Brothers Play
Antaeus Black Box
Written by: Matthew Doherty
Directed by: Deb Hiett
Brothers Play is a nativity scene... of sorts. Thomas throws a rock through the rose window at church to shatter his family’s code of silence, a few days before Christmas. A darkly funny, brutally honest exposure of abuse, and secrets, and how they spill out despite ourselves. And the love of brothers, of course.
Cast
Seamus Dever*
THOMAS
At Antaeus: The Cripple of Inishmaan, King Lear, Pera Palas. Other Theatres: 12 Angry Men (Laguna Playhouse), iWitness (Mark Taper Forum), Mother Courage (Theatre @ Boston Court), Clutter (The Colony Theatre), Boise USA (Matrix Theatre), The Men from the Boys (Fountain Theatre), A Clockwork Orange (Greenway Court Theatre) TV/Film: DC’s Titans, Castle, The Rookie, Take Two, MacGyver, Far Cry 5, Legion, Mad Men, Army Wives, General Hospital, Cold Case, Hollywoodland, Training: BA, Northern Arizona University; MFA, Carnegie-Mellon University and The Moscow Art Theatre. Member: AEA, The Actors Studio.
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Rob Nagle*
FRANCIS
At ANTAEUS: Twelfth Night, The Little Foxes, The Hothouse, The Liar, Macbeth, Peace in Our Time. Other Theater includes: Denver Center for the Performing Arts, South Coast Repertory, Pasadena Playhouse, Portland Center Stage, Mark Taper Forum, The Old Globe, New World Stages, Boston Court Pasadena, Fountain Theatre, Moving Arts, Rogue Machine Theatre, The Road Theatre Company, Skylight Theatre Company and The Troubadour Theater Company.
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Film credits include: The Wolf and the Lamb, Alien Vacation, Sisters, Paper Marriage, Blonde, The 11th Green, Bad Samaritan, Fishing Naked, New Year’s Eve and The Soloist. TV includes: Good American Family, Suits LA, Good Trouble, NCIS: Los Angeles, Batwoman, Mom, Dynasty, Little Fires Everywhere, Modern Family, Grey’s Anatomy, Criminal Minds, NCIS, Mad Men, Eli Stone, Everwood, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Dawson’s Creek. Education: Northwestern University. Spouse: Heather Allyn. Pug: Houston. robnagle.com @nagdoggie
Jeffrey Nordling*
JUDE
Jeffrey has been acting professionally for over 25 years. He received his MFA in Acting at Southern Methodist University and began his career on the stage both in New York and regional theatres.
He was seen in Richard Greenberg’s Take Me Out at The Geffen as well as the premiere of Robert Schenkkan’s Lewis And Clark Reach The Euphrates at the Mark Taper Forum. His other regional credits include The Old Globe, The Oregon Shakespeare Festival and many others. His New York credits include Shakespeare In The Park, The Public Theatre and CSC. He has been a member of The Antaeus Company since the beginning and has participated in many productions and projects.
Jeffrey’s film and television work has spanned his entire career including seasons on 24, Desperate Housewives, Body Of Proof, Rake, Killer Women and the films Tron, Home Of The Brave, Surfer Dude, Flicka and Flight 93 for A&E.
Other work: HBO’s And The Band Played On and Citizen Cohn, as well as Arrow, Malibu Country, Cloud 9, Once And Again, Ask Me Again, Providence, Apollo 11, Quiz Show, Ruby, Working Girl, Holy Matrimony, Mighty Ducks 3, and many others.
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Production Team
Alexandra Hellquist
STAGE DIRECTIONS
Hearts like Planets (virtual, Chance Theatre); The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Greenway Court); Othello (Griot Theatre); bled for the household truth (Rogue Machine); Still Life (Rogue Machine); The Hot L Baltimore (T. Schreiber); Two Rooms (The Seeing Place). Film/Episodic: Sole Proprietor (Insurgent Pictures); IRL (Cut To The Chase); Midnight Delight (Dot and Feather); Digital Physics (Philadelphia Philms); Shinobi Girl (Media Blasters). alexandrahellquist.com and @theahellquist
*member, Actor’s Equity Association, the union of professional Actors and Stage Managers in the U.S. This production is presented under the auspices of the Actors’ Equity Los Angeles Membership Company Rule
