NOSEDIVE PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS THE LITTLE ONE

WRITTEN BY JAMES COMTOIS
DIRECTED BY PETE BOISVERT

PREVIEW PERFORMANCES JUNE 17 & 18
PRESS OPENING JUNE 19
JUNE 17-JULY 10 @ THE KRAINE

Cynthia, a fledgling vampire, is taken under the wing of a more venerable one, Marie. Marie tries to teach her little one how to hunt and be merciful towards humans. However, like all rebellious children, Cynthia has ideas of her own on how to make the most out of immortality.

The cast will feature Rupert Andre, Becky Byers (Craven Monkey and the Mountain of Fury), Rebecca Comtois (Viral), Stephanie Cox-Williams, Stephen Haskett (The Blood Brothers Present: The New Guignol), Marc Landers, Melissa Roth (Craven Monkey and the Mountain of Fury), Patrick Shearer, and Christopher Yustin.

The creative team will include Fight Choreography by Qui Nguyen (Vampire Cowboys), Sound Design by Patrick Shearer, Lighting Design by Phil Shearer, and Special Effects by Stephanie Cox-Williams. The production will be Stage Managed by Guinevere Pressley.

The production, presented by Nosedive Productions will play at The Kraine Theater (85 East 4th Street between 2nd Ave and Bowery) June 17-July 10, Thursday through Saturday at 7:30pm.Tickets ($18) are available online at www.theatermania.com or by calling 212-352-3101.

JAMES COMTOIS (Playwright) is the co-founder of and resident playwright for Nosedive Productions, which was recently named one of nytheatre.com’s “People of the Year.” He has written several plays, including Infectious Opportunity, Nona (adapted from the short story by Stephen King), Colorful World, Suburban Peepshow, and The Adventures of Nervous-Boy. The Adventures of Nervous-Boy was published as part of “Plays and Playwrights 2007” (published by the New York Theatre Experience) and is featured in “One on One: The Best Men’s Monologues for the 21st Century” (published by Applause Books). Suburban Peepshow is published by Original Works Publishing. He has also written for the Vampire Cowboys Theatre Company, Flux Theatre Ensemble, and Stolen Chair Theatre. He writes for and maintains the theatre blog, Jamespeak, at www.jamespeak.blogspot.com.

PETE BOISVERT (Director) founded Nosedive Productions in 2000 with James Comtois and has served as its Co-Artistic Director since that time. He has directed numerous plays for Nosedive, including Entrenched, Infectious Opportunity, Speed Demons, Colorful World, Pinkie, Suburban Peepshow, Vagina Dentata (as part of The Blood Brothers present… An Evening of Grand Guignol Horror), The Adventures of Nervous-Boy (a penny dreadful), A Very Nosedive Christmas Carol, Dying Goldfish, Mayonnaise Sandwiches, Evil Hellcat and the Liquid Lunch, Two Parties, Ruins, The Awaited Visit, Allston and Monkeys (all written by James Comtois) as well as The Final Kiss by Maurice Level (as part of The Blood Brothers present… An Evening of Grand Guignol Horror), Dead Things Kill Nicely by Qui Nguyen and What Color Is The Sun? by the Blood Brothers (both as part of The Blood Brothers present… PULP), Quitters Inc. by Qui Nguyen, In The Deathroom by Mac Rogers and Paranoid: A Chant by Stephen King (as part of The Blood Brothers present… The Master of Horror), An Introduction to the New Guignol and Biological Mother by Mac Rogers (as part of The Blood Brothers present… The New Guignol). Outside of Nosedive, he has directed productions of The Brokenhearteds by Temar Underwood and The B Side by Katharine Clark. He has trained with Anne Bogart’s SITI Company in both Saratoga Springs and New York City and with the Vampire Cowboys’ Rabid Vamps Fight Studio.

NOSEDIVE PRODUCTIONS Originally formed in 2000 as a theatre company to showcase the respective playwriting and directing work of James Comtois and Pete Boisvert, Nosedive Productions is rapidly providing a home for numerous talented and energetic indie theatre artists in New York. Nosedive’s goal is to present new, compelling theatre that simultaneously entertains and challenges our audience with a dark and often comic view of the inner demons that haunt the contemporary American psyche. In 2009, Nosedive was named one of nytheatre.com’s “People of the Year.” The Little One is Nosedive’s 10th Anniversary flagship production.

“Comtois & Co. are mining in Gogol’s vein: They may make us laugh, but that’s what happens when keen-eyed city dwellers tickle a seedy underbelly.” Helen Shaw, Time Out NY

“By thumbing their noses at the status quo with fast, cheap, and sharp humor, Comtois and his colleagues at Nosedive Productions continue to demonstrate why they’re a company to keep an eye on.”
Michael Criscuolo, nytheatre.com

“Like any good roller coaster ride, Infectious Opportunity leaves the audience with a racing heart, exhilarated, and a little bit nauseated.” Byrne Harrison, Stage Buzz

“Pulp, a new horror anthology by Nosedive Productions, isn’t just right for the October season, it’s exactly what the doctor ordered.” Aaron Riccio, That Sounds Kül