The Divorce
Gloria wants to offer a friend some professional advice, but Eartha just wants out of the marriage. It’s not your standard divorce lawyer consultation.
About the Playwright, Kristy Lin Billuni
Kristy Lin Billuni has earned her living for over twenty years as The Sexy Grammarian. A proud member of The Dramatist Guild, Theatre Bay Area, San Francisco Eagle Players, and Left Coast Theatre Company, she is a 3Girls Brady Fellow and a Lambda Literary Fellow. Kristy treasures the venues where her plays have appeared, from an HIV clinic in San Francisco’s Castro District to a cabaret stage in the Tenderloin, from a festival in Queens to a black box at Stanford. She and her heroic social worker wife have married each other three times in twenty-five years and never divorced.
Meet the Director and Cast
Noah Harris (Director) is excited to be working with FreeFall Stage again, and to try his hand at directing for the first time. Noah is an avid thespian, a mediocre guitarist, and a horrible dancer. He has acted in numerous productions with FreeFall, including While the Lights Were Out, Hay Fever, and The Importance of Being Earnest. Noah received an Elly award for his performance in FreeFall Stage’s adaptation of the classic film, His Girl Friday. Next month, Noah will be portraying Dr. Watson in the thrilling crossover, Sherlock Holmes vs Dracula at Chautauqua Playhouse. He hopes you enjoy The Divorce as much as he enjoyed directing it.
Shirley Sayers (Eartha) was last seen as Mrs, Fremus, Mrs. Warren, and Clara in Chautauqua Playhouse’s Boys Next Door and, before that, was seen as Ethel Thayer in On Golden Pond at Sutter Street Theatre. She also played the drunken, abusive mother of Norma McCorvey (aka Roe) in Roe at Theatre One and was seen as Mama in Night, Mother, as Hannah in Angels in America, and as M’Lynn in Steel Magnolias, all TAAC/ Errant Phoenix Productions.
Bryn Riley (Gloria) is a Sacramento native with a love of theatre and music. She was most recently seen in FreeFall’s all-women 1776 this last June. Ms. Riley has a B.A. in Vocal Performance from Fresno Pacific University and has performed with Fresno’s Good Company Players in such musicals as Mamma Mia!, Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat, and Into the Woods. She attributes her love of acting to her father, long-time FreeFall Stage board (and family) member Craig Riley, and dedicates her performances to him. Miss you always, Mr. Screwtape.