ILYSE ROBBINS

Tick, Tick... BOOM!

Umbrella Center for the Arts

*Critic's Picks

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Direction/Choreography:

Ilyse Robbins

Musical Direction: Jordan Oczkowski

Assistant Director: Joe Juknievich

Scenic Design: Erik D. Diaz

Lighting Design: Ben Rush

Sound Design: Alex Berg

Costume Design: Kelly Baker

Technical and Production Design: Carlie Nieman

Production Stage Manager: Shauwna Dias Grillo

Photo Credits: Jim Sabitus

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"Ilyse Robbins’ direction and choreography are the heartbeat of this production. Her staging of “Therapy” alone is worth the ticket price — the old-school telephone choreography is brilliantly executed and downright entertaining. Robbins keeps the small cast dynamic, using the space inventively to distinguish scenes and emotional beats.” – Kapiolani Kassal, Booked and Scene

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“Under the imaginative direction and choreography of Elliot Norton Award winner Ilyse Robbins, and featuring a trio of terrific actors – Johnny Shea as Jon, Vanessa Calantropo as Susan, and Anthony Pires Jr. as Michael – the production compellingly details Jon’s complicated life, sometimes delayed dreams, and eventual embrace of his chosen career path..”

 – R. Scott Reedy, BroadwayWorld

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“What Robbins and company have created is something vital and true, alive with the humor, hunger, and ache that defined Larson’s life and art. Tick, tick…BOOM! has always been about the fear of running out of time. Here, that fear yields to something more luminous: the sense that Larson still feels vividly, improbably alive.” – Chris Ehlers

 

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