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I’m Revolting
by Gracie Gardner
directed by Knud Adams
Linda Gross Theater
September 8 – October 16, 2022
We are thrilled to welcome back Drama Desk Award nominee Knud Adams (English) teaming up with Relentless Award winner Gracie Gardner (2019-2020 Tow Playwright-in-Residence) for her Off-Broadway debut.
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At a skin cancer clinic in NYC (not the famous one), patients wait to find out how much of themselves they’re about to lose.
I’m Revolting runs 90 minutes with no intermission.
Reviews
“A gem of a play. Beautifully written and directed. Our audience was rapt!”
Tim Teeman, daily beast
★★★★
“High risk dark comedy! Gardner has an uncanny ear for dialogue. Director Knud Adams’ humanistic touch ensures that there’s rarely a false note. ”
raven snook, time out
★★★★
“Masterful acting and direction! Crackles with a superb cast. Spectacular ensemble work across the board. I’m Revolting is a must see!”
gillian russo, new york theatre guide
★★★★
“Compassionate new play.”
Nicole Seratorre, the stage
“Terrific cast and fine-tuned direction. A tantalizing air of authenticity!”
Kenji Fujishima, theatermania
“Theatrical Gold!”
David Barbour, Lighting & Sound America
“A profoundly moving Off-Broadway debut that is honest and forthright in surprising ways and wrenchingly real.”
cameron kelsall, parterre.com
“I’m Revolting is fascinating, engrossing, and enlightening.”
Victor gluck, Theaterscene.net
Cast & Creatives


Gracie Gardner
Playwright
GRACIE GARDNER is the author of the plays Panopticon (Clubbed Thumb), Pussy Sludge (Munich Volkstheater), Athena (The Hearth), and Malvolios (Drama Studio London). Her plays have received the Relentless Award, a Theatertreffen Stückemarkt Selection, a McKnight National Residency, and the James Stevenson Prize. She’s a member of New Dramatists, Ars Nova Play Group, and Less Than Rent. She’s a Youngblood alum and she’s under commission at Manhattan Theatre Club, Wise Music Group, and Ensemble Studio Theater. Her plays are published by Samuel French, Bloomsbury, and S. Fischer Verlag. She’s also an EMT in Brooklyn.

Knud Adams
Director
KNUD ADAMS is a NYC-based director of artful, innovative new plays. Previously with Atlantic, he directed English (Drama League and Drama Desk nominations) and Paris (hailed by New York Magazine as one of the “10 Best Theater Moments of 2020.”) His other world premieres include: Bodies They Ritual with Clubbed Thumb, Private at The Mosaic Theater, The Headlands at LCT3, Notes on My Mother’s Decline with The Play Company, The Workshop with Soft Focus, Tin Cat Shoes with Clubbed Thumb, and Asshole at JACK. He also recently premiered a radio play, Vapor Trail, with the Tribeca Film Festival. Knud is an alumnus of the Drama League directing fellowship, Soho Rep writer/director lab, Playwrights Horizons directing residency, and Kenyon College. knudadams.com

Gabby Beans
Anna
GABBY BEANS (Anna) is an actor, writer, and filmmaker based in the great city of New York. She completed her BA at Columbia University, double-majoring in Neuroscience and Theater, and MA in Classical Acting from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA). Some of her recent TV credits include HBO’s “Succession,” CBS’s “The Good Fight,” Netflix’s “House of Cards,” and Showtime’s “Ray Donovan.” Some of her past theater credits include Anatomy of a Suicide at Atlantic Theater Company, Marys Seacole at LCT3/Lincoln Center Theater, Girls at Yale Repertory Theatre, and The Wolves (Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Ensemble in a Play) at Studio Theatre in DC. She recently played Sabina in Lincoln Center Theater’s Broadway revival of The Skin of Our Teeth for which she received a nomination for the Drama League’s Distinguished Performance Award, and a Tony Award nomination for Leading Actress in a Play.

