" THE POSITION "
Written & Directed by Kevin Doyle.
Actors: Paul Newport, Scott Miller, Chris Gentile, Sean O'Hagan, Johnny Cigar, Peter Smith, Calder Corey.
Choreography by Nicole Colbert.
Lighting Design by Peter Hoerburger.
Six men enter an office to be interviewed for a job. They are all dressed the same. They all have the same last name. Only one of the six actually notices -- or cares. One by one, a strange Secretary calls them into the next room to be interviewed -- but the job candidates never re-emerge. The Sixth Man suspects foul play on the other side of the door. Should he stay? Or should he go? He turns to leave, but he really needs a job . . .
World premiere at the 2005 ICE FACTORY Festival at the Ohio Theatre in New York, NY.
Workshop production at 20 GREENE in Manhattan's Soho district in January-February 2005.
Tour engagement at inaugural Berkshire Fringe Festival at The Daniel Arts Center (MA) in July 2005.
THE POSITION received positive reviews in THE NEW YORK TIMES, BACKSTAGE, THE NEW YORK SUN, AMERICAN THEATRE WEB, NYTHEATRE.COM, THE BERKSHIRE EAGLE and THE BERKSHIRE RECORD. It was named one of the best new plays of 2005 and was published in the annual New York anthology PLAYS AND PLAYWRIGHTS 2006 and THE BEST MEN'S STAGE MONOLOGUES OF 2006 on Smith & Kraus Publishers.
THE POSITION was subsequently translated into Romanian by the director Daniel Popa. In 2011, Popa directed the Romanian premiere and the production ran for nine months of performances in repertory at the Godot Teatru in Bucharest, Romania -- before returning again in 2012 for additional performances.
** Workshop production at 20 GREENE featured the work of actors Gregory Gilmore, Troy Lescher, Mark Gindick, and Wilson McGrory. **
















