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The Gambler
Rawya El Chab and Kelly Lamanna

at Loading Dock

June 17 – 18, 22 – 25 @ 7:30pm

June 19 @ 4:30pm

Doris and Gertie bust out of the nursing home for a last call at living. They will not rest until they have their fill. Maybe dying need not be so serious after all.

Written and performed by Rawya El Chab & Kelly Lamanna
Directed by Leonie Bell
Sound designer/ Composer Omar Dewachi
Costume/ Prop designer Katie Friedman
Projection & Set Design Cosette Pin

Lighting Design Akvinder Kaur
Technical Director Tala Salman
Graphic Design Carine Zahab

Stage Manager Lianne El Souki

The Gambler is a two-handed clown show for adults. A tale of debauchery, inspired by a few chapters from Dostoevsky’s novel of the same name, our story follows two women, Doris and Gertie, who at the end of their lives spiral into a world of gambling and sin. Rawya El Chab and Kelly Lamanna dance the line between absurdity and sincerity, posing questions about agency, addiction, and society’s relationship with the elderly. In a moment when the weight of mortality feels particularly heavy, these two artists attempt to make sense of being alive.

Developed in residency at Target Margin Theater.

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The Exponential Festival is a 501c3 organization. Our activities are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature. Exponential is also supported, in part, by the Mental Insight Foundation and A.R.T./New York’s NYC Small Theatres Fund made possible with support from the Howard Gilman Foundation.

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Art by Mark Toneff.

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