Press - Doctor Cerberus

DOCTOR CERBERUS
World Premiere
by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
directed by Bart DeLorenzo
April 11 - May 2, 2010
Julianne Argyros Stage

In the suburbs of Washington, D.C. in the mid-1980s, 13-year-old Franklin Robertson is trying to survive. His parents don’t understand him. His older brother torments him non-stop. He’d rather write stories than go on dates. His great comfort comes from the horror movies he watches every Saturday night at midnight, on a black-and-white TV set in his basement, introduced by the enigmatic Dr. Cerberus. In fact, Franklin feels certain that Dr. Cerberus can save his misfit life—if only Franklin could get on his show. A coming-of-age comedy with a twist of terror, Doctor Cerberus is the latest from this “intelligent, compassionate writer” (Variety).

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Brett Ryback and Nike Doukas in rehearsal for the 2009 PPF reading of Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa's Doctor Cerberus, directed by Bart DeLorenzo. Photo by South Coast Repertory.		Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa. Photo courtesy of SCR.		Director Bart DeLorenzo. Photo by Henry DiRocco/SCR.

Matt McGrath, Steven Culp, Brett Ryback and Nike Doukas in rehearsal for the 2009 PPF reading of Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa's Doctor Cerberus, directed by Bart DeLorenzo. Photo by South Coast Repertory.		(l. to r.) Matt McGrath, Brett Ryback, Steven Culp, Lee Rosen and Nike Doukas in rehearsal for the 2009 PPF reading of Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa's Doctor Cerberus, directed by Bart DeLorenzo. Photo by Kevin Bohn/SCR.
Brett Ryback, Steven Culp and Lee Rosen in rehearsal for the 2009 PPF reading of Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa's Doctor Cerberus, directed by Bart DeLorenzo. Photo by Kevin Bohn/SCR.		Playwright Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and director Bart DeLorenzo in rehearsal for the 2009 PPF reading of Doctor Cerberus. Photo by Kevin Bohn/SCR.
(l. to r.) Playwright Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, director Bart DeLorenzo, Matt McGrath, Brett Ryback (obscured), Steven Culp and Lee Rosen in rehearsal for the 2009 PPF reading Doctor Cerberus. Photo by Kevin Bohn/SCR.		Brett Ryback and Matt McGrath in rehearsal for the 2009 PPF reading of Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa's Doctor Cerberus, directed by Bart DeLorenzo. Photo by Kevin Bohn/SCR.

Playwright Bio

Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa's play King of Shadows was featured as a NewSCRipts reading at SCR in 2007. His other plays include Good Boys and True, Based on a Totally True Story, The Mystery Plays and Dark Matters. For Marvel Comics, he is the Harvey Award-winning author of The Stand. Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa is currently writing a new book to the classic Charles Strouse/Lee Adams musical It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s SUPERMAN! and also writes for the HBO series “Big Love.”