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Constellations

by NICK PAYNE
directed by SARAH ELIZABETH WANSLEY

JANUARY 24 - FEBRUARY 11, 2024


What if you’d made a different choice? What if you’d said the thing that popped into your head just after you walked away? Nick Payne’s Olivier Award-winning modern romance Constellations follows Roland, a beekeeper, and Marianne, a scientist, from their first meeting through a multitude of possible futures. From marriage to heartbreak, through sickness and health, and back again, Constellations is a play that reveals the vast universe of possibilities in our lives.

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  • Youth Tickets $20

    For 25 and under

  • Student Tickets $19

    For students of all ages

  • Preview Tickets (Jan. 24-26) $34

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Running time is approximately 95 minutes. There is no intermission. This show is recommended for teens and up.
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Special Events

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FRIDAY, FEB. 2
6:30PM – 7:20PM

Join fellow subscribers for complimentary drinks and snacks prior to the show!

RSVP recommended but not required. Admission is Free to all 2023-24 seasons subscribers.

SATURDAY, FEB. 3
Following the 7:30PM Performance

Join us after the 7:30 PM show for a conversation with the Constellations company.

Admission is Free to the Public.

Meet the Cast

Izzie Steele

Izzie Steele

Marianne

IZZIE is honored to be back at Northern Stage playing opposite her beloved partner of over a decade.  She and Rob met and fell in love while cast mates in 2012, got married in 2016 and had their beautiful son Baz in 2021. Izzie is mostly known for playing Tina Tevetino on DIRK GENTLY’S HOLISTIC DETECTIVE AGENCY (with Elijah Wood) for BBC America/Hulu. She also has been seen in DIVORCE on HBO with Sarah Jessica Parker, LAW AND ORDER: SVU and NCIS: New Orleans. On stage, she most recently was seen as Mrs. Jennings in SENSE AND SENSIBILITY at Northern Stage this past summer.  Other credits include; THE PURISTS at the Huntington Theatre Company, directed by Billy Porter, the off broadway revival of CLOUD 9 at the Atlantic Theatre working directly with Caryl Churchill, and WHAT I DID LAST SUMMER at the Signature Theater in NYC. In addition, she was the lead in the pre-Broadway play, THE HEART OF ROBIN HOOD, playing Marion. Other credits include Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, Helena in Midsummers night dream, Díana in All’s Well that Ends Well, Lady Percy in Henry IV part 1 and Pegeen in Playboy of the Western World at the Shakespeare Theater of NJ. Forever grateful to her Northern Stage family and this incredible opportunity to be on stage with Rob again after almost 12 years. To Baz; you are the center of all of my universes.

 

Robert David Grant

Roland

ROBERT DAVID GRANT returns to Northern Stage after playing the title role in Macbeth, Edgar in King Lear and Jason in Sweat. His head is in the stars over being able to appear onstage with his wife Izzie for the first time since they met on a very different stage twelve years ago. New York credits include The Mint Theater Company, Pearl Theater, Drama League, The Acting Company, The Flea Theater and The Westside Theatre. Regionally he has appeared with The Guthrie, Geva Theatre Center, Yale Rep, Barrington Stage Company, George Street Theater, Shakespeare Theatre of NJ and Yale Cabaret, among others. His TV credits include recurring roles on the Emmy-winning HBO drama Succession and The Orville on Fox. A long time member of The Actors Center, Robert holds a BA from Princeton University and an MFA from Yale School of Drama. Robert is incredibly proud to serve as the Director of Education at Northern Stage, and is thrilled to share this wonderful play with the many young actors who participate in the programs here. He lives here in the Upper Valley with his wife Iz and son Baz, who are awesome, and their dog Mac, who has his moments.

Rose Van Dyne

Pianist

ROSE VAN DYNE (she/her) is a multifaceted artist and educator based in NYC. She is the co-founder of @BroadwayCooks, an organization that provides fresh food for houseless and hungry community members in Times Square and the five boroughs.
Recent credits include: Actor–1776 (Broadway, National Tour, ART), Cambodian Rock Band, All’s Well That Ends Well (Oregon Shakespeare Festival), Interstate World Premiere (Mixed Blood Theatre).
Music Director– Allegiance (54 Below), Dragon Baby (ART), Spring Awakening (Montclair State University),You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown (Out of the Box Theatrics), American Theatre Wing Songwriters Competition (2020-2022), Second Line (Pace University New Musicals, Oregon Shakespeare Festival), Baked! The Musical (Chicago Underscore Theatre Company), Sick Moves (Temple University New Musicals).
Educator— Pace University, Marymount Manhattan College, Boston Conservatory, CSU-Chico, BroadwayVox.

Meet the Creatives

Nick Payne

Playwright

NICK PAYNE’s plays include IF THERE IS I HAVEN’T FOUND IT YET (Bush Theatre and Roundabout Theatre Company, New York), WANDERLUST (Royal Court Theatre), Sophocles’ ELECTRA (Gate Theatre), ONE DAY WHEN WE WERE YOUNG (Paines Plough/Sheffield Theatres and Shoreditch Town Hall), LAY DOWN YOUR CROSS (Hampstead Theatre), CONSTELLATIONS (Royal Court Theatre and Duke of York’s), and THE SAME DEEP WATER AS ME (Donmar Warehouse). He is the recipient of the 2009 George Devine Award for Most Promising Playwright, 2012 Harold Pinter Playwright’s Award, and the 2012 London Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Play for Constellations. Learn more about Nick Payne’s theatrical works HERE.

SARAH ELIZABETH WANSLEY directs and develops new plays and musicals, as well as highly theatrical adaptations of classic works. Previously she was the Artistic Producer at Chautauqua Theater Company and the inaugural recipient of the Cleveland Play House Artistic Directing Fellowship for Women. Recent directing projects The Amish Project by Jessica Dickey at PlayMakers Repertory Company, Egress by Melissa Crespo and Sarah Saltwick at Cleveland Play House, Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again. by Alice Birch at Dobama Theatre, The Wolves by Sarah DeLappe at SUNY Purchase and A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Chautauqua Theater Company. She has directed new work at New York Stage and Film, The Flea Theater, Ensemble Studio Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, McCarter Theatre, White Heron Theatre, and Pipeline Theatre Company. Sarah is a New Georges Affiliated Artist, a 2018 Drama League Resident Artist, a 2015 Drama League Directing Fellow, and a member of the 2011 Lincoln Center Director’s Lab. Sarah received her MFA in Directing from UCSD; from 2016-2020 she was a faculty member at Fordham University.

Sound Designer

Alek Deva

Scenic Designer
Costume Designer
Lighting Designer
Assistant Director

Monique St. Cyr

Production Stage Manager

Colt Luedtke

Community
Partners

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Season
Sponsor

Thank you to Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital, our season underwriter since 2018.

Production
Sponsors

Constellations is sponsored in part by Schiffman, Dattilio, & Company, P.C., Coldwell Banker Lifestyles, and Tyler, Simms, & St. Sauveur, P.C.

Constellations is made possible in part by generous support from John & Karen Sanders.

Series
Sponsors


Opening Nights are sponsored in part by A.B. Gile, a division of The Rowley Agency, Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC, and Four Seasons Sotheby's International Realty.

Access For All performances are sponsored by Bar Harbor Bank.