Dead Certain - A stage thriller by Marcus Lloyd March 23, 2007

Dead Certain- This nail-biting thriller returns from New York City, where Retroviosionmedia called it "the sleeper of New York City's black box theatre season to date."

Following an out- of-work actor, Michael played by Andrey Esterlis (artfully troubled... -San Francisco Chronicle") hired by a reclusive, theater-obsessed ex-dancer, Elizabeth, to privately act out a play she has written. ("a congenial, creepily mercurial portrait by Diana Brown" - San Francisco Chronicle) The suspense builds layer upon layer as this taut psychological thriller gathers speed at an alarming rate towards a gripping climax.

"What makes it more intriguing is its self-referential theme, as Lloyd interweaves the plot with the story of its creation." - San Francisco Chronicle

When:

(ongoing)

Showtimes: Fridays @ 8pm & 10pm
Saturdays @ 2pm, 8pm & 10pm.

Where:

Off-Market Theatres/ Stage 250: 965 Mission Street (x 5th Street, one block from Bloomingdales Mission Entrance)

Tickets: $30 for 8pm, $25 for 2pm & $20 for 10pm

Purchase tickets on-line at: www.theatermania.com or via phone at 866-811-4111
Limited tickets available at the door.

More info: www.deadcertain.net

Cast: Diana Brown & Andrey Esterlis

produced & directed by Andrey Esterlis

About Playwright:

Marcus Lloyd- Marcus Lloyd grew up in London. He studied Physics at Oxford University and drama writing with playwright Bernard Kops while supporting himself working in the cloakroom of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. In 1995 his first play TAKING PICTURES was a winner in the New London Radio Playwrights Festival. The following year he won BBC Television’s Double Exposure screenwriting award for his 60 minute television play, A RELATIVE STRANGER which was first broadcast on BBC2 in 1996 starring Jason Isaacs and Ioan Gruffudd. DEAD CERTAIN, his first stage play, was first produced in 1999 at the Theatre Royal, Windsor and has since received a number of further productions in the UK, New Zealand, Singapore and the US. In 2001 Marcus’s screenplay CUCKOO won the prestigious Oscar Moore Screenwriting prize and the award, presented by Emma Thompson, enabled him to devote himself full time to writing. Since then he has been commissioned to write a screenplay entitled “Wake Up Dead” for Stephen Garrett and Paul Webster at Kudos Film and Television and is currently at work on the fourth draft. Other work includes the radio plays “Vacant Possession” (1997) and “The True Story Of Mr. Box” (1998) both for Independent Radio Productions, and a children’s play entitled THE FRONT TO BACK TOY SHOP

Official Website: http://www.deadcertain.net