World Premiere of Local Playwright's Comic Drama

Snag, written by Tony Traxler, at the Tabard Theatre for one week

The world premiere of a comic drama written and directed by local man is being performed at the Tabard Theatre.

It is being shown between 30 April to 4 May.

It’s a fight for legacy and the unthinkable.
Tony Traxler’s new thought- provoking and funny play, Snag, based on a combination of true stories that he experienced in his 20+ years of living in New York City, opens at The Tabard Theatre on 30 April 2019 for one week only.

A young woman's search for her identity becomes an emotional rollercoaster ride, risking lifelong friendships. Laurel Daydon’s placid West London life ends abruptly when she unearths a bundle of diaries which take her on a life-changing adventure to her birthplace, New York City.

Her biological clock starts ticking triple- time when she discovers her recently deceased, gay, adoptive father’s little secret; a certain something on ice at a fertility clinic. “Why wouldn’t I want to have his baby. He was the man that loved me the most!”. However, there is one Snag and the scene is set for a showdown with an opinionated woman of American Christian values with her finger on the freezer switch.

Snag’s powerhouse cast of 7 actors includes Ciprina Spizzirri Nugent (Two and a Half Men, Cougar Town, Vegas, Samantha Who, Cats and Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore ) as Ella and Trent Hocking (Haraam, Recoil and forthcoming Honey and Wine) as Dick.

“I got my inspiration for Snag when performing in a production of Frankie and Johnny and the Claire du Lune. The infertility/adoption theme set me on personal journey to becoming a parent through adoption. My plans were derailed by a few months when a friend asked me to have a baby with her, but in the end, I decided adoption was the better option and it yielded me with a perfect match”.

Tony Traxler is a Writer/Director/Actor, an American living in Chiswick, who has written award-winning short plays performed in New York and London. As an actor he has won The Society for Chekhov’s best actor in an ensemble award for his role in A Weekend Near Madison.

Recently, he has directed revivals of Terrance Rattigan’s’ Separate Tables and Oliver Goldsmith’s 'She Stoops to Conquer' to full houses and auspicious reviews.

Snag marks to debut of his first full length play and is transferring to New York and Los Angeles in 2020

FEATURING
Laurel Daydon: Lauren Powell
Tim Daydon: Iskandar Najmuddin
Ella: Ciprina Spizzirri Nugent
Steve/Joe: Conlan Day
Dick: Trent Hocking
Be Delmonte: Jules Bannister
Leo Gardener: Richard Scot

May 4, 2019