Heartbreak House

Written by: George Bernard Shaw

Directed by: Nike Doukas

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“If we women were particular about men's characters, we should never get married at all.”

Will 20-year old Ellie Dunn fall out of love with her friend’s husband, into love with the 88-year-old Captain Shotover, or marry the mercenary Mr. Mangan so she can afford to buy gloves? In Shaw’s comedic tribute to Chekhov, a menagerie of crackpots, dreamers and schemers, philosophers and thieves, search for the meaning of life and love.

Directed by Artistic Director Nike Doukas (The Hothouse, The Tempest, Cymbeline). Written in the shadow of World War I as the British Empire crumbled, this magical dark comedy asks: where do we find strength in the face of chaos?


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Cast

At ANTAEUS: As You Like It, The Curse of Oedipus. Recent: King of France, All’s Well That Ends Well (A Noise Within). LA: Chutes&Ladders, Water by the Spoonful (Mark Taper Forum), Citizen: An American Lyric (Kirk Douglas Theater), Romeo and Juliet (Ahmanson Theater), Solly Two Kings, Gem of the Ocean (u/s, A Noise Within), Off the Rails (Native Voices), Prometheus Bound (Getty Villa), Citizen: An American Lyric, The Ballad of Emmett Till, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone (Fountain Theatre), Mother Courage (Theatre @ Boston Court). Regional: Ghost/Claudius in Hamlet and Bottom in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Shakespeare Santa Cruz); Joe Turner’s Come and Gone (The Lorraine Hansberry Theatre in San Francisco); Henry V and The Man Who Came to Dinner (Oregon Shakespeare Festival); Othello (California Shakespeare Festival); the Denver Theatre Center; Actors Theatre of Louisville; the Long Wharf Theatre; the Shakespeare Theatre (DC); and PlayMakers Rep. New York: Broadway (Electra). Film: Celebrity, The Farm. Recent TV: Call Me Kat, Modern Family, Rake. Awards: Ovation and LADCC for Acting Ensemble: The Ballad of Emmett Till.
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Alex Barlas

RANDALL UTTERWORD

Alex embarked on a transformative journey toward his artistic aspirations, earning an MFA in Acting from California Institute of the Arts in 2020. He has illuminated renowned venues, notably portraying the complex character Oswald Alving in Ghost at The Odyssey Theater. He captured audiences' hearts as Sunny, a visual artist grappling with self-doubt, in Edgar Arceneaux's Boney Manilli, staged at the iconic Walt Disney Concert Hall's RedCat Theater. Most recently, Alex delighted audiences with his performance in A Christmas Carol at South Coast Repertory, showcasing his dedication to bringing stories to life. He is currently in residence at The Reef, developing his one-man show, Take Me Home Country Road. Alex is honored to be a part of The Antaeus Theater Company's production of "The Importance of Being Earnest.

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Harry Groener*

CAPTAIN SHOTOVER
Harry Groener is a founding member At ANTAEUS: Pera Palas, Mother Courage, The Bear in Chekhov x Four, and the title role in King Lear (Drama Circle Award), Big Daddy in Cat On A Hot Tin Roof (Ovation, Drama Critics Circle and Stage Raw Awards), Three Days In The Country and Uncle Vanya. His multiple Broadway and Off Broadway credits include Crazy For You (Tony and Drama Desk Nominations), Cats (Tony Nomination), Oh Brother!, Oklahoma! (Tony Nomination and received Theater World Award), Harrigan and the Hart, Is there Life After High school, Sleight of Hand, Sunday in the Park with George, Imaginary Friends, and Spamalot. Other Nominations and Awards: Ovation Award Equivocation, Geffen Playhouse, Jefferson Award (The Madness of King George, Chicago Shakespeare Theater), Jefferson Award Nominations: Cyrano De Bergerac, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, William Tecumseh Sherman, The March, Steppenwolf Theater. Other recent credits include: Lincoln and LBJ in Appomattox, The Guthrie Theater; The Train Driver, Long Wharf Theater. Film and Television partial: About Schmidt, Patch Adams, and Road to Perdition, Cure For Wellness, Dear John, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, CSI, How I Met Your Mother, Medium, Bones, Las Vegas, Breaking Bad, The West Wing and Star Trek: The Next Generation, Voyager, and Enterprise.
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Arye Gross*

MAZZINI DUNN
AT ANTAEUS: Eight Nights, Uncle Vanya, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Chekhov X 4. Broadway: Brooklyn Boy (MTC/SCR). Regional: The Great Leap (ACT-SF); Underneath the Lintel (Geffen Playhouse); After the Revolution (Center Stage Baltimore) Above the Fold (Pasadena Playhouse); Parfumerie(The Wallis: Inaugural Production); Coney Island Christmas(Geffen Playhouse); Future Thinking, Circle Mirror Transformation, Our Mother’s Brief Affair, Wild Oats, (South Coast Rep); and others including productions for CTG, East/West Players, LATheatreCenter, Grove Shakespeare, El Teatro Campesino, The Odyssey Theatre, Stages Theatre Center (where he served as Managing Artistic Director 2000-2003), and Theatre@Boston Court. He has performed in dozens of plays recorded for LATheatreWorks. 
Arye has taught at the USC School of Dramatic Arts, and was extremely fortunate to have studied acting with Lee Shallat-Chemel, Roy London, Jose Quintero, and James Wilson.
 Arye’s film/TV credits can be found here:
imdb.me/aryegross. AryeGross.com
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Elinor Gunn*

ELLIE DUNN

At ANTAEUS: Cymbeline, The Tempest, Women in Love (reading). Other acting credits: Joan (Barrington Stage, South Coast Repertory); For the Love of: or, the Roller Derby Play (Kirk Douglas Theatre); Angel Next Door (North Coast Repertory Theatre); Hello Stranger, For the Love Of (Theatre of Note); Arms and the Man, Explorer’s Club (Jewel Theatre); Skylight, Sugar Daddies, A Christmas Carol (ACT); Twelfth Night, King Lear (Seattle Shakespeare Company). TV: Paradise, 9-1-1, The Dropout, Legacies, Ratched, among others. B.A. in Theatre from Washington State University.

