The Zoo Story
by Edward Albee
directed by Jeremy Aluma

April 2017
at The Theatre School at DePaul University (Chicago, IL)

starring…
Elliot Gross as JERRY
Sean Wesslund as PETER

Two strangers meet at a park bench on a sunny, summer afternoon in Central Park, New York. Peter is an executive at a textbook publishing company and makes $200K a year. Jerry lives in a laughably small room of a boarding house with only beaverboard separating his bedroom from his neighbors. They discuss their lives, dreams, and what they stand for in a constant tug-of-war. But, what Peter doesn’t know is that Jerry has been looking for a man like him – a man who creates a social chasm so wide between them, they’re both bound to fall in.

Produced by The Theatre School at DePaul University
Stage Managers: Alec Deske and Kate Coley
Costume Designer: Isabelle Laursen
Lighting Designer: Mattias Lange-McPherson
Sound Designer: Gabriela Cordovi
Special Effects Designer: Dyllan Rodrigues-Miller
Lead Dramaturge: Grace Grindell
Fight Choreographer: Nick Sandys
Assistant Dramaturges: David Barber and Amanda Playford
Photographer: Gracie Meier
Graphic Designer: Michael Burke
Advisor: Damon Kiely