DANNY AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA
“An explosive, deeply affecting study of alienation and the redemptive power of love…a wrenching love story that swept through the downtown Circle in the Square last night like a tidal wave."
—NY Daily News
DANNY AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA
by JOHN PATRICK SHANLEY
Directed by MARK LEWIS
October 18 - November 4, 2017
The setting is a rundown bar in the Bronx, where two of society's rejects, Danny and Roberta, strike up a halting conversation over beer. He's a brooding, self-loathing young man who turns to violence over reason; she's a divorced, guilt-ridden woman whose troubled teenage son is now with her parents. Danny, nicknamed "the animal" by fellow truckers, seems incapable of tenderness, while Roberta is wary of men. Yet as their guard begins to lower and they choose to spend the night together, the possibility of a genuine relationship emerges - the first for both. There are no easy answers, but thanks to the playwright's compassion, both characters find a painful but real path toward exorcism, forgiveness, and the hope of a life beyond bitterness and loneliness.
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Rose Arredondo, a Native New Yorker, is proud to have been in the cast of John Leguizamo’s original play, The Other Americans, directed by Ruben Santiago Hudson, which just closed at the Arena Stage in November 2024. Prior to that, she could be seen as Francey Jones on CBS’s So Help Me Todd, and as Sheriff Valenti, on the WB’s Roswell New Mexico. Other television credits include Ava Duvernay’s When They See Us, and Mare of Easton, opposite Kate Winslet. She has enjoyed recurring roles on Ordinary Joe, Quantico, and Gone. She has also appeared on Equalizer, Blue Bloods, The Good Wife, Blindspot and Blacklist. Rosa’s theater credits include A Streetcar Named Desire (Broadway revival), Danny and the Deep Blue Sea (Sea Dog Theater’s revival) for which she received a Best Actress nomination, and I Walked Across the Ocean Floor, a one-woman show written by Rosa and later produced as a cinematic version. Other film credits include Still Alice, with Academy Award Winner Julianne Moore, and Baby Girl, by award-winning Director Macdara Vallely.
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Christopher is an actor and director in New York City. Recent acting credits include: The Waste Land: A Performance/Installation at FringeNYC, English World Premiere of Dirt in New York (59E59, 4th Street Theater), Edinburgh (Gilded Balloon), Vancouver (Pacific Theatre), Berlin (ETB), and London (Arcola Theatre). Recent Film: Ava (dir. Tate Taylor, opposite Jessica Chastain) Recent TV: Blue Bloods, Boardwalk Empire, Black List, Law & Order: SVU and Blindspot. BFA: Wheaton College, MFA: Southern Methodist University. www.christopherdomig.com
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Mark Lewis is the Director of Theater at Wheaton College in Illinois, where has been a professor since 1995. At Wheaton he has directed more than 50 plays and leads Workout, Wheaton’s 40-year old theater training ensemble. Prior to becoming a teacher, Mark was a professional actor in New York for fifteen years, and was active in regional theater and on television. Mark and his wife, the actress Mary Ellen Stuart, are the proud parents of five daughters, each adopted internationally.
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John Patrick Shanley is from the Bronx. He was thrown out of St. Helena’s kindergarten. He was banned from St. Anthony’s hot lunch program for life. He was expelled from Cardinal Spellman High School. He was placed on academic probation by New York University and instructed to appear before a tribunal if he wished to return. When asked why he had been treated in this way by all these institutions, he burst into tears and said he had no idea. Then he went into the United States Marine Corps. He did fine. He’s still doing okay.
Asst. Director/Stage Manager
Jenn Hibbs
Lighting Designer
Paul Hudson
Associate Lighting Designer
Lauren Miller
Scenic Designer
Devin August Petersen
Costume Designer
Emily White
Sound Designer
Lee Salevan
Hospitality/Audience Development
Whitney Bahr
Producer
Janelle Domig
Nominated for seven 2018 New York Innovative Theater Awards!
Rosa Arredondo - Outstanding Actress in a Lead Role
Christopher J. Domig - Outstanding Actor in a Lead Role
Mark Lewis - Outstanding Director
Paul Hudson - Outstanding Lighting Design
Devin Petersen - Outstanding Set Design
Lee Salevan - Outstanding Sound Design
Danny and the Deep Blue Sea - Outstanding Revival of a Play
WINNER
“Outstanding Director”
“Outstanding Revival of a Play”
"…the play is the equivalent of sitting at ringside watching a prize fight that concludes in a loving embrace."
—NY Times