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WORK: A play

By Jeremy Mather, Lindsey Moore and Jeff Sproul
Directed by Lindsey Moore

April 28th-May 7th, Thursdays-Saturdays @8pm

Tickets: $15, $12 students/seniors

WORK: A Play is a multimedia comedy—incorporating live action and digital video shorts—about the PowerPointlessness of office life. Our heroes are the drones working away in a nameless department at
the sinister Ouroboros Corporation (“Riding you into the future!”). The head of the company has come to judge a presentation that the department has worked hard on (except for Mike, who hardly worked on it)…but what are his real intentions? Why do the interns have to wear spandex suits? What’s the deal with the bodies they keep finding in the company Dumpster? And what does the evil cackling coming from the CEO’s office mean? WORK: A Play will solve these mysteries, as well as teaching you how to behave at the company holiday party, explaining how a dead temp can go unnoticed for hours, and finally giving definitive etiquette rules for the workplace restroom.

	Jeremy Banks (ensemble) can be seen weekly in Accomplice: The Village and Accomplice: New York (www.accomplicetheshow.com) throughout the streets of New York. As an improv artist and comedian he has performed at The PIT, UCB, The Comedy Cellar, The Comedy Store, The Comedy Village, The Ha-Ha Hut, Improv Boston, and The Laugh Factory. Notable roles include Billy Ray Taylor in The Kentucy Goblin Siege, Oscar in The Odd Couple, Picasso in Picasso at the Lapin Agile, Stagehand in High School Musical 3, and Honda's Mr Opportunity.
	Alicia Barnatchez (ensemble) has performed improv and theatre in various venues around the city and can also be seen performing weekly with ComedySportz New York at the Broadway Comedy Club. This is her seventh show with No Tea; most recently she portrayed Geraldine Lankford in The Kentucy Goblin Siege.
	Jesse Bernath (ensemble) is an actor and musical theater performer who has appeared on stage and in short films including Indubitably Us and Exceptionally Something. He also appeared in No Tea’s productions of Liars and The Kentucy Goblin Siege.
	Sabrina Farhi (ensemble) has appeared recently in The Kentucky Goblin Siege, Poppycock, Liars, Plucking Failures Like Ripe Fruit, and The Artistical Process of Mark & Andy (all with No Tea Productions), LA 8AM (Renegade Redhead Productions), Viva Las Vegas (2009 Chester Horn Short Play Festival), ManEater (2008 Estrogenius Festival), The Trojan Women: A Love Story (Laurie Theatre), The Wake of Jamey Foster (Laurie Theatre), Murder on the Nile (Dorset Theatre Festival), The Rimers of Eldritch (Theatre Unplugged), and the short films Au Revoir, Malady & In Transit. www.sabrinafarhi.com
	Jeremy Mather (ensemble, writer) is a writer, filmmaker and comedian. No Tea's production of the farce Poppycock last season marked his debut as writer/director for the stage, and this is his eighth show collaborating with No Tea Productions, two of which (Already in Progress, Liars) he co-wrote in addition to acting. He's screened several short films at Sundance and has performed as a stand-up comedian.
	Michele McNally (ensemble) is an actress, recently having played the title role in No Tea's previous production, Poppycock, as well as Isabel Hellums in The Kentucy Goblin Siege. She can also be seen performing her original stand-up comedy at various venues around New York City. Visit actorwithabusinesscard.com for more information.
	Lindsey Moore (director, writer) is proud to be directing her seventh show for No Tea Productions, having previously directed The Kentucky Goblin Siege, Liars, Plucking Failures Like Ripe Fruit, The Artistical Process of Mark and Andy, Already in Progress, and The Pigeon that Cries in My Heart. The New York Times said that Liars was “staged so nicely by Lindsey Moore,” and the Austin Chronicle said of her production of Steve Martin’s WASP that she “wisely envisioned [the] work with restraint.” Lindsey founded No Tea Productions in 2006 with her husband, Jeff Sproul.
	Lisa Nussbaum (stage manager) is marking her seventh No Tea production, having assistant managed and puppeteered in The Kentucky Goblin Siege, co-stage managed Poppycock, assistant stage managed Liars, assistant directed Plucking Failures, stage-managed Mark and Andy, and co-produced video for Already in Progress. Lisa also heads The ‘Lab, a collaborative learning environment allowing members to experience all angles of video production. She is currently producing a documentary, Defending Marriage, which focuses on gay civil rights.
	Alexis Robbins (ensemble) was last seen in No Tea’s The Kentucky Goblin Siege and BSR’s all female production of Julius Caesar. Alexis earned her BFA from Boston University’s School of Theatre, and is also a graduate of Douglas Anderson School of the Arts. Some favorite credits: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Puck), The Beaux’ Stratagem (Cherry), Enchanted April (Lotty), The Rimers of Eldridge (Eva), Dancing at Lughnasa (Rose), Proof (Claire), The Imaginary Invalid (Louisa), and Wiley and the Harryman (Wiley), which appeared at the International Fringe in Edinburgh, Scotland.
	Jeff Sproul (ensemble, writer) is the Artistic Director and graphic designer for No Tea Productions. He has performed in each of No Tea’s previous shows, as well as having written The Kentucky Goblin Siege, The Artistical Process of Mark & Andy, various segments of Already in Progress, and “Evacuation Plan” from the show Liars. He has appeared in numerous stage productions in New York and Colorado, the independent films Flowers and Rehearsal, and the short films In Transit and Straphanger (both by Jeremy Mather). His next play will be an homage to the old 1930's sci-fi serials, as well as a psychological deconstruction of one's need to destroy the Earth via a giant ray gun.
	D. Robert Wolcheck (ensemble) has worked on or behind the stage on each of No Tea’s eight previous shows. Previous roles have included Dwight in The Kentucky Goblin Siege, Small Man in Harold Pinter's Request Stop, Man/Waiter/Doorman/ Cabbie in Daniel McCoy's Peek, and James/Robert/La-La in Christopher Durang's Nina in the Morning. Outside of No Tea, he has worked with Piper Theatre in Brooklyn. D. Robert also works as a photographer. drobertwolcheck.com

No Tea Productions (producer) exists as an outlet for creative expression, especially through original works, and to bring new voices to the independent theatre community. With each show we strive to be funny and entertaining, but also to always present a larger truth. No Tea was founded by Jeff Sproul and Lindsey Moore in 2006, and started its residency at Horse Trade in the 2008-2009 season. Richard Hinojosa of NYtheatre.com called No Tea “a company to look out for,” and Ethan Stanislawski of BlogCritics magazine said of New York theater that “if the show is a product of No Tea Productions, you'll almost certainly be entertained, and maybe even moved."