The Studios of Key West has announced that the virtual production of the timely new play, Smithtown, will now be available to stream through Saturday, March 13. Smithtown, written by Drew Larimore and directed by Stephen Kitsakos, is a series of four interconnected but distinct monologues featuring an ensemble of top Broadway and television actors: Michael Urie (Broadway revival of Torch Song, “Ugly Betty”), Ann Harada (Avenue Q and Cinderella on Broadway), Colby Lewis (Chicago’s Hamilton, “Chicago Med”), and Constance Shulman (“Orange is the New Black,” The Rose Tattoo on Broadway).
Both dark and funny, Smithtown shines a spotlight on the ways we communicate and miscommunicate in a rapidly evolving digital era, when the rules of conduct change by the minute, and loneliness and isolation seem to be the order of the day.
The play follows four residents of Smithtown, a fictional Midwestern university town, who unwittingly and arguably become “victims” of technology gone awry. A college professor ignites a local tragedy by texting questionable photographs to his ex-girlfriend. A sleep-deprived “text angel” sends a well-meaning text at the exact wrong moment. A struggling artist plays fast and loose with morality to get ahead. A grieving mother turns to social media to fill the emptiness left by a lost child.
Smithtown streams through Saturday, March 13. Running time is 65 minutes. Tickets are $15 for Studio Members and $20 for non-members.
Tickets are available at tskw.org/smithtown-2.
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