Get the latest on Jimi Stanton on Fandango. Even though he is stoned — he and Warren appear to get stoned at every opportunity — Dennis proves capable of rapid-fire calculations of profit margins that make clear just how good a mind is being wasted. His hair looks as if it hasn't been washed in a while. This is our youth? After David had returned home, Jimi saw that life would never be normal again. “Outside the Wire” co-writer Jimi Stanton as Mark Mercer. The effect is claustrophobic, perfectly appropriate for a story in which the world is closing in. David was deployed three times; once to Iraq and twice to Afghanistan. Jimi Stanton Acting / Modeling Profile. Named for respected Boston Critic Elliot Norton, the awards are presented by the Boston Theater Critics Association and celebrate theatrical achievement in more than a dozen … Jimi Stanton Actor Greater Boston Area Performing Arts. Warren is both — and as good as Pollock was in those earlier performances, he's even better in "This Is Our Youth.'' Director Daniel Marcum and Jimi Stanton who wrote the script (dedicated to his brother David, a returned veteran) are really film-people, and "Outside The Wire" would be --- should be --- a movie, if they had the money and the time to shoot it; it would reach the returned veterans seeking wider audience who need to see it, if they could. Joey van Leeuwen Boston Drummer, Composer, Educator. Under the assured direction of Lewis D. Wheeler, with fine performances by Alex Pollock, Amanda Collins, and Jimi Stanton, this production of Kenneth Lonergan's play adds up to a … This is what our lives add up to? James Heselden apparently fell off a cliff while riding a Segway near his home. Contact. Welcome. Not for David and not for his family. Tickets: $33-$37.50. Left to right: Brooke Adams, Cherry Jones and Tony Shalhoub with 2010 Elliot Norton winner for Sustained Excellence, Karen MacDonald. Mark Mercer, in “Outside the Wire.” Sun staff photos can be ordered by visiting our MyCapture site. 617-933-8600, www.boston theatrescene.com. His crimes were horrendous, murdering an Iraqi mother, father and 4-year-old child, then raping and murdering the 14-year-old teen daughter of the family. While Cain won’t let us dismiss him as a monster, he doesn’t let Reeves off the hook, either, offering a little insight into his tragic youth without allowing it to excuse his behavior or shift the blame. By Sentinel and Enterprise Contributor and Sentinel and Enterprise | PUBLISHED: June … “9 Circles’’ is full of contradictions, the kind that keep an audience leaning forward, drawn irresistibly into the swirling drama. Even as he faces the death penalty, Daniel Edward Reeves, powerfully played by Jimi Stanton, is determined to fend off the efforts of a superior officer, lawyers, a minister and a psychiatrist to help him. Jonathan Davis and Jimi Stanton as Sgt. Boston, Massachusetts / 1968-11-16. At: Plaza Theatre, Boston Center for the Arts, through April 9. In Annie Baker's "The Aliens'' (at Company One) as well as David Rabe's "Sticks and Bones'' and Chekhov's "The Seagull'' (both at Wellfleet's Harbor Stage Company), the actor has demonstrated an exceptional knack for portraying guys who are either burned out or teetering on a psychological edge. In the riveting Publick Theatre production now at the Plaza Theatre, Boston Center for the Arts, one young man goes from murderer to victim, veteran to villain, all in the course of a taut 105 minutes. 2011 Elliot Norton Award Winners. find movie times + tickets. Movie News. Blog. Welcome. Recognizing excellence in Greater Boston theater, the 29th Annual Elliot Norton Awards were held on Monday, May 23, at the Paramount Mainstage in Boston's Theatre District.. Cain shifts back and forth in time, but we are always trapped in the room with Reeves, whether it’s the office of an army psychiatrist, a courtroom, or a series of prison cells. In Pollock's portrayal, Warren seems to flinch not just from the words of others, but from his own, even as he speaks them, as if every sentence he utters is a concession to a game he no longer wants to play, a weary existence he can no longer abide. Gary Ng. 2. Pollock's Warren comes across as not just wounded but utterly broken inside. "This Is Our Youth'' is not a "Just say no'' antidrug sermon. Directed by: Eric Engel. Courtesy photo Justin Nelson, left, as Staff Sgt. The Common bordered the historic neighbourhood of Beacon Hill, where An Early Clue to the New Direction would be shot , and where Joy Bang lived (coincidentally, on Joy Street) with her husband Paul Bang. Joey van Leeuwen is a rising star in the Boston music scene. Playwright Bill Cain uses Dante’s “Inferno’’ as his frame, and as he illuminates each of the nine spiraling circles of hell, he ratchets up the tension, with each scene tightening the noose from which neither the accused nor the audience can escape. Jimi Stanton as Dennis (left) and Alex Pollock as Warren in Kenneth Lonergan’s “This Is Our Youth.’’