WHITE KNUCKLE

by Juan Ramirez, Jr.

Directed by g.d. kimble

Rafael has left rehab early for the funeral of his father and plans to run the family business. His brother Enrique wants to sell. Will he be able to get through the obstacles of purchasing his brother’s half of the business without taking a single drink?

THURSDAY MARCH 18th at 7pm

SATURDAY MARCH 20th at 7pm

Juan Ramirez, Jr. is a Borinquén-Chapín-Bronx playwright, monologist, director, screenwriter, filmmaker, poet and producer. His play Calling Puerto Rico is a Miranda Family Voces Latinx Finalist with Repertorio Español, 2020 BAPF Finalist and a recipient of the 2019 BRIO Award. Notable produced works include Ridin‘ Shotgun (Best Play Downtown Urban Arts Festival), The American Dream (NAV Playwrights Festival, BBTF), Wall (LaTea, Cimientos), Stroke of Madness (Ingenio Milagro, Cimientos) and Don Juan (Dixon Place). Semi-finalists include Jimmy’s Tab (2011 Princess Grace). His horror short Alone With My Demons won Inwood Art Works’ NYC Quarantine Film Festival’s Best Bronx Film. He’s a founder of The PlayPen Collective and R&R Productions with his fiancée Cristy Reynoso. www.JuanRamirezJr.com

G.D. Kimble is an actor, playwright and director. He is a native of Louisiana, where he was a founding member of both GreenDoor Productions and The Pass-The-Hat-Theatre, having served as artistic director of the latter. He is the author of numerous plays, debuting with Megiddo at Manhattan Repertory Theatre in September 2009. His play Two Irishmen Are Digging A Ditch opened the Neil Labute New Theater Festival and made its Off-Broadway debut in January 2016. In the summer of 2017, he opened The Gentrification Cycle in Los Angeles a double bill consisting of the west coast premiere of Jen Tries Vacation and the world premiere of Locomotive Repair In Three Easy Steps, which was nominated for the Inkwell’s Playwrights Promise Award for Best Play.

STARRING

Enrique: Alberto Bonilla* (Last Week Tonight With John Oliver (Recurring); The God Committee (starring Julia Stiles)

Rafael: Alexis Suarez (The Equalizer (CBS), Manifest (NBC)

La'Rae: Jamila Webb* (Superstore, A.P. Bio)

Joe: Thom Rivera* (New Girl, Lucifer, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Yale Rep),

Max: Marc Balfour (Too Many Moms, The Second Coming)

Guilia: Caroline L. Orlando (Chasing the River)

*We wish to express our gratitude to the Performers Unions: Actors’ Equity Association, American Guild of Musical Artists, American Guild of Variety Artists, SAG-AFTRA through Theatre Authority, Inc. for their cooperation in permitting the Artists to appear on this program.