Interview with Michael Healy, playwright of “The Drawer Boy”

There are just two more chances to see The Drawer Boy at Actors’ Theatre of Grand Rapids!

Want a little inside information on the play?  Be sure and check out this interview with Michael Healy, done when The Drawer Boy premiered at the Tron Theatre in Glasgow, Scotland in May 2008.

Two Remaining Performances of The Drawer Boy:
May 21 – May 22, 8PM

Click here to purchase your tickets online:

Or, call the box office number reserve tickets at (616) 234-3946.

GVSU Interview with Fred and Bud of “The Drawer Boy”

In case you missed it, here’s the archived interview from The WGVU Morning Show with Shelley Irwin featuring director Fred Sebulske and actor Bud Thompson.  Fred and Bud discuss the play as well as Bud and Dawn’s trip to Clinton, Ontario.  (Click here to read the article Together on the Same Road, on the Actors’ Theatre eNewsletter about that journey.)

‘The Drawer Boy’ on YouTube

There are still tickets available for this performances of The Drawer Boy at Actors Theatre Grand Rapids this weekend!  Want to get a sneak peak?  Check out this video:

Performances of The Drawer Boy
May 20 – May 22, 8PM

Tickets range from $22.00 for adults to $8.00 for student rush tickets an hour prior to performances. For Thursday performances, a second ticket is $10.00 with the purchase of the first ticket at full price. The box office number to reserve tickets is (616) 234-3946. Or click below to purchase your tickets online:

‘The Drawer Boy’ Review in The Grand Rapids Press

Be sure and read the complete review on www.mlive.com

Modern-day tragedy ‘Drawer Boy’ unfolds slowly at Actors’ Theatre

By Sue Merrell | The Grand Rapids Press
May 14, 2010, 7:33AM

In Shakespeare’s “Hamlet,” the hero discovers his uncle has killed his father and married his mother. By the end of the play, the stage is littered with bodies.

In “The Drawer Boy,” a modern-day tragedy at Actors’ Theatre, a man loses his memory and his love and is lied to by the one person he trusts. But in the end, the only thing littering the stage is some very well-washed gravel.

Friendship makes all difference in these two tales…

Go to www.milive.com to read the complete review.

Performances of The Drawer Boy
May 20 – May 22, 8PM

Tickets range from $22.00 for adults to $8.00 for student rush tickets an hour prior to performances. For Thursday performances, a second ticket is $10.00 with the purchase of the first ticket at full price. The box office number to reserve tickets is (616) 234-3946. Or click below to purchase your tickets online:

“The Drawer Boy” in On The Town Magazine

Be sure and read the complete article on www.mlive.com

It’s a cultural clash when Actors’ Theatre presents “The Drawer Boy” this month
By Kristin Dykema

Cast of characters: Actors' "The Drawer Boy" Photo by: Tom Firme

May 11, 2010, 9:00AM

Actors’ Theatre’s production of The Drawer Boy features an urban and rural culture clash when a young actor decides to live with two elderly farmers to do research for a script.

The farmers, Morgan and Angus, are reluctant to let the self-absorbed city boy, Miles Potter, move in. But as Miles spends more and more time with the farmers, he uncovers secrets they have managed to keep hidden from each other for three decades.

“The first time I read the play, I was captured by the characters and the sweet simplicity of their lives that masks a deep and dramatic secret,” Director Fred Sebulske said. “These are three wonderful character studies, full of humor and mystery, drama and humanity.”…

Performances for The Drawer Boy
May 20 – May 22, 8PM

Tickets range from $22.00 for adults to $8.00 for student rush tickets an hour prior to performances. For Thursday performances, a second ticket is $10.00 with the purchase of the first ticket at full price. The box office number to reserve tickets is (616) 234-3946. Or click below to purchase your tickets online: