There’s more than one way to win the lotto. A U.S. Premiere Comedy!
Nathan Bush & Jared Sanz-Agero - Photo by John Lamb
Nathan Bush, Jared Sanz-Agero & Pamela Reckamp - Photo by John Lamb
Nathan Bush, Pamela Reckamp, Donna Weinsting & Jared Sanz-Agero - Photo by John Lamb
Pamela Reckamp & Nathan Bush - Photo by John Lamb
Nathan Bush & Jared Sanz-Agero - Photo by John Lamb
Don't you be messin' with my Euros
"The Miltown ménage à trois"
"There's more then one way to win the lotto!"
Nathan Bush & Jared Sanz-Agero, Pamela Reckamp & Donna Weinsting starring in "Chancers"
Scenic design by Margery & Peter Spack
Designer's research for set concept
Designer's research for set concept
Designer's research for set concept
Designer's research for set concept
Aiden’s bright and fully stocked store has no customers, a vagrant at the doorstep, and his family living in the back room while they rent their home to strangers. Pre-recession, Aiden expanded his empire and store count and spared no expense. After the foreclosures, the construction workers that once filled his stores were laid off, and no longer paying customers. The skeleton of the closed hot food bar hulks in the corner as daily reminder to Aiden that his store is slowly slipping away.
Beyond the brilliant colors and bright lights of the store, we see the fields and the town of Kildare, with its rich horse racing history and plenty of old money. But the view of the town as a quaint village is a thing of the past in a global economy. Tesco has permanently joined the landscape of rolling fields and high street shopping and Aiden is in denial of his certain future.
“Robert Massey has his finger on the jittery pulse of our cash strapped age” – Daily Telegraph
“A rollicking ride of gags and a blaze of action and belly laughs.” – Evening Herald
“..fast paced comedy, exceptional cast, comic delight, unforgettable” – The Irish Mail
Synopsis
Three ordinary people face ruin in the recession, but a teasing, tantalizing option could solve all their problems…a chance in a million, if only they have the guts to take it! A fast and furious comedy about the lengths we will go to when our backs are against the wall.
Aiden’s bright and fully stocked store has no customers, a vagrant at the doorstep, and his family living in the back room while they rent their home to strangers. Pre-recession, Aiden expanded his empire and store count and spared no expense.
After the foreclosures, the construction workers that once filled his stores were laid off, and no longer paying customers. The skeleton of the closed hot food bar hulks in the corner as a daily reminder to Aiden that his store is slowly slipping away.
Beyond the brilliant colors and bright lights of the store, we see the fields and the town of Kildare, with its rich horse racing history and plenty of old money. But the view of the town as a quaint village is a thing of the past in a global economy. Tesco has permanently joined the landscape of rolling fields and high street shopping and Aiden is in denial of his certain future.
Take a chance on “Chancers“, which premiered to great acclaim at the Viking Theatre in Dublin, in 2013 before touring the following year.
“Yet the way men live is so far removed from the way they ought to live that anyone who abandons what is for what should be pursues his downfall rather than his preservation; for a man who strives after goodness in all his acts is sure to come to ruin, since there are so many men who are not good.” The Prince, Niccolò Machiavelli
Cast
Nathan Bush – Aiden
Pamela Reckamp* – Dee
Donna Weinsting – Gertie
Jared Sanz-Agero – JP
*Member of Actor’s Equity Association
Production Staff
Sydnie Grosberg Ronga – Director
Chris Chi – Assistant to the Director
Kristin Rion – Stage Manager
Margery & Peter Spack – Set Designer
John Clark – Sound Designer
Rai Feltmann – Props Mistress
John Cameron Carter – Lighting Designer
Maxime Viau – Technical Director
Katy Keating – Dialect Coach
Jenna Lucas – Assistant Stage Manager