. Designer John Malinowski takes the notion of the circles literally, and all the action takes place on a small circular stage, with the actors in sharply defined pools of light. This is my first play in New York and my nerves have been with me since the first rehearsal. Still, there are touching, half-hidden layers of confusion and uncertainty to her that Collins captures in her sensitive performance. Saved by Detlev Foth. © Copyright 2011 Globe Newspaper Company. That fact seems to land with especially pronounced impact on Warren, an aimless but sadly self-aware 19-year-old played by Alex Pollock. Stanton's offers sheet music for concert band, jazz, choral, vocal, piano, guitar tabs, methods, solos & ensembles. (Craig Bailey/Perspective Photo). There are signs that deflating truth has also dawned on Jessica (Amanda Collins), the aspiring fashion designer whom Warren is smitten with, and even on the short-fused, musclebound, drug-dealing Dennis, portrayed by Jimi Stanton. Directed by Eric C. Engel. What perpetually inflames Dennis is the general haplessness of his friend Warren, who is hanging out at Dennis's apartment (designed with an acute eye for period detail by Jenna McFarland Lord) with $15,000 Warren stole from his father. He is known for his Hollywood films and TV productions. Reuniting the cast from last year’s successful Boston run at the Publick Theatre, including Jimi Stanton. 531,006 titles Currently in the digital delivery. Featured Movie News. Advanced Search. It played to sold out houses in San Francisco, finding an audience for its troubling narrative through its emphatic honesty. 0:00 / 2:08. Despite his eagerness to reenlist, he’s told he has injuries (mental ones) that can’t be fixed. Your comment is The Elliot Norton Awards have honored the best of Boston theatre since 1983. Stanton's offers sheet music for concert band, jazz, choral, vocal, piano, guitar tabs, methods, solos & ensembles. But he soon overcomes his dismay and suggests they use that money (before Warren returns it to his father) to make some for themselves by buying and selling cocaine. Press. Collins's Jessica is drawn to Warren and perhaps on some level wants to save him, but she also seems rightly wary of succumbing to the entropy that has nearly swallowed Warren whole. ... Boston, MA; San Diego, CA; Seattle, WA; Edison, NJ; Houston, TX; Tampa, FL; Find theaters + movie times near. Marcum graduated from Fitchburg State University in 2010, where he … Jimi Stanton as Dennis (left) and Alex Pollock as Warren in Kenneth Lonergan’s “This Is Our Youth.’’. Bombings, shootings and the high-alert perils of … He loves watching TV and movies from a young age. What has been the most challenging part about working on Afghanistan, Zimbabwe, America, Kuwait? Discography. At one point, Reeves’s lawyer tells him, “You did the unimaginable, made them feel the pain of their enemy.’’ At the conclusion of Sunday’s performance, the audience sat stunned, unable to move after feeling Reeves’s pain and traveling with him on his harrowing journey through “9 Circles.’’. Sets and Lights, John Malinowski. In Stanton's energetic portrayal, Dennis registers as a cross between Kent, the one-upping frenemy in Neil La-Bute's "Reasons to Be Pretty,'' and Jimmy Porter, the volcanic center of John Osborne's "Look Back in Anger.'' Outside the Wire was written as a play by Jimi Stanton as a way to say thank you to his brother, Army SSG David Stanton. Advanced Search. Dear old dad is apparently a shady character with dangerous connections. FITCHBURG — Cornerstone Stage Company presents “The Music Box,” an original dance-theatre production by Ellen Gorman and Jimi Stanton. Warren is stuck in a dead end and he knows it, and what you see in his eyes is the fear — or is it the knowledge? Marcum is also from Pelham, and he and Jimi Stanton are longtime friends. Stanton: "Dale's biggest hit, which found a second life when it was featured in the 1994 film Pulp Fiction, features a Palestinian scale. Jimi Stanton (Greg) spent a year in Los Angeles acting in projects and films with production companies such as Vuguru and Nickelodeon prior to coming to the Boston area. could not find your e-mail or password. The play was inspired by real events, and while there’s a temptation to dismiss “9 Circles’’ as an antiwar polemic (which, at some level, it is), Cain is more interested in the complexities of human nature. He wears a "Star Wars'' T-shirt beneath a flannel shirt (costumes are by Gail Astrid Buckley) and at least a day's growth of beard. Costumes, Gail Astrid Buckley. Jimi Stanton Bio, Photos, Theatre Credits, Stage History - Jimi Stanton is an actor and writer, known for Your Honor (2020), Greyhound (2020) and Fry Day (2017). Amanda Collins and Will McGarrahan play a variety of characters who interact with Reeves, with McGarrahan delivering a particularly unnerving array, from a well-meaning lawyer who wants to use Reeves as a way to put the US government’s policies on trial to a prison minister terrifying in his oily determination to get Reeves to admit his responsibility for the deaths of three of his fellow soldiers. Bio. Home; Create an Online Account; Clinic Dates; Join E-Mail Club; Directions to Stanton's; 1. It centers on Rachel, who struggles to keep … Well, yes, apparently it is. subject to the rules of our, THIS STORY HAS BEEN FORMATTED FOR EASY PRINTING, Report: Warrant Issued for Roggie’s Bar Owner, Boston Pops Concert Move Keeps the Beach Boys, Ditches Joey McIntyre, Lawmakers pass compounding pharmacy oversight bill, Follow this list on Twitter: @BostonPopular, Jimi Stanton (left) and Will McGarrahan in Publick Theatre’s “9 Circles.’’ Jimi Stanton (left) and Will McGarrahan in Publick Theatre’s “9 Circles.’’ (Craig Bailey/Perspective Photo) By Terry Byrne Globe Correspondent / March 22, 2011