The Squirrels

by Robert Askins

Dates
April 18-May 18, 2025
Fri. & Sat. at 8:00
Sun. at 3:00
Location
Chelsea Theatre Works
189 Winnisimmet Street
Chelsea, MA 02150
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Additonal Information
Runtime is approximately 1 hour 55 minutes.
Ticket Pricing for our 24/25 Season
At Apollinaire, we are committed to delivering high-quality productions that inspire, entertain, and are truly unique to the Boston theatre landscape. To continue providing exceptional experiences, we have made the difficult decision to adjust our ticket prices. This adjustment will help us to:
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• Support community initiatives.
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$65 general admission,
$60 seniors,
$25 for students, 30 & unders, and artists actively pursuing professional arts careers,
$15 for low-income patrons through Card to Culture.
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The Squirrels • April 18-May 18, 2025
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Part Romeo and Juliet, part King Lear, and part MacBeth, The Squirrels is a tragi-comical epic of prejudice and greed among squirrels living in a very divided tree. Robert Askins’ (Hand to God) furry new play is a boundary-pushing, darkly satirical look at wealth inequality in which no creature comes out unscathed.

"This cleverly written...production takes audiences on quite a wild ride. It's a jaw-dropping, spellbinding, and thoroughly enjoyable evening of theatre." -Broadway World

Cast & Crew

Cast:

Dev Luthra as Sciurus

Cara Clough as Mammalia

Mateo Bailey as Carolinensis

Sophia Koevary as Rodentia

Mateo Bailey as Carolinensis

Audrey Johnson/Parker Jennings (role shared) as Chordata

Directed by Brooks Reeves

Movement Choreography by Audrey Johnson

Fight Choreography by Matt Dray

Scenic & Sound Design: Joseph Lark-Riley

Costume Design: Susan Paino

Lighting Design: Danielle Fauteux Jacques

Stage Manager: Laura Hubbard

ASMs: Miguel Dominguez, Gabriel Pagan, Max Wanty

Robert Askins (playwright) is the author of the Tony-nominated and Obie Award-winning Broadway hit Hand to God, which enjoyed a run on London’s West End and was nominated for the Olivier Award for Best New Comedy. His comedy Fish Display was part of the 2012 Ojai Playwrights Conference, and his play Permission, also developed at OPC, had its world premiere Off Broadway at MCC Theater in Spring 2015. Askins is currently working on a new a musical and plays with La Jolla Playhouse, the Alley Theatre, and Joey Parnes Productions. In addition, he’s a writer on the AMC series The Son, starring Pierce Brosnan. He is the recipient of two EST/Sloan grants, the Helen Merrill Emerging Playwrights Award, and an Arch and Bruce Davis Award for Playwriting.

Hedda Gabler Awarded Critic's Pick
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"Parker Jennings is a Triumph as Hedda" —Theater Mirror
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For a taut psychological drama fraught with sexual tension, Henrik Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler remains unrivaled, and Parker Jennings delivers a mesmerizing performance. -Stage and Cinema
Hedda Gabler is both thrilling and chilling, a testament to Apollinaire Theatre’s ability to breathe fresh urgency into a timeless classic. -Stage and Cinema

Actor Spotlight

PARKER JENNINGS

PARKER JENNINGS was most recently seen in Apollinaire’s Every Brilliant Thing, Touching the Void (Sarah), Suppliant Women (Chorus Leader), and Lunch Bunch (Tuttle). Other credits include Prague Shakespeare Company’s productions of Romeo and Juliet (Capulet) and Taming of the Shrew (Hortensia), Speakeasy Stage’s People Places and Things, NY Theatre Festival’s Hurry Home, Macbeth (Lady Macbeth), and Boston Conservatory’s Blue Neighborhood and Shrek. www.parkerjennings.net | IG: @_parkerjennings

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Director Spotlight

Brooks Reeves~The Squirrels

Brooks Reeves recently directed The Antelope Party and wrote and appeared in And Your Little Dog Too • Y Tu Perrito También. He also played multiple roles in The Importance of Being Earnest (Elliot Norton Award for Outstanding Ensemble). Other Apollinaire shows include The Suppliant Women, Lunch Bunch, The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart (Elliot Norton Award for Outstanding Ensemble), Romeo & Juliet, Midsummer Night’s Dream, Three Sisters, The Visit, Hamlet (as Hamlet and as Claudius), Brilliant Adventures, Midsummer, From White Plains, Blood Wedding, and the Norton winning Stupid Fucking Bird. Brooks has worked with the Golddust Orphans (Legally Blind: The Hellen Keller musical), with Bridge Rep (Julius Caesar, The Libertine), Stoneham Theater (Neville's Island), Company One (An Octaroon, Shockheaded Peter), Central Square Theater (Arabian Nights), Zeitgeist Stage (Love! Valour! Compassion!, Bent, Boys in the Band), Hub Theatre of Boston (Tartuffe), Brown Box, Happy Medium, and Bad Habit Productions. He made his Boston area directing debut at Apollinaire with Winter Solstice by Roland Schimmelpfennig, and directed The Christians by Lucas Hnath, Hir by Taylor Mac, and co-directed Wild Swimming by Marek Horn.