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Untold Stories

Now at Chain Theatre, NYC

Tin Church

Inspired by recurring nightmares and an old Tin Church, Parrish weaves a sultry southern spell that begs the question, can the wheel of generational trauma ever truly stop spinning? Or are families destined to repeat life's tragedies again and again? 

The Magnolia smells sweet on the evening breeze, and then it falls and sours, like a secret kept too long.

 

Tin Church is an unsettling, Southern Gothic exploration of generational trauma and the secrets families keep. The dream and waking world collide in this intensely dark comedy where demons come out to play in the low country south. 

 

Mary (Marguerite Stimpson) is the oldest of three sisters. It seems she
has escaped her small southern town and the monotony of it all for the
big city life. 

Mildred (Virginia Wall Gruenert), her mother, has a successful marriage, a big family and an even larger front porch. She spends her days stirring up the sweet tea and gossip.

Younger sisters Linda ( Christina Perry) and Sue (Lilly Tobin) are well woven into the intricate quilt of secrets this family keeps. One remembers. The other spends her days and nights trying to forget. 

Through a maze of memories, letters, dreams and the waking world, Tin Church takes us on a thrilling psychological exploration of things unsaid. Is Mildred as perfect as she insists? Did Mary truly escape after all?
what is the secret that binds them?

Oct. 23 - Nov 23, 2024

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WHAT PEOPLE SAY

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Theatre Beyond Broadway

This production is unique - like the tiny tin church from grandma’s closet. It sparks your imagination and holds on to you. From the page to design to performance, the elements have come together to make something magical .

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Virginia Wall Gruenert rules the production as the cunning mother. Her presence dominates the stage as much as it dominates her daughters. Marguerite Stimpson as troubled Mary hits all the nuances of her character, drawing us in. Be prepared to enjoy.

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...in Robyne Parrish’s grim and haunting Tin Church, a nightmare awaits, big and bad as any wolf and capable of swallowing a body whole.

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Theatre Beyond Broadway

 Whether they’re in dreams or reality, the women are electric when they’re together...The balance and rhythm found in their scenes is a credit to the actors and writer/director Robyne Parrish alike.

Tin Church - off the WALL 2024 - Julie Skarratt Photography
Tin Church - off the WALL 2024 - Julie Skarratt Photography- cast & crew
Tin Church - off the WALL 2024 - Julie Skarratt Photography - Virginia Wall Gruenert
Tin Church - off the WALL 2024 - Julie Skarratt Photography - Robyne Parrish
Tin Church - Lilly Tobin, Christina Perry, Marguerite Stimpson
Tin Church - Lilly Tobin
Tin Church - Virginia Wall Gruenert - Marguerite Stimpson
Tin Church - Christina Perry
Tin Church - a new play

Tin Church - a new play

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Creator - Director
Robyne Parrish

Born in Ohio and raised in the Carolinas, Parrish has lived and worked as an Actor/Director/Playwright in NYC for the better part of twenty years. This is her first commissioned play and her first full length world premiere. Parrish and Off the Wall have a storied past, collaborating on multiple projects, notably Sarah Kane's 4.48 Psychosis, Andrea Lepcio's Looking for the Pony, and The Zero Hour by Madeline George.  Parrish cites she's been greatly influenced by playwrights Williams, Letts, McNally, Nottage, Shepard and Shanley, "I have a great deal of admiration for Shanley and have since my college years. I'd say Shanley was instrumental in making my childhood desire to be in New York a reality, by bringing the community into focus and allowing his characters to take huge risks and speak deep secret truths. As Actor/Playwrights, Tracy Letts and Sam Shepard always inspired me to embrace the multi-hyphenate within. They wrote rich and deeply emotional characters, like Nottage and McNally. And of course, Williams, a prolific southern Playwright who was known for using his familial relationships as inspiration for his storytelling." 

https://www.robyneparrish.com/

Meet The Cast

THE
TEAM

Producers
off the WALL              Hans H. Gruenert
Wall Stageworks        Erika Cuenca
ViVa Holding              Juliette Louste

 

 

Amelia Heastings - SM
Elizabeth Bays  - ASM (production)

Alex Magallanes - ASM (rehearsal)
Rafaella Rossi - Board Operator

Marie Laster - Scenic Designer

Juliette Louste - Lighting Designer

Farid Vargas - Sound Designer 

Adia Victoria - Original Music/composition

Jamibeth Margolis - Casting Director

Katie Rosin (Kampfire) - Publicity

Laura Irene Young - Marketing

Guðmundur Oddur Magnússon - Graphic Design

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