The Squirrels
World-Premiere Play
EXTENDED! June 5 - July 8, 2018 Mandell Weiss Forum
By Robert Askins Directed by Christopher Ashley
Winter is on its way, and the squirrels are restless. Mistrust is growing between the rich Gray Squirrels and the outcast Fox Squirrels. When a wily outsider gets in the mix, he ignites an epic animal kingdom soap opera teeming with rebel armies, conspiracy and divided family loyalties. No squirrel will go unharmed in this deliciously demented new show.
Tony Award winner Christopher Ashley (Come From Away) directs Tony Award nominee Robert Askins’ (Hand to God) ambitious, out-landishly funny (and downright furry) new play.
Tickets start at $46
A limited number of Area 3 – $20 tickets for The Squirrels are made available one week before the first performance.
This show contains squirrels engaging in R-rated behaviors, violence and adult situations.
Run Time: 85 minutes, no intermission.
Production Sponsors
Brian & Silvija Devine
Additional Support Provided by
Cast & Creators
- Creators
- Cast
- Design
Robert Askins
Playwright
La Jolla Playhouse: Debut. Cypress, Texas-born Robert Askins is the author of the Tony-nominated and Obie Award-winning Broadway hit Hand to God, which enjoyed a run on London’s West End and was nominated for the Olivier Award for Best New Comedy. His comedy Fish Display was part of the 2012 Ojai Playwrights Conference, and his play Permission, also developed at OPC, had its world premiere Off Broadway at MCC Theater in Spring 2015. Askins is currently working on a new a musical and plays with La Jolla Playhouse, the Alley Theatre, and Joey Parnes Productions. In addition, he’s a writer on the AMC series The Son, starring Pierce Brosnan. He is the recipient of two EST/Sloan grants, the Helen Merrill Emerging Playwrights Award, and an Arch and Bruce Davis Award for Playwriting. Askins is a graduate of Baylor Unversity in Waco, Texas.
Robert Askins Playwright
Christopher Ashley
Director
Christopher Ashley has served as La Jolla Playhouse’s Artistic Director for over a decade. During his tenure, he has helmed such Playhouse productions as Hollywood, The Darrell Hammond Project, Chasing the Song, Glengarry Glen Ross, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and the musicals Escape to Margaritaville, Freaky Friday, Xanadu, Memphis, which won four 2010 Tony Awards including Best Musical, and Come From Away, for which he won the 2017 Tony Award for Best Director of a Musical. He also spearheaded the Playhouse’s Without Walls (WOW) series, the DNA New Work Series and the Resident Theatre program.
Christopher Ashley Director
Terence Archie
Scurius
Candy Buckley
Mammalia
Sidney Hill
Squirrel Ensemble
Brad Oscar
Scientist/Sciuridae
Max Singer
Squirrel Ensemble
Marcus Terrell Smith
Carolinensus
Summer Spiro
Rodentia
Danielle E. B. Wineman
Squirrel Ensemble
- Beowulf BorittSet Designer
- Paloma YoungCostume Designer
- Cricket S. MyersSound Designer
- John NarunProjections Designer
- J. Jared JanasWig, Hair & Makeup Designer
- James NewcombFight Director
- Tara Rubin CastingCasting
- Gabriel GreeneDramaturg
- Joshua PiloteStage Manager
- Mandisa ReedAssistant Stage Manager
- Becky BiegelsenAssistant Director
- Anjanette Maraya-RameyMovement Consultant
- Jenna CarinoAssociate Scenic Designer
- Grant McDonaldAssociate Projections Designer/Projections Programmer
- Annie LeAssistant Costume Designer
- Joel BrittAssistant Lighting Designer
- Willie MichielsStage Management Assistant
- Kelsey GaganStage Management Intern
- Ursula MeyerVocal Consultant
- Haley WolfDresser
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Venue Info
Mandell Weiss Forum
The Mandell Weiss Forum is a 400-seat thrust stage theatre, with audience members surrounding the stage on three sides.
Mandell Weiss Forum
