  
ABOUT THE PLAY
 From the author of InterAct’s #1 best-selling play, PERMANENT COLLECTION, comes an enthralling new drama inspired by one of the most fascinating moments in American history. Based on the 19th century Oneida Community of upstate New York, SILVERHILL is a play about innocence lost — but not by an individual so much as a community, and by extension, American society as a whole. Silverhill is a Self-supporting Christian community that openly and successfully practices complex marriage and the communal sharing of wealth under the spiritual leadership of its charismatic founder. But when one young member introduces the idea that Silverhill should abandon communism and become a corporation, the capitalist spirit threatens to shatter the community’s peaceful utopia.
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PRODUCTION PHOTOS
Dan Hodge (as Frank) and Christopher Coucill (as Alden). Photo by Seth Rozin.
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Jessica DalCanton (as Tirzah)
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Dan Hodge (as Frank).
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Pierce Cravens (as Howard), Tim Moyer (as Erastus), Christopher Coucill (as Alden), Dan Hodge (as Frank), Mary Tuomanen (as Annie) and Nancy Boykin (as Kate). |
Mary Tuomanen (as Annie), Nancy Boykin (as Kate), Jessica DalCanton
(as Tirzah), and Dan Hodge (as Frank).
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Tim Moyer (as Erastus), Christopher Coucill (as Alden) and Nancy Boykin (as Kate). Photo by Seth Rozin. |
Dan Hodge (as Frank), Mary Tuomanen (as Annie), Pierce Cravens (as Howard) and Jessica DalCanton (as Tirzah). Photo by Seth Rozin.
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Christopher Coucill (as Alden), Tim Moyer (as Erastus), Pierce Cravens (as Howard), Dan Hodge (as Frank), Mary Tuomanen (as Annie) and Nancy Boykin (as Kate). Photo by Seth Rozin
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REVIEWS
ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT
has written numerous plays, including seven that have made their World Premiere at InterAct: PRETENDING TO AMERICA, 6221, AXIS SALLY, BLACK RUSSIAN, BEE-LUTHER-HATCHEE, PERMANENT COLLECTION, and A HOUSE WITH NO WALLS. Other plays include THE EXHIBITION and HOMER. His plays have been seen at the National Playwrights Conference at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center, off-off-Broadway at Blue Heron Theatre, Northlight Theatre, Florida Stage, Unicorn Theatre, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, New Repertory Theatre, Arizona Theatre Company, Center Stage, Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati, Kirk Douglas Theatre, Aurora Theatre, and others. He is the recipient of seven playwriting fellowships from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a Roger L. Stevens Award from The Fund for New American Plays, two Barrymore Awards for Outstanding New Play, an NAACP Theatre Award, a Barrie and Bernice Stavis Playwriting Award, and a Pew Fellowship in the Arts.
