(NEW YORK CITY, 0FF BROADWAY) — MANHATTAN, NY — Jane Dubin and Blair Russell present the Colt Coeur (Adrienne Campbell-Holt, Founding Artistic Director; Heather Cohn, Executive Producer) production of Still by Lia Romeo and directed by Adrienne Campbell-Holt (Lucille Lortel Visionary Director Award-winner). Starring Melissa Gilbert (“Little House On The Prairie,” “Secrets & Lies”) and Mark Moses (“Desperate Housewives,” “Mad Men”), the 8-week return engagement begins performances January 28, 2025 at The Sheen Center for Thought & Culture’s Loreto Theater (18 Bleecker Street, NYC). The official opening night is Thursday, February 6 at 6:30PM. Tickets are available online at SheenCenter.org, by phone at 212-219-3132, or in-person at The Sheen Center box office Monday to Friday noon to 5PM and one hour before performances.
Thirty years ago, Helen and Mark broke up, but they never completely forgot one another. Now, they are getting a second chance at first love. Single, and frustrated with dating apps, they are ready to try again. But Mark has an agenda and Helen has a secret that could derail his plans. Still is a funny yet heart-wrenching story for anyone who has ever wondered “what if ?
“I’m so excited to be a part of this production of Still,” says Melissa Gilbert. “This play has such meaning for me. The core questions are absolutely vital to who we are and who we want to be as Americans. Can we put our differences aside for love? Is love enough?“
“This play is very personal for me,” says playwright Lia Romeo. “I was married to someone I cared deeply about, but we disagreed on some important issues. I found myself wondering what to do when you love someone, but you hate some of the things that person believes. I wrote the play to try to figure it out… and I didn’t, but I did realize that it’s a question that resonates with a lot of people. The world looks different – and scarier – now than when I first wrote Still, and I think the questions the play asks are even more important. Instead of responding with contempt when we disagree, how can we engage? Conversation is the only way to change minds, and I hope this play can be a piece of that conversation.”
Still features scenic design by Alexander Woodward, costume design by Barbara Bell,lighting design by Reza Behat,and sound design by Hidenori Nakajo. Stuart Metcalf is the production manager and Hillel Friedman and Rashad Chambers ofEvan Bernardin Productions are General Managers. Marketing and Advertising is by Table 7 Strategy, and casting is by Karie Koppel Casting.
This return engagement of Still follows a successful run at Vermont’s Dorset Theatre Festival in 2023, and its subsequent Off-Broadway premiere at the DR2 Theatre in Spring 2024.
LISTINGS INFORMATION: Still plays January 28 – March 23 at The Sheen Center for Thought & Culture’s Loreto Theater (18 Bleecker Street, NYC). The official opening night is Thursday, February 6 at 6:30PM. The regular performance schedule is Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday at 7:30PM; Friday at 6PM; with matinees Thursday at 2:30PM, and Saturday and Sunday at 3PM.Tickets, ranging from $39 – $99, are now available online at SheenCenter.org, by phone at 212-219-3132, or in-person at The Sheen Center box office Monday to Friday noon to 5PM and one hour before performances.
The COLT COEUR THEATER is a Brooklyn-based theatre company founded in 2010. Our original, story-driven, visceral theatre embraces the power of intimate live performance—it pulls you close and doesn’t let go. Our community of artists nurtures and invests in diverse perspectives to produce work that challenges the boundaries between tradition and experimentation. We embrace the ambivalence, terror and exhilaration of our time with theatre that is an antidote to the pervasive cultural illness of loneliness. We explore themes of coming-of-age, individual and collective identity, nostalgia and history, public versus private, love, lust, and loss. Through our unique collective process, every theatre artist—actor, playwright, designer—takes part in shared invention and collaborative creation; creating heart- and mind-opening audience experiences unlike any other. We nurture the next generation of theatre artists by providing access, education and a professional pipeline, while amplifying voices and perspectives that have historically been sidelined.
