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Zootopia Theatre Company presents the world premiere of Barton Bishop's
STILL THE RIVER RUNS
Directed by Matthew J. Nichols
"Ain’t no one alive knows what dead feels like," reasons Jesse. Will that stop him and his brother Wyatt from stealing their dead Paw Paw’s body right from under their family’s nose? Will Paw Paw’s spirit be more at peace buried in the land of his old Florida hunting grounds? Will Wyatt, on leave from the War in Iraq, and Jesse, saddled with a mountain of debt and mouths to feed, be able to cross the deepening divide between them? These questions and more are explored in Barton Bishop’s hilarious and moving portrait of two brothers still struggling to swim in an ever-changing river.
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"A Treat to Watch"
- Neil Genzlinger, New York Times
"leave[s] the audience thinking as well as laughing."
- A.J. Mell, Backstage |
June 19 - July 6, 2008
Center Stage, NY
48 West 21st Street, NYC
Barton Bishop is the author of Up Up Down Down, Still The River Runs, bloodrust, Peaceful Easy, bliss, God's Daughter, Graduation Day , The Great Who Knows, The Amphibian Song, and The Complex. His work has been commissioned by Florida Stage, and read and produced in New York, Los Angeles, Montana, and Florida, where he was a three-time winner of the Florida Playwrights Process award. Other recent honors include the Witter Bynner Fellowship with the Abingdon Theatre Company and the Holloway Playwright In Residence Fellowship at the University of South Florida. He received his MFA from NYU's Department of Dramatic Writing, where he was the recipient of the Harry Kondeleon Graduate Playwriting Award. He was recently tapped by The Dramatist magazine as "One of 50 To Watch."
Check out what the press had to say!
Backstage.com Critic's Pick
July 01, 2008
By A.J. Mell
Florida playwright Barton Bishop's eccentric two-hander suggests such disparate influences as Mark Twain, the Coen Brothers, and even -- heaven forfend -- Weekend at Bernie's. It's an amusing mix and well suited to the Zootopia Theatre Company, which, on the basis of this production and last year's Professional Skepticism, shows a real affinity for dark-edged, character-driven comedies that leave the audience thinking as well as laughing.
Click here to read the full review!
Dutiful Grandsons Down Yonder in the Paw-Paw Patch
By NEIL GENZLINGER
Published: June 23, 2008
Perhaps you’re one of those people who have long lamented, “If only ‘Weekend at Bernie’s’ had been funnier and had starred actors with some chemistry.” Your wait is over.
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