Directed by Shanara Gabrielle
December 2-19, 2021
Featuring Jonathan Feuer*, Emily Erickson, and Navi 
*member of Actor's Equity Association

From critically acclaimed Australian playwright Finegan Kruckemeyer, comes Man Covets Bird, an enveloping world of pearly prose, lustrous live music, melancholia and sunshine.

A boy wakes to find he has grown. He recognizes the stranger in the mirror, but his parents, his town do not. Outside his childhood bedroom he finds a bird that cannot fly and together the strangers embark on adventures. 

​This is the story about their journey to the big city, what they find there, what they join in and what they make themselves. A story about flying from nests, birdsong and growing up.

MEET THE CAST

Jonathan Feuer is making his Spooky Action Theater debut. Shakespeare Theatre Company: Richard the Third, As You Like It; Signature Theatre: John; Rep Stage: Antigone Project; Theater J: The Call; Kennedy Center TYA: How to Catch a Star, Flowers Stink; Imagination Stage: Charlotte’s Web, The Freshest Snow Whyte; Prologue Theatre: Recent Tragic Events; The Hub Theatre: Redder Blood; Forum Theatre: Passion Play, The ‘T’ Party, 9 Circles; Keegan Theatre: A Few Good Men; Adventure Theatre MTC: A Little House Christmas; Quotidian Theatre Company: A Little Trick, Talking Pictures; Studio 2ndStage: Astro Boy & the God of Comics. MFA: The Academy for Classical Acting at GW.

Navi (he/they) is a multidisciplinary performer, producer, meme maker, and transmedia artist. Additionally, they're one of the current Artistic Leads of Flying V, a nerd/pop culture performing arts organization based out of Montgomery County. On Discord @ navi (he/they)#4078 ​

Emily Erickson (Ensemble) is a multi-hyphenate actor based in DC and NYC. DC: Female Swing - Working: A Musical (@workinginDC), Brutus - Julius Caesar (ACA), Fantastagirl and the Math Monster (Adventure Theatre), The Cherry Orchard (ACA). NEW YORK: Vinegar Tom (Powerhouse Theater), Political Snorts (La MaMa), LORDES (New Ohio), Romeo and Juliet (NYU). REGIONAL: Elegies for Angels, Punks, and Raging Queens (Peregrine Theatre Ensemble) and The PiTCH at Rev Theatre Co. Emily is also a composer, theatre educator, musician, and vocal coach and frequently works at The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center, NYU, IAMT, and Atlantic Theater Company. Proud graduate of the Academy for Classical Acting (MFA) and NYU Tisch (BFA). emilynerickson.com, @emierickson