Hindsight

An Irons in the Fire Project

August 5, 2020 @ 1:00pm

Written by Alix Sobler
Directed by Aaron Rossini

Synopsis

In the theater, there has always been a grey area between what is fact and what is fiction. As we've seen lately, grey areas can lead to confusion, disaster, and violence when it comes to the news and our politics. Where did it all begin? In Hindsight, an intrepid Playwright traces the problem back to 1987 and the abolishment of the Fairness Doctrine. But as she builds her case, the facts, historical characters, and her own memories refuse to cooperate. Is it possible to trace our problems as a nation back to one decision made in the 80s? And if so, is a play really the right place to unpack this conversation? Like an episode of "John Oliver" crashing headfirst into a production of Our Town, Hindsight is a comedy that asks questions about how we communicate when we can't even get our facts straight.

Performed By

Craig Wesley Divino
Liba Vaynberg
Laura Kai Chen
Maria Christina Oliveras
Stephen Thorne
Terrell Wheeler

Playwright

ALIX SOBLER [she/her] is a writer of theater, podcasts, television, and film based in New York City.

Fault Line Theatre: Hindsight. Theater: The Alliance Theater (Atlanta, GA), Theater J (Washington D.C.), Theatre Lab at FAU (Boca Raton, FL), Roundabout Theatre Company (New York, NY), The Kennedy Center (Washington, D.C.), South Coast Repertory (Costa Mesa, CA), The Finborough Theatre (London, UK), Segal Centre (Montreal QC), Fiasco Theater Company (New York, NY), The Stratford Shakespeare Festival (Stratford, ON), Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre (Winnipeg, MB), Gulfshore Playhouse (Naples, FL), and others. Her plays have won and been finalists for multiple awards including the 2018 Alliance/Kendeda National Graduate Playwriting Competition, the Canadian Jewish Playwriting Competition, The Gulfshore Playhouse New Play Series, the Columbia@Roundabout New Play Contest, the National Playwrights Conference at the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center (finalist), the Henley Rose Playwriting Competition (finalist), and the Jane Chambers Award (runner-up), among others. She is currently developing new plays with Theatre J (Washington, DC) and she is writing the book for a new musical. She is a graduate of Brown University and received her MFA in playwriting from Columbia University, where she was honored to study with David Henry Hwang, Lynn Nottage and Charles Mee, among others. She is also passionate about teaching playwriting and theater to up-and-coming artists, hobbyists, children, and anyone interested in expressing themselves.

Director

AARON ROSSINI [he/him] is a founder and Artistic Director at Fault Line Theatre. He is a director, producer, actor and teacher. He received his B.F.A. from Miami University of Ohio and completed his M.F.A. at the Brown University/Trinity Rep Graduate Program.

Fault Line Theatre: Hindsight, Round Table, The Oregon Trail, The Wedge Horse, At the Table, Breathing Time, The Faire, From White Plains, From the Same Cloth, Frogs, Doctor Faustus, Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, and Irons in the Fire. New York: Shakespeare at the Manor, Guerrilla Shakespeare Project, Funny Sheesh Productions, Sanguine Theater Company, Target Margin Theatre, Fringe NYC, Planet Connections, Emerging Artists Theater, Young Playwrights, Inc. Regional: Trinity Rep, New Jersey Shakespeare, Kitchen Theatre Company, White Heron Theatre Co., The Gamm Theatre, Purple Rose Theatre Company, Michigan Shakespeare Festival, The Boar’s Head Theatre, The Mosh Pit Theatre.

Poster Art by Sean Devare