WORLD premiere
WRITTEN BY MICHAEL PERLMAN. PRODUCED BY broken nose theatre.

FEBRUARY - MARCH 2016 @ THE DEN THEATRE

Highly Recommended! An approachable, insightful, and charming production. I enjoyed every minute of it...
— Brianna Kratz, Third Coast Review

Newly single after a break-up that caught her off-guard, Sam realizes that her now-ex-boyfriend of five years was the only guy she’d ever known… in the biblical sense. For so long, she had placed sex on a pedestal, only to now find herself alone. In a crappy apartment. In a new city. The key to breaking out and moving on? Kick over the pedestal. A PHASE is a hilarious World Premiere that takes the well-worn tropes of the “girl finds fulfillment in a man” story and flips them on their ear, as Sam explores sex as a way of regaining control of her life.

Spenser Davis’s direction for Broken Nose Theatre is clever and efficient, and so are the performances... The dialogue is buoyant...
— Tony Adler, Chicago Reader
Captures exactly how people talk to the point that it occasionally feels like you’re eavesdropping on the conversations happening onstage.
— J.R. Pierce, Chicago Stage Standard

CAST:
Sam | E.M. DAVIS
Mom | SHARIBA RIVERS
Jeff | DENNIS BISTO
Zack | DAVID WEISS
Emilio | DAGO SOTO
Gabe | ANDREW CUTLER
Sam u/s | JULIANA BRECHER
Mom u/s | AMY SUNSHINE
Jeff u/s | RICHARD EISLOEFFEL
Zack u/s | EVAN SESEK
Emilio u/s | JOSH SERVANTEZ
Gabe u/s | J.T. NAGLE

CREATIVE TEAM:
E.M. DAVIS | Playwright
SPENSER DAVIS | Director, Co-Scenic & Co-Projections
DAVID WEISS | Dramaturg & Co-Projections
CAITLIN BOYLAN | Production Manager
ROSE HAMILL | Stage Manager
SAM BROWNSON | Sound Designer & Original Music
IVY REID | Lighting Designer
ANTHONY VENTURINI | Co-Scenic Designer & Scenic Painter
TAYLOR HORST | Costume Designer