Talking With... Thomas Gibbons
Read an interview with the playwright of SILVERHILL
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
co-founded InterAct Theatre Company in 1988, and has since served as Producing Artistic Director. He has directed over 40 productions for InterAct, including Israel Horovitz's LEBENSRAUM (1999 Barrymore Awards for Outstanding Direction of a Play, Outstanding Overall Production of a Play, and Outstanding Ensemble), IT'S ALL TRUE (2001 Barrymore nominations for Outstanding Director and Outstanding Overall Production), and PERMANENT COLLECTION (2004 Barrymore nomination for Outstanding Overall Production). He has twice been named "Best Director" by the Philadelphia Inquirer for the world premiere of Thomas Gibbons' 6221 in 1993 and for LEBENSRAUM. Other notable productions with InterAct include the world premieres of Thomas Gibbons' BEE-LUTHER-HATCHEE, BLACK RUSSIAN and A HOUSE WITH NO WALLS and the Philadelphia premieres of SKIN IN FLAMES, BLUE/ORANGE, NIXON'S NIXON, AUNT DAN AND LEMON, LONELY PLANET, SEASCAPE, and GOD'S COUNTRY. Seth has also directed for the Fountain Theatre in Los Angeles, Blue Heron Theatre and the 45th Street Theatre in New York, as well as regionally with Act II Playhouse, Venture Theatre, Philadelphia Theatre Company, Philadelphia Young Playwrights Festival, and the University of Pennsylvania. As a playwright, Seth is the recipient of two fellowships from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, as well as The Smith Prize for his play BLACK GOLD. MEN OF STONE and MISSING LINK garnered Barrymore Award nominations for Outstanding New Play in 2001 and 2002, respectively. Seth has served on funding and/or award panels for the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, New Jersey State Council on the Arts, Philadelphia Theatre Initiative, Philadelphia Cultural Fund, Philadelphia Fringe Festival, Theatre Communications Group, and the F. Otto Haas Award for an Emerging Philadelphia Theatre Artist. He has served on the Boards of the Women's Theatre Festival, Theatre Alliance of Greater Philadelphia, New Paradise Laboratories, Fresh Visions Youth Theatre, and the National New Play Network (for which he served as Chair from 2002-2006).
Read an interview with the director of SILVERHILL
ABOUT THE CAST
returns to InterAct where she was last seen in REINVENTING EDEN and GOD OF DESIRE. She has also appeared at the Wilma (LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSES, RAW BOYS), Act II Playhouse (ALARMS AND EXCURSIONS), Hedgerow (DRIVING MISS DAISY), and the Arden (THE DEAD, TWELFTH NIGHT). Nancy's regional and New York credits include The Long Wharf, New York Shakespeare Festival, The Alley, Arena Stage, Cincinnati Playhouse and Interact Theater (L.A.) where she won the L.A. Drama Critics Circle Award as ‘Juno’ in JUNO AND THE PAYCOCK. Next spring Nancy returns to the Arden in SUPERIOR DONUTS.
marks his 18th production and his fifth Thomas Gibbons premiere at InterAct , having also appeared in BLACK RUSSIAN, BEE-LUTHER-HATCHEE, PERMANENT COLLECTION, and A HOUSE WITH NO WALLS. Tim's other InterAct credits include THE WAR PARTY, BLACK GOLD, REINVENTING EDEN, BLUE/ORANGE (also at Act II Playhouse), and NIXON'S NIXON (also at Act II, to name just a few. Tim also served as director for InterAct's production of MAN MEASURES MAN. Elsewhere, Tim has appeared in HAMLET and HENRY IV at Lantern Theatre, PICNIC and BUS STOP at Montgomery Theatre. He has also done the "Gus" thing for the PA Lottery.
returns to InterAct after appearing in HOUSE, DIVIDED in 2007. Since then he has worked on a number of exciting projects, including GRACE, OR THE ART OF CLIMBING (Nice People Theatre Company), TRAVELS WITH MY AUNT (Walnut), AN EVENING WITHOUT WOODY ALLEN (1812), WOYZECK (EgoPo), ABSURD PERSON SINGULAR (Bristol Riverside Theatre), COMPLEAT WRKS OF WLLM SHKSPR (ABRIDGED) (Theatre Horizon), and HAMLET (Lantern). In two seasons with the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival, Dan was featured in KING LEAR and THE WINTER'S TALE and traveled to Two River Theatre Co. to appear as a Weird Sister in MACBETH for Aaron Posner and Teller. With Theatre Exile; MR. MARMALADE and GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS which took the 2007 Barrymore Award for Best Ensemble. He is the Co-Founding Artistic Director of the Philadelphia Artists’ Collective and directed John Webster’s THE DUCHESS OF MALFI this fall.
