Under Thirty

Chapter One

As Bees in Honey Drown

Douglas Carter Beane

For Mom



As Bees in Honey Drown was developed at the Drama Department. As far as I can tell, all forty members did at least a reading of it and I can't thank them enough. It was also read at Portland Stage when Greg Leaming was at the helm with the following cast:

alexa Kristin Nielson

evan Bo Foxworth

photographer, et al. Jeff Hayenga

ronald, et al. Kevin Geer

amber, et al. Kim Daykin

waiter, et al. Lisa Benevides

and I can't thank them enough either. It was then workshopped at the late lamented Sundance Playwrights Festival when Jerry Patch was at the helm. (Is there a curse on this play for the artistic directors that choose it?) Anyway I thank them, but not enough.

The play's first production was by the Drama Department, where I am artistic director (hey, wait a minute). It opened June 19, 1997, at the Greenwich House. Directed by Mark Brokaw, sets by Alan Moyer, costumes by Jonathan Bixby, lights by Kenneth Posner, sound by David Van Tiegham. James FitzSimmons was the Stage ... read full excerpt from: Under Thirty ebook