Roundabout Theatre Company celebrated the official opening of Alex Lubischer’s Bobbie Clearly in its Black Box space April 3. The comedy-about-a-tragedy, directed by Will Davis, is the second play in Roundabout Underground’s expanded two-play season.
In Bobbie Clearly, the eccentric residents of Milton, Nebraska, recount the story of how 14-year-old Bobbie shot dead another teenager in the middle of a cornfield.
Ethan Dubin (Rancho Viejo) plays the role of Bobbie. Completing the cast are Gabriel Brown (Love & Money) as Pete Pfeifer, Sasha Diamond (Signficant Other) as Meghan Gotschell, Crystal Finn (Kingdom Come) as Jane Welch, Marcus Ho (Three Trees) as Russ Scott, Christopher Innvar (110 in the Shade) as Stanley Welch, Tyler Lea (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time) as Eddie Welch, Talene Monahon (The Government Inspector) as Megan Currie, Brian Quijada (Oedipus El Rey) as Mitch Backes, Constance Shulman (Barbecue) as Darla London, and JD Taylor (The Last Match) as Derek Nelson.
Bobbie Clearly began performances March 8 in the Black Box Theatre in the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre. The limited engagement is scheduled through May 6.
Read reviews for the Off-Broadway premiere below:
The New York Times (Jesse Green)
Time Out New York (Helen Shaw)
Playbill will continue to update with reviews as they are published.
The creative team includes Arnulfo Maldonado (sets), Ásta Hostetter (costumes), Jen Schreiver (lighting), and Palmer Hefferan (sound).
