AT MARIST UNIVERSITY & THE BARDAVON
A HILARIOUS AND BITTERSWEET PLAY FOR “PARROTHEADS” SET IN A FLORIDA RETIREMENT COMMUNITY.
TRIP AROUND THE SUN
Written by Jake Brasch
Directed by Shelley Butler
Life is good for Phil and Suze in their Florida retirement community. They fill their days with virgin margaritas and Jimmy Buffet karaoke. But the night before Suze’s big birthday cruise, Phil decides to shake things up one last time.
Sunday, July 26
Symphonic Hall at Marist University
1:00pm
This performance will be fully bilingual in American Sign Language (ASL) and spoken English.
TRIP AROUND THE SUN was developed at the South Carolina New Play Festival and originally workshopped and developed in the 2025 Pacific Playwrights Festival as part of The Lab@South Coast Repertory
Jake Brasch | Playwright
Jake Brasch (he/they) is a writer, performer, composer, and clown, and a recent graduate of The Juilliard School. In 2025, his play THE RESERVOIR was produced by Atlantic Theater Company/Ensemble Studio Theatre, as well as the Denver Center, Alliance Theatre, Geffen Playhouse, and Berkeley Rep. With playwright Nadja Leonhard-Hooper, Jake is a co-founder of American Sing-Song, a collective that writes and performs filthy, comedic musicals. Their musical HOLE! will be produced in London, Edinburgh, and New York this year. Jake is a proud alum of Youngblood at EST and the Page 73 Writers Group. He is developing a series based on his cursed decade as a birthday party clown. Jake has three brothers, 26 pairs of glasses, and lives in Brooklyn with his brilliant husband, Tyler Brasch.
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Shelley Butler | Director
Shelley Butler has over 50 Broadway, Off-Broadway and regional credits to date working extensively with writers on new plays and musicals at theaters across the country. Notable productions include the world premieres of Lucas Hnath’s A DOLL’S HOUSE PART 2 at South Coast Repertory, Kate Hamill’s THE SCARLET LETTER for Two River Theater and Jake Brasch’s THE RESERVOIR in a Denver Center, Alliance Theatre & Geffen Playhouse co-production along with the off-Broadway premiere in an Atlantic Theater/E.S.T. and co-production . Shelley is the recipient of a Drama League Fall Directing Fellowship, a 2018 Drama League Directing Resident, a 2005 Director’s Guild of America Trainee, and a proud member of SDC. She currently serves as Artistic Director for the newly created South Carolina New Play Festival.
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Kasson Marroquin | Stage Manager
KASSON MARROQUIN (they/he) (Production Stage Manager): Off-Broadway: JEROME, WET BRAIN (co-pro with MCC), THE THIN PLACE (Playwrights Horizons); WOLF PLAY, THE LIGHT, CHARM (MCC); TARTUFFE, BECOMING EVE (NYTW); ORLANDO (Signature Theatre); MONTAG (Soho Rep.); CYMBELINE, OUT OF TIME (NAATCO); HAMLET, ORESTEIA (The Park Avenue Armory); BLISS (Breaking the Binary Theatre). Regional: CAMINO REAL (Williamstown Theatre Festival); YOUR LOCAL THEATER PRESENTS..., KILL LOCAL (La Jolla Playhouse); QUIXOTE NUEVO (Hartford Stage). Dance/Touring: MINOR MUSIC AT THE END OF THE WORLD (Hartwig Art Foundation); THE BIG FIVE-OH!, COME TO YOUR SENSES, SHADOWLAND, SHADOWLAND THE NEW ADVENTURE, PILOBOLUS at The Joyce Theater (Pilobolus); DESCENT (Kinetic Light). Music/Opera: THE COUNTERFEIT OPERA, THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO (Little Island); PATH OF MIRACLES, TREE OF CODES (Spoleto Festival USA). Events: MCC Theater’s Miscast, San Diego Comic-Con’s The Good Place Activation, Yo-Yo Ma’s Day of Action, Queer Liberation March Rally. Education: MFA, University of California San Diego; BA, University of North Texas.
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Harriet Sansom Harris | Suze
Harriet Sansom Harris can currently be seen as Dr. Blake on the Paramount+ series THE AGENCY. Recently, she appeared on DUTTON RANCH as well as the limited series LONG BRIGHT RIVER. Miss Harris was nominated for an Emmy Award for her guest appearance on HACKS (Netflix) in season 2’s episode “Retired’’. Harriet’s film credits include JULES (Marc Turtletaub), Paul Thomas Anderson’s LICORICE PIZZA and PHANTOM THREAD, MEMENTO (Christopher Nolan) and ADDAMS FAMILY VALUES (Barry Sonnenfeld). On TV, she’s known for her multi-season arcs on DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES (ABC) and FRASIER (NBC), most recently RATCHED (Netflix), ATLANTIC CROSSING (PBS), AMERICAN HORROR STORY (FX), and the Marvel television special, WEREWOLF BY NIGHT (Disney+). Harriet appeared in ONCE UPON A MATTRESS at NYCC, and won both the Drama Desk and Tony Award for THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE. Other New York theater credits include the Public Theater, Roundabout, Minetta Lane and the Park Avenue Armory.
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Richard Schiff | Phil
Richard Schiff. Most recently starred in Copenhagen at the Hampstead in London. Last year BECOMING EvE(Outer Critics Nom) at NY Theater Workshop. SPEED THE PLOW and UNDERNEATH THE LINTEL on the West End. GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS on Broadway. Known for THE WEST WING (Emmy, 3 Noms) THE GOOD DOCTOR (TV Critics Nom) among many films and much tv. Upcoming tv: THE WESTIES; ROMAN; PUBLIC INTEREST; WAR.
Louise Colin | Stage Directions
Louise Colin is a French-Australian director working internationally across New York, Paris, and Australia. Born in France and raised in Australia, her bicultural perspective continues to shape her artistic practice. In New York, she has directed TWILIGHT BOWL at Target Margin Theater, FINAL BELL at The Tank, and OHIO PLAY at the SoHo Playhouse Lighthouse Series. She recently served as Associate Director on ARIADNE AUF NAXOS in Berlin and is currently a SHENYC Directing Fellow. She is thrilled to be working with S&F this summer!