Smother
A new comedy by Estee Stimler
Every daughter’s dream. Every daughter’s nightmare.
Life gets complicated when a rebellious daughter finds she has no choice but to let her dead mother guide her dating life.
A comedy about mothers, daughters… and how some mothers just can’t let go.
Starring: Michaela Stern (Oliver), Steven Serlin (Priscilla) and Sue Kelvin (Wicked). Directed by Scott Le Crass (Rose).
Produced by Lew Forman of Counterminers. Tsitsit Fringe Festival: Jews Write Funny.
The Last Will and Testament of Sheila Goodwin
An Immersive Play
Running time: 30 min.
An unhinged, immersive comedy where the family doesn’t stay civil, and the audience isn’t safe.
When the estranged children of Sheila Goodwin gather for the reading of her will, they expect jewellery, houses, and a yacht or two. What they get instead is total chaos, jaw-dropping revelations, and a very specific request involving their mother’s ashes. As secrets explode and the siblings spiral, the audience is dragged into the madness—becoming witnesses, sidekicks, and collateral damage in a no-holds-barred inheritance war.
With its blend of grotesque absurdity, family dysfunction, and full-throttle audience interaction, The Last Will and Testament of Sheila Goodwin is a laugh-out-loud theatrical free-for-all where no one escapes clean… not even the corpse.
Written by Estee Stimler
Directed by Rachel Creeger
Starring: Rachel Gaffin, Shai Forester, Em Lawrence, Sam Ebner-Landy, and Amy Cash
Produced by Echoes Theatre Company
Shiva at Wit’s End
A Play
Running time: 1 hour.
Two brothers find themselves grappling with the decision of whether to cremate or bury their late father, a delicate matter further complicated by their sister's deep-seated frustration with the younger brother's seeming aimlessness. Adding fuel to the fire is the intrusive presence of their yenta aunt and an unconventional rabbi who wants to test out his latest stand-up comedy routine.
Starring: Simon Lipkin (Oliver), Sue Kelvin (Wicked), Danny Becker (Operation Mincemeat), Rosie Yadid (Bad Jews), and Philip Simon (Shall I Compere Thee).
Directed by award-winning comedian and director Rachel Creeger.
Produced by Lew Forman- The Counterminers.
As part of the Tsitsit Jewish Fringe Festival and Jewish Book Week.
Change of Heart: The Cabaret
The Other Palace, London
Mon 24 February 2020 - Mon 2 March 2020
When a particularly British man who disdains musical theatre wakes up singing after a heart transplant, his wife discovers that he received the heart of a Broadway musical theatre actor. The Broadway actor was in London to make his name on the West End. Unfortunately, every show he was to star in never ran, due to lack of funding or just general bad taste. However, the night before the opening of his musical at the National Theatre, he mindlessly crossed Waterloo Bridge and was run over by a pedibus. The Change of Heart Cabaret showcases the songs from the most infamous of his musicals.
Cast:
Julie Atherton (Avenue Q)
Jason Denton (School of Rock)
Dominic Hodson (Beautiful)
Michael Vinsen (Hairspray)
Natalie Williams (Evita)
Charlotte Vaughan (Phantom of the Opera)
Creatives:
Estee Stimler (Book & Lyrics)
Yuval Havkin (Music)
Robert McWhir (Director)
Paul Morrissey (Producer)
‘The Attic: Because a Woman Should Know Her Place’
Union Theatre, London, October 1, 2020.
Cast:
Holly Dale Spencer (Matilda)
Jade Johnson (Book of Mormon)
Jason Denton (School of Rock)
Beth Woodcock (Bat Out of Hell)
Claire Learie (Our House)
Sinead Davies
(The Secret Garden)
Megan Jobling (Bad Girls)
Creatives:
Estee Stimler (Book and lyrics)
Ashley MA Walsh (Music)
Grace Taylor (Director)
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