Photos by The Shaltzes

OLIVER PARKER! by Elizabeth Meriwether

Oliver is 17 and Jasper is 60. They are best friends. Oliver wants to get laid, and Jasper wants to help. Jasper wants to drink himself to death, and Oliver wants to save him. And they share a secret that could ruin them both... if it hasn't already.

directed by Evan Cabnet
with Johanna Day, John Larroquette, Monica Raymund and
      Michael Zegen

psm Charles M. Turner III, asm Courtney James
set Lauren Helpern, lights Ben Stanton, sound Zane Birdwell
costumes Jessica Shay, props Faye Armon

casting Calleri Casting, press Sam Rudy

May 9 - June 6, 2010
Tuesday - Saturday 8pm, Sunday 5pm
Cherry Lane Theatre

"Cabnet’s giddy but driving stageFARM production couldn’t be more optimal. Larroquette is a born physical comedian...Zegen expertly dispenses acid sass...Oliver Parker! is nasty, weird and uncomfortably funny, but only a bold talent like Meriwether could make it feel like coming home."
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TIME OUT NEW YORK - David Cote   critic's pick

"In the world Meriwether and Cabnet have created, laughter and shudders exist side by
side, often in the same moment...The deadpan Zegen is a marvelous presence onstage...A play about dead children and childhood diddling...shouldn't be so funny, but it's a testament to Meriwether's immense talent that she manages to make it so without offending the audience."
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BACKSTAGE   critic's pick

"Meriwether allows the play to let rip as a comedic roller-coaster through the grimmer sides of the characters' lives and psyches...The performers also enliven the production with a combination of zealousness and fearlessness. Larroquette delivers the script's frequent zingers with precision... Zegen's work is equally impressive...Day reveals surprising depths as the cougarish Willa."
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THEATERMANIA

"The 28-year-old Meriwether is something of a wunderkind on both coasts."
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VARIETY