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Brian MacDevitt to direct show at Studio Theatre

November 11, 2015 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Brian MacDevitt to direct show at Studio Theatre

Brian MacDevitt to stage Studio’s forthcoming Between Riverside and Crazy

From left, actor Frankie Faison, playwright Stephen Adly Guirgis and his dog, Papi, and newly minted director Brian MacDevitt. They are collaborating on Studio Theatre’s “Between Riverside and Crazy.” (Teddy Wolff)

To tackle the direction of a Pulitzer Prize-winning play, David Muse, the artistic head of Studio Theatre, had an illuminating thought: Why not ask a five-time Tony Award-winning lighting designer?

So in recruiting Brian MacDevitt to stage Studio’s forthcoming Between Riverside and Crazy, a seriocomedy that won playwright Stephen Adly Guirgis the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for drama, Muse is reaching out, intriguingly, beyond the usual suspects.

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