WORLD PREMIERE April 4 - May 4, 2008 Segerstrom Stage WHAT THEY HAVE by Kate Robin directed by Chris Fields The Playwrights Circle, Honorary Producer Corporate Producer Orange County Business Journal, Media Partner Approximately two hours and 15 minutes, with one intermission.

(l. to r.) Kevin Rahm, Nancy Bell, Matt Letscher and Marin Hinkle in Kate Robin's What They Have. Photo by Henry DiRocco/SCR.

“Powerful stuff” is what The Village Voice calls Kate Robin’s writing for the stage. In her latest play, she homes in on Hollywood and the L.A. scene — a world she knows well, as author of numerous “Six Feet Under” episodes. Connie and Jonas are a successful industry couple. Their friends Suzanne, a struggling painter, and Matt, a struggling musician, can’t afford to fix the roof. But stay tuned because in this funny, poignant and always truthful new play, lives can change in a heartbeat, and things aren’t necessarily what they seem.

Playwright:
Kate Robin's theater productions include Anon (Atlantic Theater Co., Echo Theater Co.), Intrigue With Faye (MCC, New York Stage & Film), Swimming In March (The Market Theater, winner IRNE Best Play of 2001), The Light Outside (The Flea), Bride Stripped Bare (ThreadWaxing Space) and Given Away (Playwrights Collective). Her plays have been developed at Manhattan Theatre Club, Playwrights Horizons, New York Theatre Workshop, The Eugene O'Neill National Playwrights Conference, JAW/West at Portland Stage and Ensemble Studio Theatre. Television and film include "Six Feet Under" (writer/supervising producer) and Coming Soon. She received the 2003 Princess Grace Statuette for playwriting and is an alumna of New Dramatists.

Recommendation and Resources:
This new play about two couples whose lives—and lifestyles—converge in ways that are both amusing and emotional contains a smattering of strong language. While there are many light-hearted moments, the couples must make some difficult choices. Mature high schoolers and above will find themselves very involved in the multi-layered plot and characters. What They Have contains strong language.

• ocregister.com - At SCR, 'What They Have' looks at Hollywood's rich and poor. Life and art intertwine in a new play by 'Six Feet Under' writer Kate Robin.

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