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When a frustrated playwright and middle school theater teacher finds out his ex-girlfriend has started dating his nemesis, the school’s principal, he decides to ruin the principal’s chances of winning the Blue Ribbon of Academic Excellence.
+ MoreWhen a frustrated playwright and middle school theater teacher finds out his ex-girlfriend has started dating his nemesis, the school’s principal, he decides to ruin the principal’s chances of winning the Blue Ribbon of Academic Excellence.
In her colorful, constantly surprising feature debut, director Giselle Bonilla delivers a darkly funny, delightfully twisted ode to the inspirational power of spite. Alexander Heller’s screenplay offers a witty takedown of public school performance culture and riffs on the politics of the theater world as it follows Doug Leibowitz down his unhinged path for revenge and recognition.
Will Brill captivatingly embodies Doug’s stewing toxic resentment as his personal and professional torment transform him from an uncharismatic sad sack into a hilariously dastardly antihero. Brill’s bravura work is supported by veteran actors Rob Lowe and Gillian Jacobs as the couple whose relationship spurs Doug’s quest for revenge, as well as the spirited comic turns of the talented young performers portraying the eager middle school theater troupe he influences with his antics. — HZ
Available in person. Also available online for the public (January 29–February 1) and credentialed press and industry (January 28–February 1).
Eccles Theatre
Park City
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Rose Wagner Center
Salt Lake City
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Park City
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The Ray Theatre
Park City
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Giselle Bonilla
Alexander Heller
Rob Lowe
Greg Lauritano
Alexander Heller
Findlay Brown
Jordan Backhus
Gillian Bohrer
Jonathan Levine
Chris Quintos Cathcart
Tyler Boehm
Giselle Bonilla
David Duque-Estrada
Sean Calvano
Vince Jolivette
Jiarui Guo
Dan Reardon
Kyle Fox
Tu Do
Liz Toonkel
Al-e McWhorter
Mateo Nossa
Jennifer Eve
Chris Chandler
Devin Dulany
Jamie Ember
Will Brill
Gillian Jacobs
Rob Lowe
Greg Lauritano
greg.lauritano@gmail.com
Giselle Bonilla, an AFI Conservatory Directing MFA and Audi Fellowship recipient, earned major honors for The Bullfighter, including a DGA Student Film Award. A Sundance Ignite x Adobe Fellowship alum, she’s also received Latino Film Institute x Netflix, Telluride FilmLAB, and Frieze x Deutsche Bank Fellowships, and has a BFA from NYU Tisch.
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