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Cast
Maddie Sachs – Polly Lauder Tunney Sam Pearson – Gene Tunney Richard Henzel – George Bernard Shaw Casey Whisler – u/s Polly Lauder Tunney Connor Green – u/s Gene Tunney Bill Chamberlain – u/s George Bernard Shaw |
Production
Nick Sandys – Director Wendye Clarendon – Stage Manager Addoris Davis - Production Manager Abbie Reed – Scenic Designer Rachel Lambert – Costume Designer Diane Fairchild – Lighting Designer Christopher Kriz – Sound Designer and Original Music Isabella Noe – Properties Designer Ava Niemi - Assistant Stage Manage Charles Grippo - Producer Jay R. Tunney - Executive Producer Teressa Tunney - Executive Producer |
production photos: Anthony Robert LePenna
Reviews:
"The gloves are off with this World Premiere Main Event play; a direct hit in staging, lighting and performance." WGNRadio.net
"[D]irected to perfection by Nick Sandys." thirdcoastreview.com
"This drama, filled with a great deal of wit and comedy, is based upon Jay R. Tunney’s biography of his father, The Prizefighter and the Playwright. Weaving true events of their friendship together with humor and pathos, this production is a real delight.... Directed with his accustomed theatrical skill and humane sensitivity by award-winning actor, director and fight-choreographer, Nick Sandys, the story has a nice, easy flow." ChicagoTheatreReview.com
"Sharply directed by Nick Sandys, on a stage that is far from anything we have seen at Theater Wit ... Sandys, as always, is methodical in every step and each prop and lighting cue helps to move the story along." AroundTheTown.com
"[D]irector Nick Sandys, in deft and quiet touches, deserve[s] much credit for bringing Mr. Post’s play to the spotlight...." PickInSix/conversationswithedtracy.com
"The three performers in the play are Richard Henzel, Sam Pearson, and Maddie Sachs, who are all wonderful individually and together form a concert of exquisite genius on stage under the direction of Nick Sandys..." lifeandtimes.biz
"... the talented three-person cast under the expert direction of Nick Sandys." Hyde Park Herald
"[D]irected by Nick Sandys, ... Shaw vs. Tunney finally delivers as a keenly felt portrait of a seemingly unlikely friendship between two men (and one supportive woman whose role could be beefed up) who both saw in each other a vision of what a different path in life might have looked like, and loved and respected each other deeply." Chicago Reader
"The gloves are off with this World Premiere Main Event play; a direct hit in staging, lighting and performance." WGNRadio.net
"[D]irected to perfection by Nick Sandys." thirdcoastreview.com
"This drama, filled with a great deal of wit and comedy, is based upon Jay R. Tunney’s biography of his father, The Prizefighter and the Playwright. Weaving true events of their friendship together with humor and pathos, this production is a real delight.... Directed with his accustomed theatrical skill and humane sensitivity by award-winning actor, director and fight-choreographer, Nick Sandys, the story has a nice, easy flow." ChicagoTheatreReview.com
"Sharply directed by Nick Sandys, on a stage that is far from anything we have seen at Theater Wit ... Sandys, as always, is methodical in every step and each prop and lighting cue helps to move the story along." AroundTheTown.com
"[D]irector Nick Sandys, in deft and quiet touches, deserve[s] much credit for bringing Mr. Post’s play to the spotlight...." PickInSix/conversationswithedtracy.com
"The three performers in the play are Richard Henzel, Sam Pearson, and Maddie Sachs, who are all wonderful individually and together form a concert of exquisite genius on stage under the direction of Nick Sandys..." lifeandtimes.biz
"... the talented three-person cast under the expert direction of Nick Sandys." Hyde Park Herald
"[D]irected by Nick Sandys, ... Shaw vs. Tunney finally delivers as a keenly felt portrait of a seemingly unlikely friendship between two men (and one supportive woman whose role could be beefed up) who both saw in each other a vision of what a different path in life might have looked like, and loved and respected each other deeply." Chicago Reader