OFF BROADWAY
Theatre at St. Clement's
423 W 46th St, New York, NY 10036
Previews begin July 5th, 2019
Opening night July 18th
Performances through September 21st
Performances:
Tuesday at 7:00 PM
Wednesday at 2:00 PM and 7:00 PM
Thursday at 2:00 PM and 7:00 PM
Friday at 8:00 PM
Saturday at 2:00 PM and 8:00 PM
THE BRIEF
In a “melting pot” neighborhood in Hell’s Kitchen, José Rodriguez, an undocumented Mexican delivery guy has an American Dream – to become “a someone”. Alina Orlova, a beautiful but inept Russian spy, also has an American dream – to save the family’s “Fluff N’ Fold". Speeding through one hilariously preposterous plot twist after another, José and Alina embark on a wild adventure to fulfill their destinies – and live the American Dream!
I Spy A Spy is a wacky comedy of immigration, unexpected romance, espionage, and the best chicken-tikka pizza in NYC. It takes us on a musical rollercoaster ride (on which our duo encounters Mexican Thugs, Russian spies, a Pakistani pizza proprietor, a Korean deli owner, and the Department of Homeland Security!), while lovingly examining the power of the American Dream, the challenges we all face, and the universal love for “home”!
JAMIE JACKSON
Book & Lyrics
JAMIE JACKSON trained as an actor at the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) in Sydney, Australia and worked there for over 10 years as an actor/writer. In 1999 he gained an MFA from NYU’s Graduate Music Theatre Writing program where he met SoHee Youn. The two have since collaborated on several projects including their one-man musical, Love: a Multiple Choice Question. Their songs have been heard with Laughing Liberally at New York Town Hall and around the country. As an actor, Jamie's Broadway and off-Broadway credits include Dr. Zhivago, The Last Ship, Soul Doctor,The 39 Steps and Judge Turpin in the acclaimed Barrow St. production of Sweeney Todd. He’s appeared on TV in Madam Secretary, Quantico, Elementary, The Get Down, Chicago Fire, Person of Interest, Blindspot, Unforgettable, The Mysteries of Laura, Flight of the Conchords and the pilot of The Blacklist. He fired Hugh Jackman in The Greatest Showman and got fired by Russell Crowe in the new Showtime series, The Loudest Voice. He's currently playing Dr. Dillamond in Wicked on Broadway. www.jamiejackson.com
SOHEE YOUN
Book & Music
SoHee Youn is happy and grateful to have her dream come true, having her music and story on a NY stage. She has worked on several projects with Jamie Jackson, including Love: A Multiple Choice Question (Fringe Festival, York Theatre, Melbourne and Sydney-Best Composer Nomination for The Green Room Awards), Dick & Condi: The Lounge Act (45th St. Theatre & Ignite Festival, Ohio Theatre). Other works of hers have been performed in venues throughout NYC including Laughing Liberally concerts in New York Town Hall, and across the country. SoHee studied classical composition at Yonsei University in Seoul, she received a B.A. from Berklee College of Music in Boston and an MFA from NYU Tisch School of the Arts. She’s also a member of the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop.
