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checkbox Critic's Pick
"Oanh Nguyen's superlative cast pulls off the script's dual demands, demonstrating effortless comic timing and dramatic chops of equal ease yet of considerable emotional impact."
-- Back Stage West

“… a profoundly moving, emotionally arresting play that, in the highly capable hands of director Oanh Nguyen and his five-person cast, ranks among the most riveting pieces of theater to grace a local stage in years.”
-- OC Weekly

"It is very evident that Nguyen and the rest of the company involved took to heart the very essence of Lindsay-Abaire’s examination of the grief process. ... This production at The Chance Theater of Rabbit Hole is one not to be missed."
-- EDGE Los Angeles

"Nguyen's superb cast handles the script's dual styles, comedic and dramatic, with equal ease and with no visible shift."
-- Orange County Register

"Kudos to Oanh Nguyen for his impeccable, sensitive direction of this timeless tragedy; and to his five-member ensemble who play off of each other like well-tempered chambre music."
-- Stage Happenings

"flawlessly directed by Oanh Nguyen, [Rabbit Hole] is both Alice in Wonderland enchanting and mine shaft disorienting."
-- What The Butler Saw

"What makes this production such a memorable one, and superior even to the Geffen Playhouse’s excellent West Coast Premiere, is the intimacy of its setting, the superb direction by Oanh Nguyen, and the inspired performances of its cast of five."
-- StageSceneLA

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2007 Pulitzer Prize Winner!
Orange County Premiere!

Rabbit Hole
by David Lindsay-Abaire
directed by Oanh Nguyen

Back Stage West Critic's Pick

Somewhere there are other versions of us
where everything goes our way.

 

May 11 - Jun. 8 (extended to June 15)
Thu. 8pm, Sun. 7pm

added performances:
Fri, June 13 at 8pm
Sat, June 14 at 8pm
Sun, June 15 at 2pm

$30 Premium Seating
$25 General, $22 Seniors/ Students/ Military with I.D.
Group and Youth Rush Tickets Available.

SPECIAL PERFORMANCES:
May 11 at 7pm: $40 OPENING GALA performance.
May 8 at 8pm: $20 PREVIEW performance (includes post-show talkback)

Synopsis

The Corbetts have everything a regular family could want... until the day their world is turned upside down. Teeming with heartbreak, compassion, wit and honesty, Rabbit Hole is a nuanced and delicate piece of theater about family relationships, loss and hope. Having won or been nominated for almost every major playwriting award in the country, Rabbit Hole is widely regarded as one of the best new plays written in the last 25 years.

Download Audience Guide for this production.
Creative Team
  • Playwright : David Lindsay-Abaire
  • Director : Oanh Nguyen*
  • Set Designer : Masako Tobaru*
  • Lighting Designer : KC Wilkerson
  • Sound Designers : Mitchell Kohen*
  • Costume Designer : Erika C. Miller*
  • Dramaturg : Jonathan Josephson*
  • Stage Manager : Masako Tobaru*
  • Assisstant Stage Manager : Lisa Beaumont
Performers (in order of appearance)
  • Becca : Jennifer Ruckman*
  • Izzy : Alex Bueno*
  • Howie : Jonathon Lamer*
  • Nat : Karen Webster*
  • Jason : Kevin Johnston
* Chance Theater Company Member

Special Thanks to
Gary & Patricia Housholder
and
Lewis & Marty Crouse
for sponsoring
Jonathon Lamer in this production.

The opening gala for this production was generously catered by Le Grand Marketing.