Bubby’s Shadow – 5 Things To Know About The Show Before You Go (2012 Planet Connections Festivity)
by The Happiest Medium on May 26, 2012
Isabelle Goodman as Cara, Gloria Rosen as Bubby, Andrew Rothkin as Jonny and Rosie Cosch as Debra in Bubby’s Shadow (Photographer: Paul Dorfman)
Bubby’s Shadow
Benefiting: Jewish Social Services Hospice & Visiting Nurse Service of New York Hospice and Palliative Care
Produced by White Rabbit Theatre
Written by Andrew Rothkin
Directed by Greg Cicchino
An unexpected knock and Jonny’s home again… to his sister, his niece, and the past he left behind. Join the Cohens as their Bubby guides them on a journey, traversing darkness, finding light… After all, Bubby’s not one to let a little snag like death stop her from fixing her family.”
Show Times:
- Sun 6/3/12 – 12:00pm
- Tue 6/5/12 – 4:00pm
- Sat 6/9/12 – 4:30pm
- Fri 6/15/12 – 6:00pm
- Sun 6/17/12 – 11:00am
- Tues 6/19/12 – 8:30pm
- Wed 6/20/12 – 6:00pm
- Sat 6/23/12 – 7:00pm
Answers by Andrew Rothkin
(Playwright/Producer/Actor)
Karen Tortora-Lee’s Question
How did you come up with the title for your show?
Andrew: Coming up with a title for one of my pieces, whether it is a poem, short story, one-act or full-length play, always comes at different times. Sometimes it is the first thing I come up with; sometimes it is the last thing I come up with; or it can occur any time during the process.
My initial working title for the piece (which I had forgotten until now) was simply Nanny, what my siblings, my cousins and I all called our wonderful, dear grandmother.
The inspiration eventually hit, and I devised Bubby’s Shadow, Bubby’s Light. I liked it then – and like that now… but virtually everyone I talked to thought the title was too much. Indeed, I just as easily could have called it Bubby’s Light, as the play is as much about light as it is about darkness, as much about illumination as it is about mystery…. In the end, I opted for the title that would intrigue me most if I were an unbiased theatregoer.