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At ANTAEUS: Three Days in the Country, As You Like It. Other Theater: Equus, Three Sisters, Twelfth Night, Accomplice, Pacific Overtures, Mother Tongue, Rashomon (East West Players); Bloodletting (Kirk Douglas Theatre, Playwrights Arena); Blood Wedding (Odyssey Theatre); Dogeaters (La Jolla Playhouse, Kirk Douglas Theatre); Fish Head Soup (Berkeley Repertory Theatre/A Contemporary Theatre); The Wash (Studio Theatre, D.C.); Made in Bangkok (Mark Taper Forum); The Importance of Being Earnest (A Noise Within); Romeo and Juliet (Lodestone Theatre Ensemble); The White Death (Catch A Star Theatrical (CAST, Catch A Star Theatrical Players). TV/Film: Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Assassination of Gianni Versace, Get Shorty, The West Wing, Beyond the Next Mountain, Melrose Place, Coach, Family Law and The Defenders.
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Henri Lubatti*

HECTOR HUSHABYE
Henri is a Los Angeles based actor, originally from Seattle, who holds both US and French citizenship.  His stage credits include work at the Mark Taper Forum, South Coast Repertory Theater, the Old Globe in San Diego, the Seattle Repertory Theater, and the Intiman Theater in Seattle. On television he starred in the Showtime series Sleeper Cell.  Other TV credits include recent appearances on Hawaii 5-O, Battle Creek, and Salem.
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Carolyn Ratteray*

LADY UTTERWORD
At ANTAEUS: Measure for Measure. Other Theatre: Gem of the Ocean, The Importance of Being Earnest, The Imaginary Invalid, Tartuffe (A Noise Within); Father Comes Home from the Wars (Mark Taper Forum); The Cake (Echo Theatre Company and The Geffen Playhouse); Pygmalion (Pasadena Playhouse); The Mountaintop (Garry Marshall Theatre); How to Disappear Completely and Never Be Found (Theatre@ Boston Court). TV/Film: Grey’s Anatomy, Lincoln Lawyer, Grey’s Anatomy, NCIS, The Young and the Restless, Seasons of Love, Riley Parra. Training: BFA, New York University; MFA, The Old Globe, USD.
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Jocelyn Towne*

HESIONE HUSHABYE
At ANTAEUS: The Little Foxes, The Hothouse, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Changeling, La Ronde. Other Local Theater: LATW (Steel Magnolias, Fathers and Sons, Amadeus); Playwright’s Arena (Red Ink); The Getty Villa (Phaedra); Sacred Fools (Free $$$). TV: The Kominsky Method, Lodge 49, Gilmore Girls. As a filmmaker: I Am I (writer, actor, director) (Newport Beach Film Festival Winner Outstanding Achievement in Directing & Champs Élysées Film Festival Nominee Audience Award Best American Feature), We’ll Never Have Paris (co-director) (Closing night film at Edinburgh Film Festival, SXSW Audience Award Nominee, Newport Beach Film Festival Winner Best Comedy).
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Amelia White*

NURSE GUINNESS
Amelia White is a proud member of Antaeus.  She has appeared on the Antaeus stage in You Can’t Take it With YouTonight at 8:30 and Penny for a Song. She works in theatre all over the US. Most recently in Blithe Spirit at Northern Stage in VT and in Vanya, Sonya, Masha and Spike at the Denver Centre, CO.  She  appeared in Silent Sky and Misalliance at So.Coast Rep. (Costa Mesa, CA). Broadway credits include award winning shows Crazy For You in which she created the role of Patricia Fodor, and The Heiress. She won the Theatre World Award for The Accrington Pals (Hudson Guild Theatre, NY) She Trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama, London and is married to Antaean Geoffrey Wade. AEA member.
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Other

At ANTAEUS (Directing): Cymbeline, The Tempest, The Hothouse; (Acting): The Zip Code Plays, Three Days in the Country, Hedda Gabler, Cousin Bette, Tonight at 8:30, The Liar, Patience, The Wood Demon. Other directing credits: Ensemble Theatre Company, A Noise Within, The Jewel Theatre, North Coast Repertory, Playwright’s Arena, PICT (Pittsburgh). Other acting credits: South Coast Repertory, Pasadena Playhouse, The Ensemble Theatre Company, The Harold Clurman Theatre, PICT, Kinetic Theatre Company, ACT (Seattle), Shakespeare Festival LA, The Old Globe, The Mark Taper Forum, Shakespeare Santa Cruz, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, The American Conservatory Theatre. TV: Recurring roles on the new Frasier and Desperate Housewives, and guest stars on NCIS and many others. M.F.A., The American Conservatory Theatre. Recipient of the 2011 Lunt Fontanne Fellowship.
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*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