Onward, Forward is a comic look at the ongoing relationship between Joe, a disgruntled folk singer dying to rock out and his songwriter/manager, Ryan who searches for a cure to life in the offices of whichever doctor his insurance will allow. Their frustrating friendship is put to the test in suburbia where what starts as a typical gig leads to encounters with a sharp-witted single mother, a sorority girl looking for a way to entertain herself for the summer, and parents that seem harmless on the outside. As their musical pit stop gets extended, Joe and Ryan find themselves in a situation that threatens to make them lose who they are and who they want to be.
"The lynchpin and central foundation of the play is 'Ryan Franklin,' played by the piece's writer, Michael Weems...He is a big teddy bear of a man that one cannot help but like, and while he appears to be like a deer in headlight, actually he is managing not to get hit."
(Robert Barry Francos/FFanzeen)
"[T]his is a well written play"
(Robert Barry Francos/FFanzeen)
Starring: Bill Bria, Rachel Dorfman, Whit Elliott, Gregory Taft Gerard, Alixx Schottland, Michael Weems, Theodore White, and Shuo Zhang.
At the Beckmann Theatre at the American Theatre of Actors
314 West 54th Street
December 3rd - 7th
Produced by Little Hibiscus Productions
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