About this show
You survive the unimaginable. Now what?
When a shocking event leaves Ray and Sylvia alive but forever altered after their honeymoon, they find themselves trapped in competing memories of the same event. As their relationship begins to unravel, Brace Brace explores how trauma reshapes perception, distorts truth, and leaves us questioning not just what happened, but who we've become because of it.
Runs April 16 - May 29
Running Time
This production runs at about 80 minutes without an intermission
Content advisory
This production includes the following: Mature/Adult themes, Death, Strong Language, and Flashing Lights
DIGITAL PROGRAM
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Accessible Performances
Audio-Described and Touch Tour:
Friday, May 21st at 7:30 pm
(6:15 pm touch tour, 7:30 pm curtain)
Open-Captioned Public Performance:
Sunday, May 23rd at 3 pm
What Should Audiences Expect?
The Artists
PLAYWRIGHT: Oli Forsyth
DIRECTOR: Elizabeth Margolius
SET DESIGN: xxx
COSTUMES: xxxx
LIGHTING: xxxx
PROPS: xxx
ORIGINAL MUSIC AND SOUND DESIGN:
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STAGE MANAGER: xxxx
PRODUCTION MANAGER: xxxx
FEATURED ENSEMBLE MEMBERS
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The Cast
SYLVIA: xxxxx
RAY: xxxxx
THE MAN: XXX
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Oli’s play BRACE BRACE premiered at the Royal Court Theatre in 2024. He was the recipient of the Jerwood New Playwright award in the same year and is currently under commission to the Royal Court for a new play.
In 2021, he was invited to join Mike Bartlett’s writing group at Hampstead Theatre and was commissioned to write THE POX, for the main stage. In 2019 CASH COW was produced at Hampstead Theatre Downstairs, quickly followed by a run in Edinburgh. Also in 2019, SUCH FILTHY F*CKS, a Smoke & Oakum/Pleasance co-production ran at the Vaults Festival in London.
Oli’s earlier work includes:TINDERBOX (2014) which was nominated for an Amnesty International Award; CORNERMEN (2015) at The Old Red Lion and The Pleasance, then transferring to VAULT Festival and touring in co-production with Red Ladder Company/New Diorama Theatre (2018). New Diorama Theatre/Smoke & Oakum co-produced HAPPY DAVE (2016) and KINGS (2017).
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Jeff Award-winning stage and movement director, Elizabeth Margolius, most recently received the award for Director of a Musical for Shattered Globe Theatre’s London Road. A five-time Joseph Jefferson Award nominee, Elizabeth’s selected directorial credits also include: The Da Vinci Code for Drury Lane Theatre, The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk for Northlight Theatre, Fiddler on the Roof for Drury Lane Theatre, Tidy and Rose for Renaissance Theaterworks, Crimes of the Heart for American Stage, Le Loup-garou for Opera Southwest, I and You, Silent Sky, Miss Holmes, and The Bridges of Madison County for Peninsula Players, Queen of the Mist for Firebrand Theatre, The Scarlet Ibis for Chicago Opera Theater, Machinal (Movement Director) and Uncle Philip’s Coat for Greenhouse Theater, Haymarket: The Anarchist’s Songbook for Underscore Theatre, The Girl in the Train for Chicago Folks Operetta, Goldstar, Ohio for American Theater Company, The Merry Wives of Windsor for Chicago Shakespeare Theater (Assistant Director), Opus 1861 for City Lit Theater, Violet for Bailiwick Chicago, and Bernarda Alba and Songs for a New World for Bohemian Theatre Ensemble.
“a powerfully visceral experience”
