Barbecue

People talking to each other at a picnic in Barbecue.

The grill is hot, the beer is chilled and the table is set for a typical O’Mallery family barbecue. But when their drug-addicted sister Zippity Boom arrives strung-out and out of control, her siblings have finally had enough. Their ham-handed intervention ignites the fuse of this raucous and rollicking comedy that skewers our warped view of the American family.

Written by Robert O'Hara
Directed by Keiana Richàrd
Performed on Feb. 17-20, 22-24, Strub Theatre

Cast

Gillian Mozdy (White Barbara), Isabelle Rogerson (Lillie Anne), Sara Bunge (Adlean), Lottie Guidi (Marie), Henry Davies (James T), Maui Kai Malone (Black Movie Star Barbara), Morgan McClellan (Lillie Anne), Brooke Pegues (Adlean), Ashley Parkes (Marie), Tory Devon Smith (James T), Cole Cook (Voiceover)

Production Team

Director Keiana Richàrd, Assistant Director Tory Devon Smith, Stage Manager Isabella Lopez, Assistant Stage Manager Eden Ross, Scenic Designer Christopher Scott Murillo, Lighting Designer Karyn Lawrence, Costume Designer Lisa Lawrence, Sound Designer Andrew Tarr, Vocal and Dialect Coach Andrea Odinov, Dramaturg Arnab Banerji, Technical Director Jason Sheppard, Master Electrician Rob Hillig, Prop Master John Burton, Costume Shop Manager, Tammie N. Merhab Chavez, Scenic Design Assistants Layla Rainosek and Cate Chapman, Sound Board Operator Jake Zingg, Light Board Operator Kallen Klum, Running Crew Alexandria Bisanzio, Cora Cleary,Ashley Hsu, Daphne Lindell, and Kenneth Sambula, Backstage Work-study Brian Reyes, Madeline McHugh, Cate Chapman, Tori Fong, Niall Sulcher, Tremaine Hinds, Pietro, and Povi Martinez, Costume Workstudy Kelvin Rim, Lisa Lawrence, and Emmalyne Hvizdak, Student Scene Painters Maureen Beld, Nya Elder, Sandy Esperanza, Braden Holland, Isabella Lauritzen, Max Santopietro, and Rachel Slater

Special thanks to Bryant Keith Alexander and Katharine Noon.