Show Overview
By Jane Wagner
for Lily Tomlin
LNT's production will star Maura O'Brien and Stoph Scheer!
Thanks to everyone who came out for this stellar show!
The last performance was 2pm Sunday, June 14.
Drama Critics and Tony-Award Winner!
“A human comedy that strikes home so sharply it brings gasps of recognition as well as outbursts of laughter.” – Newsweek
Intimate. Infamous. Incorrigible.
Through the eyes of a lovable, eccentric sharp-witted “bag lady” with a heart as vast as the cosmos she ponders, Wagner weaves a rich tapestry of interconnected stories.
Full of a host of quirky characters, Search for Signs celebrates a mosaic of humanity in all its beauty, chaos, and contradiction, revealing the invisible threads that connect us all!
"The most striking aspect of Jane Wagner and Lily Tomlin's "The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe," is the warmth given off by the show itself. Cruel humor is easy; it's harder to mine laughter from the human comedy without using the handy weapon of contempt. There's something magical about a show that can bring you to tears of laughter and sympathy at virtually the same moment." - Variety
"Bluntly presents stories of suicide, prostitution, rape, abuse, disillusion and disappointment. But it does so in a way that doesn’t just make us laugh; it offers a way to hope. - NY Theater
"Glorious, touching, witty, funny. All things a show ought to be" - Story Graph
“A true goosebump experience” - The New York Times
“Makes you laugh until you hurt.” – WABC TV
Production Team
directed by Kim Bent
scenic design: John Paul Delvin
lighting & projections design: Avi Sheehan
costume design: Jessica Della Pepa
sound design: Andrew Vachon
production stage management: Anna Blackburn
featuring:
Maura O'Brien and Stoph Scheer
Scoop Info
So many characters! All played by Maura and Stoph!
Trudy - who communicates with the aliens and the cosmos
Agnes - The Punk Rocker
Chrissy - The Aerobic Instructor.
Brandy & Tina, and The Farm Wife.
Lyn & Lud & Bob & Paul, & Margie & Edie and So many more characters make up this exhilarating production!
READ THE FULL STORY HERE
Buzz Info
"People love the play because it's not judgmental. It's totally forgiving. There's no ridicule in it whatsoever, but it's satiric. Even me doing all the parts, that's part of the metaphor, one person embodying all these people. All of us being one, all of us being connected, all of us being a part of each other. That's Jane Wagner's gift, to tap what's noble in us rather than what is base."
- Lily Tomlin
Check out the feature on the show in the Times Argus
Get a Sneak Peek into the artwork & artist: Jason G Mallery - on display in our Lobby Gallery during the show.
Media Info
Maura & Stoph!
See more pics HERE