2016/2017 Season
JUNK: The Golden Age of Debt
Fast-Paced Thriller
July 26 – August 21, 2016 Mandell Weiss Theatre
By Ayad Akhtar Directed by Doug Hughes
The Deal. The Board Room. The Takeover. This is the battleground where titanic egos collide, where modern day kings are made and unmade. It’s a world where debt is an asset and assets are excuses for more debt, a world where finance runs the show. How did we get here? How did the world we once knew change? Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ayad Akhtar takes us back to the hotbed of the ‘80s and offers us an origin story for the world that finance has given us, a sexy and epic thriller about an upstart genius hell-bent on changing all the rules.
Production Sponsors:
Daniel & Emily Einhorn
Recipient of an Edgerton Foundation New Play Award
Photo credit: The cast of JUNK, photo by Jim Carmody.
Cast & Creators
- Ayad AkhtarPlaywright
- Doug HughesDirector
- Annika BorasAmy Merkin
- Benjamin BurdickGiuseppi Addesso
- Tony CarlinCorrigan Wiley/Union Rep/Curt
- Josh CookeRobert Merkin
- Zora HowardCharlene Stewart
- Jennifer IkedaJudy Chen
- Jason KravitsMurray Lefkowitz/Chen's Lawyer
- Zakiya Iman MarklandJacqueline Blount
- Jeff MarlowBoris Pronsky
- Sean McIntyreMark O'Hare/Merkin's Lawyer/Union Worker
- David RascheLeo Tressler
- Matthew RauchIsrael Peterman
- Armando RiescoRaúl Rivera
- Linus RoacheThomas Everson
- Hunter SpanglerDevon Atkins
- Henry StramMaximilien Cizik
- Keith A. WallaceKevin Walsh
- John Lee BeattyScenic Designer
- William MelletteCostume Designer
- Ben StantonLighting Designer
- Mark BennettOriginal Music & Sound Design
- Gabriel GreeneDramaturg
- Caparelliotis CastingCasting
- Charles MeansStage Manager
- Chandra R.M. AnthenillAssistant Stage Manager
- Alexander GreenfieldAssociate Director
- Amanda ZieveAssociate Lighting Designer
- Chris LuessmannAssociate Sound Designer
- Justin HumphresAssistant Scenic Designer
- Desiree Hatfield-BuckleyAssistant Costume Designer
- Jessie MedoferStage Management Assistant
- Katie PyneStage Management Intern
- Ashley MartinRehearsal Production Assistant
- Samantha MattaDramaturgy Assistant
Venue Info
Mandell Weiss Theatre
The Mandell Weiss Theatre is a 492-seat proscenium arch theatre, with two front rows of removable seats allowing for a greater stage length. The theatre also maintains an upstairs wooden deck for parties, receptions and outdoor gatherings, and a small outdoor amphitheatre for pre-show entertainment.
Mandell Weiss Theatre