Bartley Booz
Jonathan
BARTLEY BOOZ (Jonathan). Theater: Hamlet, Oresteia (Park Avenue Armory), The Play That Goes Wrong (Off-Broadway), For Annie (The Hearth), Park Plays (Queens Theater), and Little League (Kraine Theater). Film/Television: “The Good Fight” (CBS), “Bull” (CBS), “Happy” (SyFy), “TURN: Washington’s Spies” (AMC), and Here and Now (Tribeca Film Festival). BFA Acting: University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.

Patrice Johnson Chevannes
Denise
PATRICE JOHNSON CHEVANNES (Denise) is an award winning, Brooklyn-based actress, writer, filmmaker, educator, director and the executive producer of God-and-all-o-wee Productions and Ubigwitus Records. Broadway: Racing Demon and The Crucible directed by Sir Richard Eyre. Off Broadway/Regional: Othello (Desdemona opposite Sir Patrick Stewart); Pericles with Sir Trevor Nunn (TFANA); Tamburlaine with Sir Michael Boyd (TFANA); Halfway Bitches Go Straight To Heaven with Stephen Adly Guirgis and John Ortiz (Atlantic Theater Company); runboyrun/In Old Age with Awoye Timpo and Loretta Greco (NYTW). Patrice garnered 2020 Drama Desk and Drama League nominations for runboyrun/In Old Age, and an Audelco nomination for her role in Halfway Bitches Go Straight To Heaven. TV: “Chambers,” “POSE,” “SHRILL,” “EVIL,” “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” “The First Lady.” Films written and directed by Patrice: Kings County, NY’s Dirty Laundry, Hill and Gully. Patrice is on the faculty of The New School, where she teaches acting in The School Of Drama.

Laura Esterman
Paula
LAURA ESTERMAN (Paula). Most recently in New York: Clubbed Thumb’s The Woman’s Party; George Tabori’s My Mother’s Courage from Staatstheater Kassel, Germany; Ain Gordon’s The 217 Boxes of Dr. Henry Anonymous at the Baryshnikov; the New Group’s Good For Otto. Recent film: Jump Cut, Can Hitler Happen Here? (Best Actress- Brooklyn and Chelsea Film Festivals). TV: HBO’s “I Know This Much is True,” and “The Blacklist.” For her work in Scott McPherson’s Marvin’s Room, she received Drama Desk, Outer Critics, and Obie awards

Glenn Fitzgerald
Jordan
GLENN FITZGERALD (Jordan) got his start as Lonnie in David O Russell’s Flirting with Disaster. He followed that up with roles in Ang Lee’s The Ice Storm, M. Night Shamalyan’s The Sixth Sense, and most recently Kathyrn Bigelow’s Detroit. In theater he originated roles in Jon Robin Baitz’s Mizlansky/Zilinsky, Kenneth Lonergan’s Lobby Hero (Lucille Lortel nomination), Melissa James Gibson’s THIS, Will Eno’s The Realistic Jones, and David Lindsey Abaire’s Ripcord. He’s also worked on innovative productions of classic plays such as Ivo Van Hove’s Hedda Gabler, Austin Pendleton’s Hamlet and Ivanov, and Sam Gold’s Othello. In television he is most known for playing Brian Darling on “Dirty Sexy Money,” as well as roles on “Six Feet Under,” “Law and Order,” “FBI Most Wanted,” “Elementary,” and “Madame Secretary.” This is Glenn’s third time working at the Atlantic Theater Company. He first appearing in the US premiere of Joe Penhall’s Blue/Orange and then in John Guare’s Elzbieta, both directed by Neil Pepe.

