Evanston Salt Costs Climbing
by Will Arbery
directed by Danya Taymor
Dec 31 – 31, 1969
The Alice Griffin Jewel Box Theater The Pershing Square Signature Center 480 W 42nd St, New York, NY 10036
Overview
Winters keep getting worse in Evanston, IL where salt truck drivers Peter and Basil battle the ice and snow and pass the time with jokes and stories. But what’s with this creeping sense of dread? Is it because their boss Maiworm has noble visions of new green technology that would make their jobs obsolete? Or is there a more terrifying warning calling out from under these roads? At least they have each other, right?
Pulitzer Prize finalist Will Arbery confronts humanity’s darkest fears with humor, warmth, and the fortitude of municipal public servants in this play about climate and change.
Directed by Danya Taymor (Heroes of the Fourth Turning by Will Arbery, “Daddy” with The New Group), Evanston Salt Costs Climbing features Quincy Tyler Bernstine (Ruined, Marys Seacole), Jeb Kreager (HBO’s Mare of Easttown, Heroes of the Fourth Turning), Ken Leung (HBO’s Industry, Lost) and Rachel Sachnoff (Evanston Salt Costs Climbing at White Heron Theatre).
Creative Team
Matt Saunders
Scenic DesignSarafina Bush
Costume DesignIsabella Byrd
Lighting DesignMikaal Sulaiman
Sound DesignGigi Buffington
Voice, Text & Dialect CoachAnn James
Intimacy Coach & Sensitivity SpecialistTilly Evans-Krueger
Movement CoordinatorEvan Cook
Additional Sound DesignJudy Henderson, CSA
CastingRachel Denise April
Production Stage ManagerStephen Michael Varnado
Assistant Stage ManagerCandi Adams PR
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Support for Evanston Salt Costs Climbing is provided by The Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation. Generous support for The New Group is provided by The Shubert Foundation and The Howard Gilman Foundation.
Evanston Salt Costs Climbing is supported in part by National Endowment for the Arts. The New Group’s productions are supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. The New Group’s productions are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature.
Production photography by Monique Carboni.
World Premiere Production Presented by White Heron Theatre Company, New Neighborhood, Jay Alix & Una Jackman and Rebecca Kitt Lynne Bolton & Rolin Jones, Artistic Director Michael Kopko, Managing Director
Evanston Salt Costs Climbing was developed at the 2017 Ojai Playwrights Conference: Robert Egan, Artistic Director/Producer