The Way We Get By Neil LaBute
2econd Stage Theatre
Previews April 28, 2015 Opens May 12, 2015 – Closed June 21 2015
Meet Beth and Doug: two people who have no problems getting dates with their partners of choice. What they do have, however, is a very awkward encounter after spending one hot night together following a drunken wedding reception they attend. They wake up to a blurry morning where the rules of attraction, sex and society are waiting for them before their first cup of coffee, which leads them to ponder how much they really know about each other and how much they really care about what other people think. The Way We Get By is a play about love and lust and the whole damn thing.
Starring
Thomas Sadoski – Doug
Second Stage: Reckless, Becky Shaw (Lucille Lortel nomination), This Is Our Youth, Gemini, All This Intimacy. Broadway: reasons to be pretty (TONY, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, Drama League nominations), Other Desert Cities, The House of Blue Leaves. (Full Credits Below)
Amanda Seyfried – Beth
is best known for her starring role in the Golden Globe nominated musical film Mamma Mia! alongside Meryl Streep and for her role as “Cosette” in Tom Hooper’s Golden Globe winning Les Miserables. Most recently, Amandastarred in While We’re Young opposite of Ben Stiller and Naomi Watts.(Full Credits Below)
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Second Stage Theatre, Producer
Carole Rothman, Artistic Director
Neil LaBute, Playwright
Leigh Silverman, Director
Neil Patel, Set Designer
Matt Frey, Lighting Designer
Jill BC Du Boff, Sound Designer
Telsey + Company, Casting
William Cantler, Casting Director
Neil LaBute
Neil LaBute – born March 19, 1963 is an American film director, screenwriter and playwright. LaBute’s style is very language-oriented. His work is terse, rhythmic, and highly colloquial. His style bears similarity to one of his favorite playwrights, David Mamet. LaBute even shares some similar themes with Mamet including gender relations, political correctness, and masculinity. Some plays from the last couple of years.The Furies (2009), In a Forest, Dark and Deep (2011), Lovely Head & Other Plays (2013), Reasons to Be Happy (2013)
Thomas Sadoski
Second Stage: Reckless, Becky Shaw (Lucille Lortel nomination), This Is Our Youth, Gemini, All This Intimacy. Broadway: reasons to be pretty (TONY, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, Drama League nominations), Other Desert Cities, The House of Blue Leaves. Select Off-Broadway: Other Desert Cities (Obie Award, Lucille Lortel Award – Lincoln Center); As You Like It & The Tempest (Bridge Project – BAM/The Old Vic); reasons to be pretty (MCC) Stay, Where We’re Born (Rattlestick); The Mistakes Madeline Made (Naked Angels); Jump/Cut (Women’s Project), Select Regional: Santaland Diaries, The Waverly Gallery (Long Wharf); Moonlight & Magnolias (Alliance); Left (NY Stage & Film); The Skin of Our Teeth, Street Scene, Rodney’s Wife, Dissonance (Williamstown). SELECT FILM/TV: The “Law & Order†trifecta, “The Newsroom,†“The Slap,†Wild, I Smile Back, John Wick, Take Care, The New Twenty, Loser. He is a graduate of Circle In The Square Theater School
Amanda Seyfried
is best known for her starring role in the Golden Globe nominated musical film Mamma Mia! alongside Meryl Streep and for her role as “Cosette” in Tom Hooper’s Golden Globe winning Les Miserables. Most recently, Amandastarred in While We’re Young opposite of Ben Stiller and Naomi Watts. She will next be seen in in Seth MacFarland’s Ted 2 and Joe Wright’s original story of Peter Pan, Pan. Additional film credits include Fathers and Daughters, A Million Ways to Die in the West, Lovelace and Dear John. Additionally, Amanda is Givenchy’s Very Irresistible Ambassador and the spokesperson for the makeup and skincare brand Cle de Peau Beaute.
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