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“FINALLY, ETIQUETTE DILEMMAS WORTHY OF OUR DAY AND AGE: JUST HOW MANY RACIST SLURS SHOULD YOU FLING AT A GUEST BEFORE CLUBBING HIM TO DEATH? AND SHOULD YOU SLEEP WITH HIM FIRST?” –Time Out, New York

Brother, by Lisa Ebersole–When a stranger crashes your party, how far will you go to keep him? Inside this loft, two women and the stranger they’ve brought home kick off a late night birthday celebration ripe with flirtations and booze-fueled confessions. When a fourth enters the mix, their sexually-charged celebration has grisly consequences. BROTHER intersects race and class as it unveils four very real characters who spiral into an extremely surreal situation. Stereotypes are projected, assumptions are tested and predictability is led in a tango until the shocking finale.

Directed By Sarah Zoghbi

Starring Ross Britz as Kevin, Gamal Chasten as Carl, Becca Chapman as Margeaux, and Rebecca Elizabeth Hollingsworth as Jamie

With Beau Bratcher, Assistant Director; Tory Gordon, Rehearsal Stage Manager; Evan Spigelman, Lighting Designer; Katie Aboudou, Scenic Designer and Props Master; Dore Cermak, Costume Designer; Mark Harkins, Sound Designer; and Jess Hawley, Dramaturg

Lisa Ebersole (Playwright) is a playwright, actor and director. Her most recent play, MOTHER, premiered in July 2009 at The Wild Project in New York. Ms. Ebersole’s plays include: PANDA (2009), METHINKS (2007), BROTHER (2005) and PEOPLE DIE THAT WAY (2004). She acted in and directed the feature film BROTHER, which premiered at Tribeca Cinemas in 2008. Ms. Ebersole graduated from New York University and has studied acting with Tom Noonan, Austin Pendleton, and The Barrow Group. She currently lives in New York’s East Village.

Sarah Zoghbi (Director) In her short nine years of making a living doing theatre, Sarah has held titles as Props Master, Set Designer, Production Stage Manager, Director, Teacher, Arts Education Director, Company Manager, Puppet Maker, Horse Wrangler, Sound Foley, and a sundry of other behind the scenes hats that have traveled her to shows in California, Oklahoma, Ohio and Texas. Since finding home in New Orleans in 2007, Sarah served three amazing seasons on staff at Southern Rep Theatre and is delighted to remain involved at SRT as a guest artist. Other theatres Sarah has had the pleasure of working with in Louisiana include Swine Palace, LePetit Theatre, Le Chat Noir, and the NOLA Fringe. She recently created a set design for Neutral Ground Ensemble’s Titus Andronicus and is the Assistant Director for Southern Rep’s The Norman Conquests. Sarah looks forward to designing masks for The NOLA Project’s production of Romeo and Juliet and collaborating on puppets and masks for New Noise’s production of Pchile Goyan. A magna cum laude graduate of theatre studies, Sarah dreams to see the day when her beloved artistic friends can make a fair living doing just what they do in this groovy city. In the mean time, she too searches for balance.

Brother opens Friday, JULY 1st, 2011 and runs through AUGUST 6th, 2011. Ticket prices are $15.00. Show times are 8:00 PM on Thursdays, Fridays & Saturdays. NO SHOW FRIDAY, JULY 8th. The Elm Theatre is located at 220 Julia Street, New Orleans, La 70130. Group sales are available. Call (504) 218-0055 for tickets or information.