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Running time: Approximately 2 hours with one 15 minute intermission
Dates to Note
$5 Night - Wednesday, September 7, 7:30 pm
Lowell Night - Wednesday, September 14, 7:30 pm
Commuity Conversations - Wednesdays, September 14, 21, 28
A panel discussion about civic engagement with Lowell Votes and Lowell High School
Ask the Artists - every Thursday
A post-show Q&A with the people responsible for putting the show together
Child Care - Saturday, September 24, 4:00 pm
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Creative Team
MRT: Debut Off-Broadway/New York: Diva’s I’ve Done (Upstairs at Studio 54), A Winter’s Tale Project (Village Theatre). Regional: A Christmas Carol (Actors Theatre of Louisville), The Christians (CTG), ZM (O’Neill Center), Comicon (ASCAP workshop), The Change (Dad’s Garage), Lobster Telephone (IO West), Dazed and the Wrestless (Second City). International: Grease, Into the Woods (Citadel Theater), I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change, Charlie’s Aunt (Mayfield Theater), Trojan Women, Honour (Shadow Theater). Film/Television: Voice over work on NBC’s Blindspot. Education: Grant MacEwan University (Canada). Other: Opened for Kenny Loggins at the Saban Theater and a West Coast and cross-country tour with band No Way North. Love to Josh.
MRT: Home of the Brave (Marianne), It’s A Wonderful Life (Lana Sherwood). Regional: Tall Girls (World Premiere), Spoon Lake Blues (World Premiere), Alliance Theatre; Bob: A Life in Five Acts, Geva Theatre; Romeo and Juliet (Juliet), As You Like It (Rosalind), Twelfth Night (Viola), Atlanta Shakespeare Company. Education: BFA, Savannah College of Art and Design. Other: 2015 Alliance Theatre Artistic Fellow; Co-founder of The Weird Sisters Theatre Project, a collective of female artists in Atlanta.
MRT: Debut. Off-Broadway/New York: 2 Household, 2 Assholes: Shakespeare’s R & J (Co-Created), Soho Playhouse; Frankie in Frankie, Irish Arts Center. Regional: One Man, Two Guvnors (Francis), Georgia Shakespeare Festival; A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Bottom), Actors Theatre of Louisville; Macbeth (Macduff), Nashville Shakespeare Festival; The Pillowman (Michael), The Studio Theatre; The 39 Steps (Clown), Geva Theatre. Film/Television: The Walking Dead, Cadillac Records, CBGB, Tennis Tips with Freddy Love, Yinz (2017). Education: B.A. Columbia College Chicago. M.F.A. University of Alabama/Alabama Shakespeare Festival’s Professional Actor Training Program. Other: Artistic Director of Nashville Story Garden. Love to Liz and Mabel. www.aaronmunoz.com
MRT: It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play Off-Broadway: The Hiding Place, 59E59; Lemonade, NYC Fringe. Regional: Come Back, Little Sheba, Awake and Sing!, The Seagull, Our Town, Huntington Theatre Company; Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play, Intimate Apparel, The Temperamentals, Animal Crackers, Lyric Stage Company; Rhinoceros, Windowmen, The Farm, Gary, Boston Playwrights’ Theatre; The Flick, Gloucester Stage Company; A Number, Pattern of Life, Lungs, The Kite Runner, New Repertory Theatre; A Future Perfect, Tribes, SpeakEasy Stage Company; Sila, Distracted, Underground Railway Theater; Shear Madness, Charles Playhouse; Love Person, 1001, The Aliens, The Last Days of Judas Iscariot, Company One. Education: BA in Theatre, Suffolk University. Other: 2016 IRNE Award, Best Actor in The Flick, 2015 Elliot Norton Award, Best Actor in Intimate Apparel; 2013 IRNE Award, Best Supporting Actor in Our Town.
MRT: The Realness. New York: Prospect, Boundless Theatre Co.; Dakota Atoll, Lark Theatre; Dunkfest ’88, P73; And If You Lose Your Way…, New Georges; Find and Sign, Naked Angels. Regional: A Christmas Carol, Hartford Stage; FLY, Cincinnati Playhouse, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis; How We Got On, B Street Theatre, Actors Theatre of Louisville Humana Festival; By The Way, Meet Vera Stark, Lyric Stage Co.; Cardboard Piano, Imaginary Music Critic Who Doesn’t Exist, The Solid Sand Below, Alligator, The Eugene O’Neill Memorial Theatre; Find and Sign, Much Ado About Nothing, Pioneer Theatre Co.; Othello, Commonwealth Shakespeare Co. TV/Film: Elementary; How To Win; New Millennium Studios: Blues in The Night, Troop 491. Other Selected Credits: The Threepenny Opera, Vieux Carre, The Lady From Dubuque, Blood Knot, Sally’s Rape (Director), Betrayal (Director). Education: M.F.A Brown University/Trinity Rep. Yale University. Terrell thanks God and his loving family for their support and commitment. @thetdsledge
Photos
45 Plays for 45 Presidents Photo Gallery
PR photos and production photos from MRT's 2016-17 Season production of 45 Plays for 45 Presidents.
Design credits:
Scenic design: Michael B. Raiford
Costume design: A. Lee Viliesis
Lighting design: Brian J. Lilienthal
Sound design: Stowe Nelson
Projections design: Ido Levran
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Video
Both endings!
Q&A with Director Sean Daniels
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VIDEO: Sean Daniels talks about the play
Reviews
Nashua Telegraph: "... there is much humor, surprising enlightenment and poignant moments in this crisply paced show... This is the most engaging civics lesson anyone will likely find, and I encourage all parents of older kids to consider bringing them. The history of the U.S. presidency ain’t pretty, but it is ours. And '45 Plays for 45 Presidents' is the best way to learn it."
Lowell Sun: "a high octane history lesson."
OnStage review: "I suggest you check out this intelligent, non-partisan production...this amusing, but thought-provoking production is just what we need to remind us that we are writing our history."
Lowell Sun preview article: "It's two months and a few days until Election Day...but Merrimack Repertory Theatre gives us the chance to vote early, plus enjoy a clever, fast-paced American history lesson with its season opener..." Read the full story