Inspecting Carol

Written By Daniel Sullivan
Directed By Hannah Wilkerson-Francis

December 1-17, 2011
Thursday-Saturday Nights at 8pm
Sundays at 2pm

Performed at 5th Avenue Antiques

A Christmas Carol meets The Government Inspector meets Noises Off in this hilarious hit from Seattle. A man who asks to audition at a small theater is mistaken for an informer for the National Endowment for the Arts. Everyone caters to the bewildered wannabe actor, and he is given a role in the current production, A Christmas Carol. Everything goes wrong and hilarity is piled upon hilarity. Perfect anytime, this delight is particularly appropriate at Christmas.

Featuring: Douglas O’Neil, Jr., Donna Littlepage, Kathleen Jensen, Carla DuMontier, Bates Redwine, Penny Thomas, S. Michael Wilson, and Daniel Martin

Daniel Sullivan has directed more than forty productions on Broadway—outpacing any living director—in addition to scores of productions Off-Broadway and at regional theatres throughout the United States. From 1981 to 1997, he served as artistic director for the Seattle Repertory Theatre, where he became known for his subtle, nuanced style as a director. As a result of Professor Sullivan’s patient dedication, the Seattle Rep rose to become a “flagship theatre” in the United States known as a nurturing laboratory for new work. During his tenure, the Seattle Repertory Theatre received the 1990 Tony Award for Regional Theatre.

Professor Sullivan was honored with the 2001 Tony Award for his direction of the Tony Award- and Pulitzer Prize-winning Proof by David Auburn. He has also been nominated for the Tony Award on six other occasions. Productions directed by him have been nominated for more than fifty Tony Awards. In two of those instances when he was personally nominated for a Tony Award, the plays he helped to shape and bring to fruition—Rabbit Hole (2007) by David Lindsay-Abaire and The Heidi Chronicles (1989) by Wendy Wasserstein—went on to win the Pulitzer Prize in Drama. Professor Sullivan’s work with the play Dinner With Friends (2000) by Donald Margulies assisted in the play being given the Pulitzer Prize. His honors include the George Abbott Lifetime Achievement Award, the Obie Award, the Lucille Lortel Award, the Drama Desk Award, the Outer Critics Circle Award, the NAACP Image Award, the Ovation Award, and the Joan Cullman Award for Extraordinary Creativity.