Content Advisory - Ages 17+. This play includes nudity, strong language, sexual situations and violence.
Axial Theatre and JCS Theater Company in association with the Oberon Theatre Ensemble present the world premiere of Jake Shore's THE SLIDE IS THE NEGATIVE at The Chain Theatre.
The Slide Is the Negative stars three-time Emmy Award winner Cady McClain, who is thrilled to reunite with her Orson’s Shadow co-stars Brad Fryman and Ryan Tramont. The play will be directed by Paul Smithyman, a 30-year theater veteran who has worked on over 150 plays at Lincoln Center Theater.
When a photographer betrays her closest friend by displaying an intimate, revealing photograph in a prestigious Chelsea gallery, the fallout spirals into a deadly web of infidelity and violence. THE SLIDE IS THE NEGATIVE is a thrilling and urgent exploration of art, consent, and the price of privacy—asking whether wealth and power grant license to destroy lives without consequence.
“At least one critic has compared his previous work to Beckett. In my case, both Harold Pinter and the young David Mamet spring to mind... You should definitely go see this new work by Jake Shore. You will be catching a rising star."
-- Charles Kruger, Stage and Cinema (on Shore's A Groundbreaking Achievement...)
Paul Smithyman (Director/Scenic Designer) is an almost 30 year veteran of Off-Off, Off Broadway and Broadway. Paul has worked the full range of NYC’s theaters in most roles… from La Mama to Lincoln Center as a performer, director, designer, writer, production manager and producer. He has worked on over 150 plays at Lincoln Center Theater, where he is currently the Production Manager.
Jake Shore's (Writer) play Holy Moly premiered at The Flea Theater in 2016 and was simultaneously released with its tandem novel, A Country for Fibbing. His 2017 play The Devil Is on the Loose With an Axe in Marshalltown was selected as one of Playbill's "13 Shows Not to Miss Off-Broadway." His 2013 play Down the Mountain and Across the Stream won the Overall Excellence in Playwriting Award at the New York International Fringe Festival. His plays have also been presented at Theaterlab, The Connelly Theater, Brooklyn Art Haus, The Kraine Theater and others. His short stories have been published in Denver Quarterly, Hobart, Litro Magazine and others. He is currently the Executive Director for Student Services at St. Joseph's University in Brooklyn, where he also teaches.
ABOUT AXIAL THEATRE
Axial Theater is an ensemble-based not-for-profit theater company currently in its 25th season. We are dedicated to supporting the professional development of playwrights and actors through presenting staged workshops, development readings, and full productions. axialtheatre.org
ABOUT OBERON THEATRE ENSEMBLE
Founded in 1997, Oberon Theatre Ensemble is a NYC based non-profit independent theatre company. Now in its 28th season Oberon has produced more than 60 full-length plays and over 100 staged readings of original works. Oberon has a dozen active members and many more regular collaborators, including award-winning actors, playwrights, directors and designers. oberontheatre.org
ABOUT JCS THEATER COMPANY
Founded in 2012, JCS Theater Company is Brooklyn-based and committed to cutting-edge work. We've presented work at The Connelly Theater, The Flea, Theaterlab, Brooklyn Art Haus, The Kraine Theater, Under St. Marks, The Red Room, Franklin Electric, The Vino Theater and several other basements, roofs, backrooms, backyards, living rooms and garages throughout New York City. jcstheater.com