makes her InterAct debut in SILVERHILL after spending the past year working as an actress in L.A. Jessica's recent stage credits include Catherine in THE FOREIGNER (CCPA, CA), Gabriella in the post-Broadway premiere of BOEING BOEING (Act II), Thea in HEDDA GABLER (Mauckingbird Theatre Co.), Medea in MEDEA (Odeon, Greece), Anna in NECROPOLIS (Prague Fringe), and Elvira in BLYTHE SPIRIT (Maples Repertory Theatre, MO). Jessica is Co-Artistic Director of Iris Theatre Company. For more information about Jessica visit her website: JessicaDalCanton.com.
makes his InterAct Theatre Company and Philadelphia debut in SILVERHILL. Pierce has appeared on Broadway in RAGTIME, TOM SAWYER, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, TITANIC, and CHRISTMAS CAROL. His Off-Broadway and regional theatre credits include The Public/NYSF, NYMF, New York Stage and Film, NYC Fringe, York Theatre, Media Theatre (Media, PA), 5th Avenue Theatre (Seattle, WA), and Starlight Theatre (Kansas City, MO). Pierce's film and television credits include Rising Stars (Doberman/Screen Media Films), which is set to be released in 2010; The Life Before Her Eyes (2929 Productions); Pitch (Cannes Film Festival 2006); "Filmore!" (Disney); and "Finkel Files" (Cartoon Network). Pierce has released four albums and is proud to be a Grammy voter. He is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and serves as president of Metropolitan Entertainment, a film and theatrical production company.
makes her InterAct Theatre debut in SILVERHILL. In addition to being known in Philadelphia as a performance artist, Mary recently appeared in GRACE, OR THE ART OF CLIMBING (Nice People Theatre Company), A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM and MACBETH (Philadelphia Shakespeare Theater), and COMEDY OF ERRORS (Shakespeare in Clark Park). In New York, Mary has worked with New Dramatists, HERE Arts Center, and the TANK Theater. Other regional credits include Actor's Theater of Louisville Humana Festival and Paris' Centre Pompidou, where she performed with other graduates of the Lecoq School of Movement. Mary premiered her one-woman show, LA PENDUE, at CEC in West Philadelphia.
The design team for SILVERHILL includes Set Design by, Lighting Design by
, Costume Design by , Sound Design by and
Properties Design by Avista Custom Theatrical Services. will serve as Stage Manager, serves as Dramaturg and
as Technical Director.
SPECIAL PERFORMANCES
Opening Night - Wednesday, October 27
InterAct celebrates Opening Night of SILVERHILL with a free reception immediately following the 7:00 p.m. performance. Sponsored by Saul Ewing LLP and hosted by Noble American Cookery, located directly across the street from InterAct's home at The Adrienne at 2025 Sansom Street. Join InterAct's loyal supporters as they mix and mingle with InterAct's cast, crew, board, and artisitc & administrative staff for an evening of good friends and great food. Featuring a few of Noble's best hors d'oeuvre and a cash bar.
Speaker Sundays
During the run of SILVERHILL, InterAct will host several post-performance talk-backs to encourage further discussion on the issues it raises. Speaker Sundays, a series featuring invited scholars, community leaders and artists, are scheduled to follow 2:00 p.m. matinee performances on:
Sunday, October 31
Featuring Rev. Nathan Walker, Minister of First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia
Sunday, November 7
Featuring
Sunday, November 14
Featuring Thomas Gibbons, Playwright of SILVERHILL
Coffee Conversations
Following the 2nd and 3rd Tuesday and Wednesday performances of every production, we invite patrons to grab a delicious cup of joe provided by Nook Bakery & Coffee Bar, then join us for Coffee Conversations, informal discussions with company artists. During SILVERHILL, Coffee Conversations are scheduled for:
Tuesday, November 2
Wednesday, November 3
Tuesday, November 9
Wednesday, November 10
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SUBSCRIPTIONS & TICKETS
Purchasing Tickets or Subscriptions:
215.568.8079
InterAct's Box Office at The Adrienne, 2030 Sansom St., Phila
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Thomas Gibbons (Playwright)
Seth Rozin (Director)
