Today’s Y’all Weekly interview is with “I’m Gonna Marry You Tobey Maguire” director Jessica Zingher.
We talk about her local theatre journey, her new production, and her process in the theater. Video above, audio-only below.
The Premise:
It’s 2004, and lonely 14-year-old Shelby Hinkley has kidnapped Tobey Maguire, at the height of his Spiderman career, to force him into marrying her. However, you can’t just kidnap the most famous person in the world without consequences. Samantha Hurley’s laugh-out-loud dark comedy, steeped in Y2K nostalgia, explodes our para-social relationships ,the obsessions that detonate them, and how we use online culture to escape very real world problems. Audiences teenage+ recommended.
The cast features Caroline Magee as Shelby Hinkley and Adam Peal as Tobey Maguire.
The Pitch:
“If you are looking for a fun, irreverent, absolutely Balls to the Wall, good time, ‘Tobey Maguire’ is it. We obey no rules of reality in any shape or form. One of my biggest inspirations is Wet Hot American Summer. And if that is your type of humor, I got you. You're in for a night.”
- Jessica Zingher
The Deets:
“I’m Gonna Marry You Tobey Maguire”
by Samantha Hurley
Directed by Jessica Zingher
Presented by Zingher Productions
at Warehouse Studio Theatre (Cornelius, N.C.)
September 25th - October 11th
Directed by Jessica Zingher
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