In this inventive slapstick comedy, an individual celebrates their birthday alone, but is interrupted when a round, red, uninvited guest floats in. Using creative physicality, this play explores the power of friendship, showing that with a little imagination and acceptance, companionship is everywhere.
Estimated run time: 45 minutes
Recommended for all ages
Regular: $30 - $45
Student (Under 18 or with a Student ID): $24 - $36
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This relaxed performance includes modifications to accommodate those with sensory sensitivity and other needs. This performance is less formal and is supportive of those with sensory, communication, and learning needs. At no point will anyone be asked to leave due to sound, movement, or differing cognitive/developmental abilities. Audience members are welcome to step out and re-enter the theatre as needed. We also lower the show’s sound levels and leave the house lights on low so the audience is never in the dark.
Chris O'Connor is Mile Square Theatre’s founder and former Artistic Director. He is an Associate Professor and the Chair of the Molloy University/CAP21 BFA program. Recent directing projects include Billy Bishop Goes to War and Two Gentlemen of Verona at Franklin Stage Company. As Founding Artistic Director of MST he received an Award of Excellence from the New Jersey Theatre Alliance 2017. Chris produced 19 seasons for MST, including the Off-Broadway transfer of Erin Mallon’s The Net Will Appear. He directed over 30 plays at MST and has directed at theatres and universities across the country. As an actor he has performed Off-Broadway and regionally in such theatres as Seattle’s A Contemporary Theatre, The Culture Project, Soho Rep, The Ahmanson, Gloucester Stage, Provisional Theatre of Los Angeles, Maltz Jupiter Theatre, The Ohio Theatre, The Bathhouse Theatre, Seattle Children’s Theatre, and at City Theatre in Pittsburgh. TV credits include Magic City and Burn Notice, and he appears in the indie thriller Depraved. Upcoming projects; He will direct Good People at FSC this summer. Chris holds a BFA from Carnegie-Mellon University and an MFA from Rutgers University.
Andrew Baldwin is the Managing Director at Mile Square Theatre, where he has aided in the production of dozens of plays since 2013. His acting credits at MST include The Garden of Rikki Tikki Tavi, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, 12fth Night, A Year with Frog and Toad and Core Values. Other regional/national tour: Vanya & Sonia & Masha & Spike and Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Musical. New York credits: Scraps (The Flea), Romeo and Juliet (Columbia Stages), Dex!: A Killer Musical (FringeNYC), What We're Up Against, Bull (New Wave Theater Collective), Taming of the Cats (The Brick), O Walter, My Walter (COW Theatre), and 54: The Musical (Emerging Artists Theatre). Television: Law and Order: SVU, Wu-Tang: An American Saga, The Food That Built America. Education: BFA University of Miami.
John Meehan is an actor, writer and improviser. He’s a graduate of The Second City Hollywood Conservatory, Improv Olympic West and Pack Theater improv and sketch writing programs. He was a sketch comedy writer and performer for five years as part of Second City’s house ensembles where they produced a monthly sketch comedy show. He performed his one person show at the Rochester Fringe Festival and Solocom Festival held at The PIT in New York City.
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