“repulsing the monkey” is dedicated to the Jablonski Strip in South Pittsburgh. The brothers are faced with a suburban sight that threatens to change the character of “Saliple” and the dilemma of how to dispose of the neighboring property. By Michael Eichler (MSW’86) is a contemporary story about Pittsburgh and its transition zone centered around The Strip and their parents. This year’s community organizing class and alumni of the School of Social Work are supporting the reading of the play. The show recently made its Off-Broadway debut in 2015 at the historic White Horse Tavern in downtown New York since 1641. I was lucky enough to represent a public house. Director Daniel Lyman Smith, Mary Omar, and producer Ali Kennedy Scott (left to right) at the premiere.
Ayler and I had a chance to chat and talk about the play in New York. Over 500 people auditioned for six roles in the play. Eichler also has a team of professionals. Featuring producer Ali Kennedy Scott and director Daniel Lyman Smith, the Off-Broadway premiere allows for more productions to be directed and produced.
I love this play and I think it really represents Pittsburgh. and how residents are trying to cope with the challenges of neighborhood transformation and gentrification. Pittsburgh photos in a pub with main characters Danny and Johnny. He doesn’t look like a real Pittsburgher. (Eichler hired a vocal and accent coach.) It was like them, though. It is a fun and fascinating journey from the rich areas of the city or from the remote Alborghese to the fate surrounding the heroic neighborhoods where the city was destroyed. .Learn more more about the repulsing the monkey.