Peter Gerety
Clyde
PETER GERETY (Clyde). Broadway: Lucky Guy, The Lieutenant of Inishmore, Never Gonna Dance, Macbeth, Conversations with my Father, The Hothouse. Off-Broadway: Fucking A, Henry V, Othello, Further Than the Furthest Thing, Two Gentleman of Verona, Baal, Johnny Pye and the Foolkiller. Selected Film: Working Man, Flight, Charlie Wilson’s War, Cymbeline, A Most Violent Year, God’s Pocket, Muhammad Ali’s Greatest Fight, Get the Gringo, Public Enemies, Changeling, Leatherheads, Inside Man, Syriana. Selected TV: “The Girl from Plainville,” “Ray Donovan,” “City on a Hill,” “Public Morals,” “Sneaky Pete,” “The Wire,” “Homicide,” “Mercy Street,” “The Good Wife,” “Brothers & Sisters”. Gerety has appeared in over 125 roles at the award-winning Trinity Repertory Company of Providence, Rhode Island.

Emily Cass McDonnell
Liane
EMILY CASS McDONNELL (Liane) has also originated roles in works by Annie Baker, Lucas Hnath, Wallace Shaun, Adam Rapp, Richard Maxwell, and the novelist Denis Johnson. Some theater credits include Bodies They Ritual at Clubbed Thumb, The Thin Place at Playwrights Horizons in New York and the Humana Festival, The Antipodes at Signature Theatre, Tin Cat Shoes at Clubbed Thumb, Grasses of a Thousand Colors at The Public Theater and The Royal Court Theatre, Ode to the Man Who Kneels and North Atlantic at the Wooster Group, The Master Builder directed by Andre Gregory. Some film and TV credits recently: Marriage Story, The Man in the Woods, “Mildred Pierce,” Ben is Back, Men Go To Battle, and Johnathan Demme’s A Master Builder, Ricki and the Flash. Upcoming: White Noise.

Alicia Pilgrim
Reggie
ALICIA PILGRIM (Reggie) was born and raised in Washington, D.C. She attended Duke Ellington School of the Arts. There she learned the sacred and moral obligations of storytelling. She then took her studies to SUNY Purchase Acting Conservatory where she grew an even deeper sense of community. Alicia was most recently seen in the Drama Desk nominated play Cullud Wattah at The Public, where she was also nominated for an Antonyo Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play, and can be seen in the upcoming season of “Random Acts of Flyness” on HBO Max as well as the film A Thousand And One. I’m Revolting will be Alicia’s first time on the Atlantic Theater Company stage! She is thankful for the opportunity and thanks her friends, family, ancestors, and GOD for their endless love and support.

Patrick Vaill
Toby
PATRICK VAILL (Toby) earned a Drama Desk nomination in 2019 for his Broadway performance as “Jud Fry” in Daniel Fish’s Oklahoma! This year, he reprised this role at the Young Vic in London. Patrick also stars in the Netflix hit series, “Dash & Lily,” opposite Austin Abrams and Midori Francis.

Marsha Ginsberg
Scenic Designer
MARSHA GINSBERG (Scenic Designer) is a visual artist who creates environments and clothes for live performance. Previously with Knud Adams with Atlantic/Roundabout Theatre, she designed the set for English (Lortel and Drama Desk nominations). She has created work for many NYC theatres including Lincoln Center, NY Theatre Workshop, Vineyard, Signature, Foundry, BAM Next Wave, at regional theatres throughout the U.S., and internationally in Athens, Prague, Jena, Berlin, Stuttgart, Hamburg and Potsdam, among others. Opera engagements have taken her to Quebec, San Francisco, Berlin, Bern, Braunschweig, Weimar, Bordeaux, Montpellier, Basel, Munich, Saarbrücken, Mannheim, Spoleto Festival, Brooklyn Academy of Music, etc. For the theatrical installation Habit (directed by David Levine) she received an Obie Award. She developed Habit (as well as SAM by Katharina Schmitt) in residence at Robert Wilson’s Watermill Center. She is currently an associate arts professor at NYU Abu Dhabi. She’s received grants from NYFA, NYSCA, NEA, TCG and the Macdowell Colony, and was recently awarded the Rome Prize of the American Academy in Rome.

