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By Jonathan Spector | DIRECTED BY Serge Seiden

 

About

At Eureka Day School in Berkeley, all decisions are made by consensus, diversity and inclusion are valued, and vaccinations are a personal matter. When a mumps outbreak hits the school, it turns out that not everyone in the community has the same definition of social justice. Now the board of directors must confront the central question: how do you find consensus when you can’t agree on the facts? A comedy for our moment!

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The New York Times Feature: Can a Play About Vaccines Be a Laughing Matter?

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Lead Underwriter: Marvin F. Weissberg

 

DEC 4, 2019–JAN 5, 2020

 

Creative Team

 
 
Andrew Cohen
Set Designer
Claudia Rosales Waters
Intimacy Coordinator
Brittany Shemuga
Lighting Designer

Brittany Shemuga is thrilled to return to Mosaic after designing Oh God, Paper Dolls and Hooded among others. Select recent designs include She the People (Second City), Amazing Grace (Museum of the Bible), Beehive (NextStop), Into the Woods (Ohio Light Opera) Winnie the Pooh (Adventure), and Twist Your Dickens (Second City). She is also the Resident Lighting Designer at the Ohio Light Opera in Wooster, Ohio. Brittany has assisted on numerous productions, including Fish in the Dark (Broadway) and Downstairs (Off Broadway). She received her MFA in lighting from the University of Maryland.

Deb Thomas
Properties Designer
Brandee Mathies
Costume Designer

Danielle Preston is a costume designer based in Washington DC. Recent theater credits include designs for the Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, Florida Repertory Theatre, Studio Theatre, Theater J, Triad Stage, Mosaic Theater Company of DC, 1st Stage, Theater Alliance, Totem Pole Playhouse, Washington National Symphony & Solas Nua. Danielle has worked as an Assistant Costume Designer in NYC & DC for designers such as Dede Ayite, Clint Ramos, & Ivania Stack. Professional fellowships include Kenan Costume Fellow for the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts and A.J. Fletcher Opera Institute Fellowship in Costume Design. Preston holds an MFA in Costume Design from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. Danielle is a proud member of United Scenic Artists Local 829 and Costume Society of America.

Shirley Serotsky
Dramaturg
David Lamont Wilson
Sound Designer

David Lamont Wilson is pleased to be returning to Mosaic where he last sound designed SHAME 2.0. Mr. Wilson’s sound designs include A Civil War Christmas for 1st Stage Theater; Goodnight, Tyler for Atlanta’s Alliance Theater; and Queens Girls In The World for Everyman Theater. Favorite sound designs include the Atlanta Alliance Theatre production of The C.A. Lyons Project (Suzi Bass Award nominated), Studio Theatre’s Wig Out by Tarell Alvin McCraney; The Welder’s “Not Enuf Lifetimes,” Charter Theatre’s production of “Am I Black Enough Yet?,” “Dead Man Walking” at American University, and “Titus” for the Washington Shakespeare Theatre. His resume also includes designs at the Kennedy Center, Signature Theatre, Arena Stage, Imagination Stage, the National Conservatory of Dramatic Arts, and Georgetown University to name a few.

April E. Carter*
Stage Manager

April E. Carter is from Washington, DC and was raised in Columbia, Maryland. With over 25 years of work, some of her local credits include, Fabulation (Mosaic Theater), Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good Day (Adventure Theatre), The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe (Adventure Theatre MTC), The Shipment (Forum Theatre), Thoroughly Modern Millie, Jr. (Adventure Theatre MTC), just to name a few. April is also the Assistant Production Manager and Casting Director at Mosaic. She is a proud graduate of Howard University (97’) were she received her B.F.A in Theatre with a concentration in Musical Theatre.

Dylan Uremovich
Projections Designer

Dylan Uremovich is a lighting and multimedia designer based in Washington DC. In addition to Mosaic Theater Company, he has had the pleasure of working as a designer with several arts organizations in the region including Imagination Stage, Pointless Theater Company, Infinity Theatre Company, Choral Arts Society of Washington, University of Maryland, Dance Place, S.J. Ewing & Dancers, and Xing Dance Theater. His twin artistic obsessions are telling amazing stories and creating interactive environments that respond to the movements and actions of both performers and audience. Check out more of his work at UremovichDesign.com.

 
 

Press

"Uproarious! Jonathan Spector's play is so crisply defined that you might have to periodically remind yourself that you haven't already met these characters in real life..."

San Francisco Chronicle​

"Eureka Day is...one of the funniest plays to open this year”

The New York Times

"Jonathan Spector’s lively portrait of a debate over mandatory vaccinations is the perfect play for our age of disagreement."

The New York Times

"a rip-roaring, insightful production – one built for our fractured time."

DC Theater Scene

"... a master class in tight ensemble acting."
"a roll-in-the-aisles funny exhibition of adults behaving badly."

DC Metro Theater Arts​

"So brilliantly yoked to the current American moment... that it makes you want to jump out of your skin... Electrically funny."

The New Yorker

 
 

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