Tiny Houses

Mar 25, 2019 | Featured, Plays, Playwright, Show Page

Nandita Shenoy, Michael Doherty, and Kate Eastman in the Cleveland Playhouse production of TINY HOUSES. (photo credit: Roger Mastroianni)

Full-length comedy • No intermission

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Bohdi is a life coach. Jevne is a YouTube artist. Ollie sells haunted dolls online. Cath just left her job to move to Oregon with her new boyfriend. And they are all building a house together in the back yard. As the dwelling comes together onstage, tensions swell, discoveries are made, and long-buried feelings rise to the surface. In a world where bigger is always better, can tiny really equal happy? Or is this a recipe for disaster? A comedy about finding out who we are when the world shrinks.

TINY HOUSES received its world-premiere co-production at Cleveland Play House in March of 2019

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Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park in May of 2019.

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All photos by Roger Mastroianni.

Directed by Laura Kepley | Set – Arnulfo Maldonado | Costumes – Amy Clark | Lights and Projections – Elizabeth Mak | Sound – Daniel Perelstein | Stage Manager – John Godbout | Featuring – Michael Doherty, Kate Eastman, Peter Hargrave, James Holloway, and Nandita Shenoy

TINY HOUSES received its first public presentation in a Signature New Play Workshop at Chautauqua Theatre Company in July, 2016. Joshua Kahan Brody directed the production.

The cast and crew of the TINY HOUSES workshop at Chautuauqua Theatre Company

AWARDS

TINY HOUSES was part of the 2018 New Ground Theatre Festival at Cleveland Playhouse, and the winner of the 2018 Roe Green Award.

Chelsea with Roe Green and the cast and crew of the TINY HOUSES workshop.

REVIEWS

“[An] irresistible, tartly sweet romantic comedy about finding a home. Marcantel takes on the tiny-house movement and uses it as a vehicle to get inside the heads and hearts of young adults whose dreams and schemes, failings and foibles reveal something about all of us. The perfect, timely comedy … This blueprint is bulletproof.” — The Plain Dealer

“Each of the idiosyncratic characters in this play is on a quest to find a place to call home and someone to share it with, which makes them immediately endearing and their journey absolutely engaging.” — The News-Herald

“Chelsea Marcantel’s delightful comedic play [is] chock full of wonderfully strange characters in a unique situation. The most fascinating part of this production is that in a mere 90 minutes (no intermission), the exterior of an entire two-story tiny house is built in front of your eyes. This sweet comedic tale… will enthrall you and make you smile with its happy conclusion. Fill the seats for this one.” — Talkin’ Broadway

“A story of self-discovery that is refreshingly honest, current, and introspective. It’s not guaranteed that by the end of the show you’ll be ready to live in a tiny house, but you’ll love the time you spent watching one being built.” — Cleveland Scene

“One of the major stars is the tiny house itself, which is built onstage right before the audience’s eyes. Seeing it take shape in a forested backyard throughout the 100-minute, intermissionless show, we feel vested in the successful completion of this adorable yellow and orange abode.” — Akron Beacon-Journal

“Tiny Houses” … gives us a modest and occasionally profound snapshot of life today. At its best, theater has always done that. But for some reason, the modern day has proven elusive for many playwrights. Not for Chelsea Marcantel, who has given us a show that is ultimately satisfying and very thoughtful.” — Cincinnati.com

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