ELEMENO PEA by Molly Smith Metzler directed by Marc Masterson West Coast Premiere January 27 - February 26, 2012 Segerstrom Stage
It's just after Labor Day, and Martha's Vineyard has started emptying out, but you can still smell the suntan lotion (the expensive kind). And the expensive life is just what Simone is living these days, as personal assistant to Michaela Kell, trophy wife of an absurdly rich (and often absent) New York ad man. When Simone's older sister, a social worker from blue collar Buffalo, comes to visit, lifestyles—and worlds—collide. This keenly observed comedy about class, family and the choices that shape who we are unfolds in real time, fast, furious and funny.
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Playwright Bio
Molly Smith Metzler was recently represented at the 2011 Humana Festival at Actors Theatre of Louisville with the premiere of Elemeno Pea. Next season, her play Close Up Space will premiere at Manhattan Theatre Club, starring David Hyde Pierce. Her plays—which include Training Wisteria and Carve—have been developed by Manhattan Theatre Club 7@7, Playwrights Horizons, The O'Neill Theater Center, Ars Nova, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Chautauqua Theater Company, Summer Play Festival (SPF), Cherry Lane Mentor Project, hotINK, London's Tristan Bates Theatre, Boston Playwrights' Theatre and the Kennedy Center, where she was the recipient of three KCACTF Awards (The Kennedy Center National Student Playwriting Award, The Mark Twain Comedy Award and The David Mark Cohen Award). Ms. Metzler is a member of EST, the Ars Nova Play Group and Primary Stages Writing Group; she has been in residence at New River Dramatists, Montana Rep, Williamstown and Hedgebrook. She holds an MFA from Tisch and is a recent graduate of The Juilliard School, where she was a two-time recipient of the LeComte du Nuoy Prize from Lincoln Center.
