CURRENT Productions

 

The House That Will Not Stand

By Marcus Gardley

A Staged-Reading

The House That Will Not Stand by Marcus Gardley is a powerful and thought-provoking play that explores themes of identity, legacy, and the complexities of family dynamics. The story is set in New Orleans and centers around a family of women navigating love, power, and the tension between personal desires and cultural expectations. The house itself becomes a metaphor for the emotional and historical weight carried by the characters as they confront their pasts.

 Directed by Bernadette Speakes

This play will be presented as a staged-reading by Lower Depth Theatre in partnership with A Noise Within as part of their Noise Now program. 

March 22 at 7:30pm & March 23 at 2:00pm

at A Noise Within – Lawrence Hall, 3352 E Foothill Blvd, Pasadena, CA

THE HOUSE THAT WILL NOT STAND

By Marcus Gardley

 

Director - Bernadette Speakes

Cast

  • Yvonne Huff Lee - Marie Josephine

  • Veralyn Jones - Beartrice Albans

  • Mark Doerr - Lazare Albans

  • June Carryl - Makeda

  • Joy De Michelle - La Veuve

  • Cherish Monique Duke - Agnès Albans

  • Jasmine Ashanti - Maude Lynn Albans

  • Tori Danner - Odette Albans

Stage Reader - Elliyah Banks

Dramaturg - Lindsay A. Jenkins

Stage Manager - TBD

Lower Depth Theatre Team

Gregg T. Daniel - Artistic Director, Founding Member, Producer

Jason DeLane - Artistic Associate, Founding Member

Yvonne Huff Lee - Artistic Associate, Board President, Founding Member

Veralyn Jones - Artistic Associate, Founding Member

Drina Durazo - Company Manager, Producer

A Noise Within Team

Alison Rodriguez - Associate Producer

 
 

THE HOUSE THAT WILL NOT STAND had its New York City premiere at New York Theatre

Workshop (Jim Nicola, Artistic Director; Jeremy Blocker, Managing Director) in 2018.

Originally presented by New York Stage and Film Company and the Powerhouse Theatre at Vassar in July, 2012.

Originally commissioned and produced by Berkeley Repertory Theatre (Tony Taccone, Artistic Director; Susan Medak, Managing Director), Berkeley, CA, and Yale Repertory Theatre (James Bundy, Artistic Director; Victoria Nolan, Managing Director), New Haven, CT.

First performed in the UK by the Tricycle Theatre, London.