Enver Chakartash
Costume Designer
ENVER CHAKARTASH (Costume Designer) is a British-born Turkish Cypriot costume designer. Enver’s work has been presented internationally at numerous venues including BAM, The Public Theater, Steppenwolf, Centre Pompidou, the Barbican and the Sydney Opera House. Most recently, Enver designed English (Atlantic Theater Company/Roundabout Theatre Company); Wolf Play (Soho Rep) and Tina Satter’s Is This a Room on Broadway. Other recent works include Tina Satter/Half Straddle’s Ghost Rings; The Wooster Group’s A Pink Chair, The B-side, The Town Hall Affair, Early Shaker Spirituals; Young Jean Lee’s Straight White Men; and Reggie Wilson/Fist & Heel Performance Group’s POWER.

Kate McGee
Lighting Designer
KATE MCGEE (Lighting Designer) is a trans* designer and maker. Off-Broadway: My Lingerie Play (Rattlestick Theater), while you were partying and Notes on Killing (Soho Rep), Pay No Attention to the Girl (Target Margin Theater), Taylor Mac and Matt Rey’s The Hang (HERE), Early Plays (New York City Players/Wooster Group). International: protec/attac (Deutsches Schauspielhaus, Scenography), Emily’s D+ Evolution and Songwrights apothecary lab tours for Esperanza Spalding. Regional: Life of Galileo (Playmakers Rep), An Iliad (Long Wharf), A Tale of Two Cities (Trinity Rep). She is a 2022/2023 project one artist on residence at Soho Rep.

Bray Poor
Sound Designer
BRAY POOR (Sound Designer) Broadway: Take Me Out, True West, The Glass Menagerie, The Real Thing, in the next room…, The American Plan. Off-Broadway: During the pandemic, the audio-only, bilingual Romeo y Julieta at The Public. Multiple shows at Playwrights Horizons, New York Theatre Workshop, Second Stage, Signature Theatre, The Public and others. Regionally, he has created music and sound for The Old Globe, Yale Rep, Berkeley Rep, Long Wharf Theatre, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Arena Stage and South Coast Rep, among others, as well as productions in England and the Netherlands. He has been nominated several times for Lortel and Drama Desk awards and won an Obie for Sustained Excellence in Sound as well as for design in Annie Baker’s John.

Caroline Schettler
Hair and Makeup Designer
CAROLINE SCHETTLER (Hair and Makeup Designer) From Buffalo, NY, this is Caroline’s design debut. Assistant Design credits include La Boheme at Nashville Opera, Otherworld at Delaware Theatre Company, and the 2021 Glimmerglass Festival season. Recent Hair and Makeup Supervisor credits include Anyone Can Whistle at Carnegie Hall, and Atlantic’s The Bedwetter and Kimberly Akimbo. She also consulted on Atlantic’s production of English last season. Caroline swings on the wig crew at Harry Potter and the Cursed Child on Broadway. You can find her on Instagram @caroline_ish.

Alex H. Hajjar
Production Stage Manager
ALEX H. HAJJAR (Production Stage Manager) Broadway/touring: Blast! Japan tour, Les Misérables, The Realistic Joneses, After Midnight. Off-Broadway: The Big Mix (Little Island); Dr. Ride’s American Beach House (Ars Nova); Head of Passes (The Public); Aubergine (Playwrights Horizons); Relevance, …Georgia McBride, YEN, Which Way to the Stage (MCC); Big Love (Signature); This American Life (BAM); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (TFANA); Belleville (NYTW); We Are Proud to Present a Presentation… (Soho Rep); Melancholy Play (13P). Regional: The Color Purple (Muny); Everybody Black (Humana); Frost/Nixon (Bay Street Theater); Ether Dome (Hartford Stage); The Roommate, The Chinese Lady (LWT); Little Shop of Horrors (Peterborough Players).
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