Viv is the lead character in Lissa Brennan’s stunning new play, Hoard. Claire is the ‘hired help’ who has been employed by Viv’s daughter to clean up her mom’s house. And you guessed it, Viv’s a hoarder.
Starring off the WALL productions’ Executive Artistic Director Virginia Wall Gruenert and Associate Artistic Director Erika Cuenca, local playwright Lissa Brennan has crafted a story written precisely for these two actresses. Brennan says, “…I knew who I was writing for, so I knew not only their strengths but the things that they often got stuck doing because of type casting. I wanted to do something that was going to showcase, not only what everyone knows that they can do, but what I know that they can do, which is maybe a little less on the radar.”
Directed by Kira Simring, Artistic Director of Nancy Manocherian’s the cell theater in New York City with Brian Reager acting as Co-Director and Dramaturg, Hoard is a collaborative project with the New York-based production company. The show will open March 6th at off the WALL productions at Carnegie Stage with a three-week performance cycle, continuing on April 2nd in New York City for another three-week run.