THE TRUTH ABOUT SANTA
AN APOCALYPTIC HOLIDAY ROMP (WITH MUSIC) BY GREG KOTIS
DIRECTED BY ILANA BECKER
ARRANGEMENTS AND MUSIC DIRECTION BY STEVEN GROSS
PRESENTED BY THEATER OF THE APES AND THE TANK
DEC 5 - 20, 2018
ABOUT THE SHOW
This Christmas, Santa will reveal his true self…
Many people think they know the truth about Santa, but they are wrong. Ho ho ho, children! Santa has some shocking unadvertised powers, a couple of half-mortal offspring his wife hasn’t found out about yet, and a lot on his mind. He’s tired of those damn singing elves. He’s tired of the lies. This is the Christmas Santa will reveal his true self. Prepare for the Ragnarök, urm, SANTA CLAUS' RETURN TO OFF-OFF-BROADWAY. Presented by Theater of the Apes and The Tank.
PRESS
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CAST (IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE)
Milo Kotis
Kiet Tai Cao*
Arthur Aulisi*
Polly Lee*
Nina Watson
Cy Rowan
David Carl*
Ayun Halliday
*Equity member appearing with permission of Actors’ Equity Association without benefit of an Equity contract in this Off-Off Broadway production. THE TRUTH ABOUT SANTA was an AEA approved showcase production.
CREATIVE TEAM
Christopher & Justin Swader – Set Design
Christina Watanabe – Lighting Design
Elizabeth M. Stewart – Assistant Lighting Designer
Emma Wilk – Sound Design
Whitney Locher – Costume Design
Jess Gersz – Assistant Costume Designer
Emily Penick – Fight Choreographer
Christian Robeson – Technical Director and Master Electrician
Pat Harnett-Marshall – Production Stage Manager
Felcity McKenna – Assistant Stage Manager
Jaki Silver – Line Producer
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Greg Kotis (Playwright) is the author of many plays and musicals including Urinetown (Book/Lyrics), The Sting (Lyrics), Lunchtime, Give the People What They Want, Michael von Siebenburg Melts Through the Floorboards, Yeast Nation (Book/Lyrics), Pig Farm, Eat the Taste, and Jobey and Katherine. Future projects include ZM, an original musical about teenaged fast-food workers trying to survive a zombie plague. Greg co-founded Theater of The Apes with his wife Ayun Halliday, and is a member of the Neo-Futurists, the Cardiff Giant Theater Company, ASCAP, and the Dramatists Guild. He grew up in Wellfleet, Massachusetts, where he celebrated Christmas with his secular Jewish family, and now lives in New York City where he waits each year for Santa’s return.
Ilana Becker (Director) is a director and producer specializing in new play and musical development, community-driven projects, and arts education. She is a member of The WP Theater Producers Lab, The Civilians R&D Group, Lincoln Center Theater Directors Lab, DirectorsLabChicago, Fresh Ground Peppers PlayGroup, a Playwrights Horizons Robert Moss Directing Fellow, and an Emerging Leader of NY Arts Fellow. Ilana is Artistic Director of Argument Sessions, a series of immersive events weaving SCOTUS transcripts with collaboratively developed original material. She returns to New York after a year at Company of Fools/Sun Valley Center for the Arts, where she directed Life Sucks, Bright Half Life, and Striking 12, and developed Pal by Tasha Gordon-Solmon and a commissioned TYA short musical by Maggie-Kate Coleman and Erato Kremmyda. www.ilanabecker.com
Theater of the Apes is the producing wing of Kotis, Kotis, Kotis and Halliday. Dedicated to low ticket prices and original theatrical oddities the Big Gorillas dare not touch. www.theater-of-the-apes.com