Elizabeth Barrett, Christopher Imbrosciano, Jennifer Lines, Cadence Rush Quibell, and Marco Walker-Ng in Teenage Dick, 2023: set design by Parjad Sharifi; costume design by Christine Reimer; lighting design by Rebecca Picherack; photo by Moonrider Productions for the Arts Club Theatre Company
Presented by Arts Club Theatre

Teenage Dick

by Mike Lew

Teenage Dick

February 9 – March 5, 2023 | Newmont Stage at the BMO Theatre Centre

 

What do you get when the millennial teen comedy Mean Girls meets Shakespeare’s iconic Richard III? The deliciously witty Teenage Dick by Mike Lew.

Life at Roseland High School is less than ideal for 17-year-old outsider Richard Gloucester (Christopher Imbrosciano). Teased for his cerebral palsy—and oddly Shakespearean way of speaking—he makes it his mission to get revenge in the only way possible: running for senior class president. But as his determination to beat out the competition leads him down a terrifying path, Richard is faced with the ultimate decision between being feared or loved. Taking a modern stance on disability, status, and perception, this darkly comedic reimagining of Richard III, Shakespeare’s tale of power lust, asks what is at stake when we let our ambitions take over.

The production included two ancillary events — Crip Cabaret: A Reclamation! hosted by Amy Amantea on February 26, and the Disability Artists Market was held in the Newmont Stage atrium during select performances of Teenage Dick.

 

Presented by the Arts Club, in collaboration with Bard on the Beach and Glitch Theatre.

Christopher Imbrosciano as RICHARD GLOUCESTER

Elizabeth Barrett as CLARISSA DUKE

Cassandra Consiglio as ANNE MARGARET

Jennifer Lines as ELIZABETH YORK

Cadence Rush Quibell as BARBARA BUCKINGHAM

Marco Walker-Ng as EDDIE IVY

Director — Ashlie Corcoran

Assistant Director — Jennifer Burgmann

Apprentice Director — Hila Graf

Fight Director — Jonathan Hawley Purvis

Movement Director — Amanda Testini

Intimacy Coordinator — Michelle Thorne

Dramaturgy by Stephen Drover

 

Lighting Design by Rebecca Picherack

Set Design by Parjad Sharifi

Costume Design by Christine Reimer

Sound Design by Owen Belton

Projection Design by Caroline Maccaull, Sammy Chien, Jasmine Liaw

 

Stage Management by Jenny Kim

Assistant Stage Management by Jasmin Sandhu

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