a political thriller EXTENDED FOR 4 MORE PERFORMANCES: World Premiere #64:
written by Christina Gorman
directed by M. Graham Smith
Produced in: 2019
Aug 22, 23, 24 & 25!
A Shared World Premiere with Luna Stage
“If the government can access our information, they can get to you, they can get to a CEO; they can get to a Presidential candidate. What’s being collected and stored is not information; it’s leverage.”
Could you still love your partner if she followed her conscience but kept you in the dark? A long-time couple confronts questions that they never thought to ask as their marriage collides with national security.
#MyWifeIsAWhistleBlower
Production Sponsor: Kathleen Kahn
A Shared World Premiere with Luna Stage, West Orange, NJ
Roan @ The Gates received a developmental workshop at the Alley Theatre, Houston, TX
SF Chronicle Datebook Theater Pick
Lauren Hayes- Roan
Jeunée Simon*- Nat
Stage management: Michelle Chesley
Assistant director: Omar Stewart
Dramaturge: Molly Conway
Costume design: Tammy Berlin
Lighting design: Gary Graves
Prop design: Debbie Shelley
Sound design: Gregory Scharpen
*member AEA
Roan (Lauren Hayes-l), an NSA analyst, can’t discuss the details of her work with her wife, Nat (Jeunée Simon*-r). Then the news reports begin.
#MyWifeIsAWhistleBlower
Roan (Lauren Hayes-l) is an NSA analyst who is unable to discuss any of her work details with her wife, Nat (Jeunée Simon*-r), a civil rights attorney. When Roan turns whistleblower, their lives are thrown into turmoil.
#MyWifeIsAWhistleBlower
(Left to right): Roan (Lauren Hayes) is an NSA analyst and her wife, Nat (Jeunée Simon*), is a civil rights attorney. Could you still love your partner if she followed her conscience but kept you in the dark?
#MyWifeIsAWhistleBlower
Roan (Lauren Hayes-r) is an NSA analyst and her wife, Nat (Jeunée Simon*-l), is a civil rights attorney. When Roan turns whistleblower their lives and their relationship get thrown into turmoil. Could you still love your partner if she followed her conscience but kept you in the dark?
#MyWifeIsAWhistleBlower
Jean Schiffman in SF Arts Monthly
SF Chronicle Datebook Theater Pick
East Bay Express Editor’s Pick
“A sharply-written, taut and fraught two-hander…Roan @ The Gates manages to keep ratcheting up the dramatic tension” -G. Heymont, My Cultural Landscape
“This riveting play is well-directed…and features two excellent actresses” -C. Benet, The Arc
“Roan@The Gates makes us question what it means to be moral and to be loyal … Gorman takes us step by step, dramatically, to enlightenment” -B. Horwitz, Theatrius
“The actors…are focused and energetic, fully inhabiting their characters” -P. Thomas, Talkin’ Broadway
The “bracingly intimate 50-seat space…helps build a visceral bond between audience and performer that feels especially apt for a play that examines how we maintain human connection in our virtual, data-saturated world.” -J. Munson, Broadway World
“Gorman offers a fast-paced and exhilarating text [and]…the production is deeply thought provoking” -B. Fay, Daily Cal
“…[M. Graham] Smith and the actors beautifully realize Gorman’s clever staging concepts, and their Edward Snowden-like, no-way-out dilemma resonates. And Gorman gets the ending just right.” -J. Schiffman, SF Examiner