sunday, March 8th. ASL performances are generously sponsored by Barbara Rider and Fred Sammons.
Credits
Play by William Goldman, based on the novel by Stephen King
Directed by Kathy Mulay
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Paul is delighted to be back with his Farmers Alley family. Past acting credits here include A Doll’s House Part 2, Lifespan of a Fact and Native Gardens. Paul is a Resident Artist at The Purple Rose Theatre Company, founded by Jeff Daniels. In addition to acting, Paul is a director and a playwright and was proud to direct an award-winning production of his play, A Jukebox for The Algonquin here at Farmers Alley last April. He has enjoyed a career spanning four decades in theatre, film and television. www.paulstroili.com
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Broadway: IN MY LIFE, CRY-BABY. Off-Broadway: SILENCE! THE MUSICAL, PEREZ HILTON SAVES THE UNIVERSE, BUNDLE OF STICKS, MORNING’S AT SEVEN, SAM’S ROOM, GLIMPSES OF THE MOON, .22 CALIBER MOUTH. Edinburgh Fringe Festival - international premier of INTELLIGENCE. Regional (selected): WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME, IF I FORGET, NOISES OFF!, COMPANY, [title of show]. Selected Film & TV: JULES with Sir Ben Kingsley, DRUNK PARENTS, ADMISSIONS. MONSTERLAND, THE OTHER TWO, THE LOUDEST VOICE, HAPPY!, YOUNGER, THE PATH, A GIFTED MAN. Writer/creator of the web series OTP: ONE TRUE PAIRING. For my parents, David and Audrey Lewis, the Lunts of Saginaw MI.
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Michael is a 2002 graduate of Western Michigan University's Department of Theatre, completing a Bachelor of Arts degree in Theatre Performance. Since moving to Kalamazoo in 1997, Michael has performed in over 75 local theatre productions (including Spamalot, Peter and The Starcatchers, and Dial M For Murder here at Farmers Alley Theatre), several independent films, area television commercials, and the Silverleaf Renaissance Faire's Pit Players Mud Show. He has served as director at several area theatres such as The New Vic Theatre, where he adapted and directed Romeo and Juliet and Jekyll & Hyde. For the Kalamazoo Civic Theatre, Michael directed And Then There Were None, The Pirates of Penzance: In Concert, The Compleat Wrks of Wllm Shkspr Abridged, and Tick, Tick ... Boom! Memorable Kalamazoo performances include: Lord Farquaad in Shrek: The Musical, Sherlock Holmes in Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure, The Fool in King Lear, Norman in The Norman Conquests, Scrooge in A Christmas Carol, and Puck in Shakespeare in Hollywood. Michael serves on the board of the Kalamazoo Civic Theatre and as the Director of Experience Fulfillment at the Air Zoo, a world-class aviation and aerospace experience.
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Running Time
1 hour and 45 minutes with no intermission
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Content Advisory
Farmers Alley does not offer advisories about subject matter, as sensitivities vary from person to person. If you have any questions about content, age-appropriateness or stage effects (such as strobe lights or theatrical fog) that might have a bearing on patron comfort, please contact the box office at 269.343.2727
Please be advised that “Misery” is recommended for mature audiences as it contains graphic violence, gore, a simulated gunshot, simulated fire, strobing light effects, and strong language.