I Found a Zipper
April 27 - June 10 | Theodore & Adele Shank Theatre
by Milo Cramer. Directed by Kim Rubenstein.
About the Show
An alien comes to earth looking for love and ends up at the Costa Mesa Walk-In Clinic where
cures are hard to come by and nobody seems to have any answers. In a phantasmagoric world
where nothing and no one is what they seem, I Found A Zipper... asks: What is love? And is love
the answer?
Content Warning
Sexual harassment, medical malpractice, child abuse, slapstick violence
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The Cast
Human Costume/ Witch: Ellen Nikbakht
Mom: Holly Robertson
Janet: Gabi D'Amico
Kid: Garrett Lee
Alien/ Manager/ Dr. Rudolph: Layth Haddad
Alien/ Dr. Eyelashes: Lisette Velandia
Alien/ Customer/ Patient: Nikki Yar
The Creative Team
Playwright: Milo Cramer
Director: Kim Rubinstein
Assistant Director: Molly Lasher
Assistant Director: Jeffrey Speirs
Dramaturg: Mia Van Deloo
Lighting Designer: Taylor Olson
Assistant Lighting Designer: Ayuna Graham
Scenic Designer: Tzu Yu Su
Costume Designer: Ting Xiong
Assistant Costume Designer: Natalia Darwish
Sound Designer: Padra Crisafulli
Production Stage Manager: Lily Fitzsimmons
Assistant Stage Manager: Angela Park
Assistant Stage Manager: Madison Novitski
Production Assistant: Annais Scott
About the Director
Kim Rubinstein was most recently Long Wharf Theatre's Associate Artistic Director where she directed Guys and Dolls, Midsummer Night's Dream, Private Lives, Santaland Diaries, and The Cocktail Hour. This past summer she directed Much Ado About Nothing for Shakespeare Santa Cruz. Other regional credits include The Intelligent Design of Jenny Chow (Portland Center Stage and San Jose Rep), Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth and Julius Caesar (Chicago Shakespeare), Love's Labour's Lost (Next Theatre), The Tempest (Southwest Rep), The American Plan and Eloise and Ray (Roadwoarks), Pan and Boone (Running with Scissors), Baby With The Bathwater (Roundhouse Theatre, Berkshire Theatre Festival), Beckett Shorts (Berkshire Theatre Festival, Splinter Group's Buckets O'Beckett Festival. She was Associate Director with Michael Mayer and Tour Director of the National Tour of Angels In America.
Her other teaching credits include ten years on the acting/directing faculty at Northwestern University, University of Chicago, Brown/Trinity Consortium, Wesleyan University, NTI at The O'Neill Center and a ongoing teaching gig with the School at Steppenwolf. Kim has been very active in the development of new plays and has directed many readings and workshops at places like New Dramatists and Long Wharf.
Ms. Rubinstein is a recipient of the TCG/NEA directing fellowship and was nominated for the Alan Schneider Directing Award, among other awards for her directing and teaching. Upcoming projects: SANTALAND DIARIES at the Long Wharf, THE AMERICAN PLAN at The Old Globe.
About the Playwright
Milo Cramer’s solo musical School Pictures is upcoming at Playwrights Horizons, after premiering last year at The Wilma in Philadelphia (“charming from start to finish … beautifully heartbreaking” - Talkin’ Broadway). Other works include Cute Activist at The Bushwick Starr (“a brilliant match of material and theater… a fable for our times” - New York Times), and Minor Character: 6 Translations of Uncle Vanya at the Same Time (“delightful… a spring green forum on youth’s discontents” - Helen Shaw, The Village Voice), created with New Saloon and presented at The Public Theater's Under The Radar Festival. Milo’s audio play BOY FACTORY can be heard on Playwrights Horizons: Soundstage, and their newest play Deep Purple Wiggle is upcoming at Theater Battery in Seattle. Milo has developed work at SoHo Rep, Ars Nova, SPACE on Ryder Farm, EST/Youngblood, and MacDowell, and is currently under commission from Clubbed Thumb. He is a 2nd-year Playwriting MFA candidate at UC San Diego. Representation: Emma Feiwel, WME.