Still Waiting for Lefty

Directed by:

Luke Bond

Company Name:

Logophile Productions

Genre / Type of Show:

Drama

Language:

English

Duration:

02:10:00 (including 15 minutes intermission)

Audience type:

General audience

Artists/Features:

Writer / Director – Luke Bond

Starring: Bill Blechingberg, Ivan Goris, Laura Jones, Ron Brice, Tatiana Grey, Len Nash, Greg Seel, Majo Bermudez, Federico Mallet, Brian Cook, Tut Gregory, Ronald Barshop, Hannah Williams, Preston Johnson, Maria Christina Perry, Maria J. Payares, Alan Gonzalez, Kamailyah Floyd, Emily Song Tyler, Alex Morrison, Luke Hodgeson, Grant Williams

Original Music by Zac Wood

Fight Choreography by Gabriel Rosario

Dance Choreography by Silvana Gonzalez

Program Artwork by Kevin Wadee

Photography by Ketak Dhiman

Synopsis:

“Waiting for Lefty” by Clifford Odets was produced in 1935 by The Group Theater and was heavily influenced by the 40-day cab drivers’ strike which occurred the previous year.

This is not that play.

Set in the uncomfortably recent past and the even more uncomfortably near future,
“Still Waiting for Lefty” follows the lives of various warehouse workers for “New World Tech”, a predominant and monstrous Tech company with international influence, which grows and profits on the back of the working class.  As workers of the world unite to battle for equitable wages and working conditions, they must overcome New World Tech’s sinister and underhanded tactics for resolving labor disputes, wherein workers’ integrity and solidarity will be tested.

Regarding the director

 Luke Bond is a NYC based Director with awards across multiple mediums. His play “Initiation” was produced Off-Broadway at The Clurman Theater as part of Writopia Lab’s 2013 Season. Some directing and playwrighting credits include “The Rare Upper Hand”, “The Relationship Type”, “Post Coitus” (The Davenport Theater), “Folly”, “Scum”, (The Hudson Guild Theater), “Outside the Door”, “Burying Davey”, “Foggy Dew”, and many others, including “Asking a Human”, for which he was nominated for “Best Director” as part of The NY Theater Festival in 2017.. Luke is the writer, producer, director, and editor for the 2023 film “Fire With Fire”, which won many awards throughout the film festival circuit, and was then distributed by Deskpop Entertainment. It is now available to stream on Apple TV, Amazon Prime, Google Play, Tubi, Xumo, Vudu, and The Roku Channel.  Luke is also the writer, director, producer, and editor for the 2019 film “Broke”, which  also won many awards throughout the film festival circuit. It is now available to stream on Amazon Prime. Luke is also the writer, producer, director, animator, and editor for the 2020 stop-motion animation web series “Paul Makes Everything Worse”, which is available to watch on koldopen’s free streaming service.