ERIC KREBS
Producer
In a theatrical career of more than 40 years, ERIC KREBS has worked as a producer, a theater founder in 1974 of the George Street Playhouse, New Brunswick, New Jersey and a builder and operator for 23 years of the John Houseman Theater on Theater Row. He is in his 49th year as a professor, 37 years at Rutgers, where he is professor emeritus and currently at Baruch College of the City University of New York. He has also performed his one actor adaptation of King Lear and most recently My Fathers Voice-Letters from the Ellis Island Prison and the War in the Pacific. Broadway: Bill Maher: Victory Begins At Home, Neil Simon’s The Dinner Party, It Ain’t Nothin’ But The Blues, Electra, Avery Brooks in Paul Robeson. Current Off-Broadway productions: That Physics Show (2016 Drama Desk Award for Unique Theatrical Experience) and That Chemistry Show. Also off-Broadway, Sam Shepard's Fool For Love, Kenneth Lonergan's This Is Our Youth, Neil LaBute's Bash, Sing: A South African and American Celebration, A Class Act, Greed: A Musical for Our Times, Laughing Liberally and many more. www.erickrebs.com
BILL CASTELLINO
Director
Castellino directed these World Premieres: CAGNEY, SOULMATES, GREAT DIVORCE, GRUMPY OLD MEN, CHRISTMAS IN HELL, JOLSON, DR. RADIO, LIZZIE BORDEN, HEARTBEATS, MIKLAT, FISHWRAP, HOUSE DIVIDED, SINGING WEATHERMAN, HAPPY HOLIDAYS, PRESIDENTS, others. Also: DESPERATE MEASURES, MARRY HARRY, STORYVILLE, IONESCOPADE, TARZAN, RENT, GYPSY, ROCKY HORROR, CAROUSEL, GODSPELL, MUSIC MAN, WEST SIDE, JOSEPH, TOMMY, LITTLE SHOP, EVITA, HAIR, FAME, CHESS, others. In development: LULU, RHAPSODY IN RED, and TWIST OF FATE. He has directed, written and produced events all over the world.
Awards: NY Outer Critics, Jefferson, Telly, 4 LA Weekly, 11 Drama-Logue and numerous nominations including the Lucille Lortel, Audelco, Carbonelle, San Diego and LA Theatre Critics, others.
DAN PARDO
Musical Director
Broadway: Amazing Grace (Nederlander). Off-Broadway: The Office! A Musical Parody (Jerry Orbach) Found (Atlantic), Soot and Spit (New Ohio), Rothschild and Sons (York), and Skippyjon Jones: Snow What?! (Lucille Lortel). Other NYC credits include numerous workshop productions including Come From Away at NAMT, and countless concerts at 54 Below, Birdland, The Green Room 42, and The Laurie Beechman Theatre. Dan's regional favorites include Fun Home at the Weston Playhouse, Company at Barrington Stage, and How to Succeed... at the 5th Avenue Theatre, plus his many shows at Goodspeed Musicals, where he was on staff for three seasons. Dan has been producing a weekly web series, Pardo's Turn, since last summer. www.danpardo.com
CHRISTINE VIEGA
Production Stage Manager
Christine Viega has been stage managing in New York City for more than 15 years. In 2011, she joined the stage management team on the Tony award winning Broadway musical, Memphis. Off-Broadway credits include A Class Act, Our Town, Adding Machine, Sophistry, and Masked. Christine also spent over five years touring with the One-Man Star Wars Trilogy including tours of the UK and Australia. She has worked regionally at Vermont Shakespeare Company, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Children’s Theatre Company, Kentucky Repertory Theatre, Caldwell Theatre Company, Crossroads Theatre Company, and The Studio Theatre. In addition to her current work on I Spy A Spy, she will be stage managing the upcoming production of God Shows Up.
JENNY AINSWORTH
Assistant Stage Manager
Broadway: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, It’s Only a Play. Off-Broadway Credits: Fruiting Bodies (Ma-Yi), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (CSC Young Company); Absolution, Olympics Uber Alles, 702 Punchlines and Pregnant, They Call me Q (all at St Luke’s Theatre); Much Ado about Nothing (The Public Theater); Inner Voices 3 (Premieres NYC) Education: MFA Theatre Arts (Stage Management), Columbia University
JAMES MORGAN
Scenic Design
TYLER HOLLAND
Costume Design
MICHAEL GOTTLIEB
Lighting Design
ONE DREAM SOUND
Sound Design
JOSEPH HAYWARD
Associate Director
VICTORIA CASILLO
Assistant Choreographer
PRF PRODUCTIONS
Production Supervisor
SOPHIE WHITFIELD
Company Manager
MICHAEL CASSARA, CSA
Casting Director
RICHARD HILLMAN PUBLIC RELATIONS
RICHARD HILLMAN
EMAIL: [email protected]
PHONE: +1 648 234 5716
TWITTER: @hiHillmanPR1
PHILIP CARRUBBA
EMAIL: [email protected]
PHONE: +1 918 523 8849
TWITTER: @larubba1
@ISpyAMusical