Festival Producer | Laura Maslon

Associate Festival Producer | Linda Rubin

Saturday, AUGUST 1, 7:30PM

Closing Costs
by Grace McLeod

Buying a house in Los Angeles these days is a joke. But buying a 3-bed 2-bath Spanish-style bungalow in Atwater Village is… a farce. Closing Costs is a raucous send-up of the American dream, the Hollywood dream, and the real estate market in one of the most beautiful, expensive, and apocalyptic cities on earth. Let the bidding war begin.

Production Effects Advisory: Flickering lights

ARTISTIC TEAM
Director: Hannah Wolf
Dramaturg: Olivia O'Connor
Stage Manager: Rebecca K. Hsia*
Casting Director: Nicole Arbusto
Intern: Olayinka Bart-Williams

CAST
Kayla: Imani Branch
Raffi: Karo Dzhgalian
Aaron: Alexander Neher
Steph: Alex Song-Xia
Claire: Emma Maltby*
Brian: Peter Paige*
Javi: George Salazar*
Veronica: Christine Woods
Stage Directions: Olayinka Bart-Williams


There will be a 10 minute intermission.

Content Warning: Explicit language

Special Thanks: Jennifer Chang

*Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States

GRACE McLEOD, Playwright (she/her)

Grace McLeod is a queer playwright and screenwriter from New York City who is proud to call Los Angeles home. Her play Herland received an NNPN Rolling World Premiere in 2019 and her play Closing Costs will receive its world premiere at Geffen Playhouse in 2027. As a playwright, Grace has had her work produced, developed, optioned, and/or commissioned by South Carolina New Plays Festival (upcoming), No Guarantees Productions, The Playwrights Realm, Ashland New Plays Festival, Goodman Theatre, IAMA Theatre Company, Redtwist Theatre, MOXIE Theatre, Greenway Court Theatre, and many more. She’s a former Tribeca Film Fellow, a current member of AGBO’s Storytellers Collective, and she has developed film/TV/audio projects with companies including HappyBad Bungalow, Mucho Mas Media, Picturestart, Hartbeat, and Temple Hill. Grace is a graduate of the University of Chicago, where she received the Olga and Paul Menn Foundation Prize for Playwriting. www.gracemcleod.com