Chasing Manet
By Tina Howe
Directed by Derek Barnes

October 31 - November 3, 2019
Fishback Studio Theatre
SDSU Oscar Larson Performance Arts Center

Cast and Crew:
Rennie - Ronda Kantack
Cathrine - Doriane Paso
Royal/Marvin - Craig Long
Rita/Iris - Ellie Vandenberg
Esperenza/Angelica/Savianna/Marie-C - Stephanie Aure
Sherwood/Captain - Tim McColley
Gabe/Steward - Alice Hall
Charles - Jasper Paso
Henry - Lonnie Bayer
Maurice - Tyson Nafus

Director - Derek Barnes
Asst Director - Morgan Sederburg

In Tina Howe’s comedy Chasing Manet, a rebellious painter from a distinguished family in Boston and an ebullient Jewish woman with a huge adoring family form an unlikely bondInside the confining walls of Mount Airy Nursing Home, the two plot an escape to Paris aboard the QE2
But can they possibly pull it off amidst the chaos of their surroundings? 
The tension and comedy grow as they struggle to take wing for the last time
“Chasing Manet has an inspirational message at its core concerning the potential that lives in us all, no matter what the barriers, to defy expectations and take action to attain our dreams“ — NYTheatre.com

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Production Poster for Chasing Manet