HORSE TRADE THEATER GROUP
PRESENTS
THE BE COMPANY’S
WORKSHOP PRODUCTION OF

BLOOD POTATO

Written by James McManus
Directed by Jordan Young

JANUARY 28 - FEBRUARY 6
Thursday - Saturday
at 8pm

tickets: $15

In the impoverished world of ex-Steel town Donora, PA three brothers make a blood oath to escape by any means necessary. A story as gritty and moving as the place it depicts, Blood Potato explores how hope, family, and unrequited love are twisted by the crystal meth hurricane sweeping through small town America.

The mission of THE BE COMPANY is to tell stories. We are firm believers in better living through theatre and, to that end, strive to support new works and new voices. We gravitate toward stories that investigate the human condition and explore the lives of the unexamined. Theatre is a vital force, one that can open minds and bridge the fissures that fracture our society. We are writers, directors, actors, and lovers of the medium committed to bringing invigorating theatre to new and diverse audiences

The Cast and Crew
JAMES McMANUS (Playwright) Plays include: Over/Under, Blood Potato, Underground, Cherry Smoke, Bulldog Whiskey, Dorothy 6 and The Night They Drugged the Orange. His plays have been developed and performed at The Clockwork Theatre, Glass Umbrella Creative (Sydney), The Kennedy Center, New Dramatists, Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company, The Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Barebones Productions, The Irish Repertory Theatre, Lark Play Development Center, The Inkwell, Diverse City Theater Company and the August Wilson Center for African American Culture. James was the recipient of the 2006 Princess Grace Award in playwriting for Cherry Smoke, which is published by Samuel French.
JORDAN YOUNG (Director) Recent credits: Co-Op, a new musical comedy by Courtney Brooke Lauria and Matt Schatz, New York premiere of Neal Bell’s A Time Piece, world premiere of anton dudley’s Davy and Stu at Ensemble Studio Theatre. Recent workshops: Oh My!, a play about vibrators with music, puppets, and projections, by Maggie Surovell with music by Lily Maase and lyrics by Matt Schatz, Lake Water by Delaney Britt Brewer at EST, and Love Trapezoid by Matt Schatz for P73. Other collaborations include: Cap21, Youngblood, The Civilians, NYMF, and El Cabildo de Teatro in Santiago, Cuba. His work has also been seen at HERE Arts, The Public Theatre, IRT, Rattlestick, and The Brick Theatre. 2005-2006: EST Young Directors’ Residency. 2006 SSDC Traube Fellow. Member: Lincoln Center Directors’ Lab.
	Dashiell Eaves (Declan) – B’way: Coram Boy; The Lieutenant of Inishmore; James Joyce’s The Dead; 1776; The Sound of Music. Off- B’way/Regional: Killers and Other Family (Rattlestick); Becky Shaw (2nd Stage); Not Waving, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Street Scene (Williamstown); The Seven (La Jolla); Brendan (Huntington); The Dead, People Be Heard (Playwrights Horizons); Sons of Ulster... (Lincoln Center/Huntington); Hans Christian Andersen (A.C.T.); 25th...Spelling Bee (Barrington); STOMP. Film/TV: Arthur & The Invisibles III (dir. Luc Besson); Beloved (dir. Jonathan Demme); STOMPOUTLOUD (HBO); Law & Order: CI; Third Watch.
	Tro Shaw (Adrienne) is honored to be working with the BE company and the wonderful James McManus. Tro recently made her Broadway debut in "West Side Story" as jets tomboy, Anybodys. Regional credits include the Utah Shakespearean Festival, Williamstown Theater festival, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, and The Magic Theater (San Francisco). Tro holds a BFA in Acting from Carnegie Mellon. A special thanks to the late Milan Stitt for sparking the love of developing new works. www.troshaw.com
	Ryan King (Quinn): Off-Broadway: Deathbed (McGinn-Cazale/Apparition), Eurydice (Second Stage), The Intelligent Design of Jenny Chow (Atlantic Theater Co.), He’s Come to Take the Children Home (Atlantic Stage 2), Mountains in the Bering (Ensemble Studio Theater), Defiance (Manhattan Theater club). Other New York:End of Lines (59 East 59th), Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo (Lark Theater). International: Three Children (Hong Kong) Regional: Dying City (Hartford Stage), 33 Variations (La Jolla Playhouse), Medea/Macbeth/Cinderella (Yale Repertory Theater), also New York Stage and Film, Ensemble Co. for the Performing Arts, Voice and Vision, and five summers at the O’Neill Theater Conference. Film and TV: Law and Order: Criminal Intent, Guiding Light, Black Sea. Education: MFA Yale School of Drama
	Ethan Matthews (Fly) is a professional actor, director and producer in New York, Artistic Director of The BE Company and a private acting instructor. Acting credits: Swedish Rep opposite Emmy and Peabody Award winning comedian Paul Mecurio (HBO Sports), Francois Farcoisterand in … Barber Surgeons: (Studio 42: Peter J. Sharpe Theater at Playwrights Horizons); Aide/Int. Brigade Soldier (Replacement) in The 5th Column (The Mint Theater); Policeman/ u/s Martin Klemmer: Legends! Starring Joan Collins and Linda Evans (Pre- Broadway National Tour); Warren in Jacquelyn Reingold’s A Story About A Girl, Sir Andrew Aguecheek in Twelfth Night: (Colorado Shakespeare Festival), Davis in End’s Eve: The Feast of 2012 (NYC Fringe Festival-Outstanding Ensemble Cast Award.) and Readings with Primary Stages, The Mint Theater and Repertorio Espanol.
	Jessica Waxman (Nelly)--Jessica is thrilled to be working on a McManus piece. Graduating from Carnegie Mellon University in 08', she has recently been seen workshopping Hudsucker Proxy at Manhattan Theatre Club, and Pure Country at Playwrights Horizons. She appeared in 5 Paper Mill Playhouse productions, including the original cast of Children of Eden, as well as dancing on the MUNY stage during some hot summer nights. Thanks to the BE company! (oh...and mom and dad)