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  The Mark of M

  From the Criterion Collection release of the Fritz Lang film that inspired the play.

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  Ryan Landry's "M" is Among Us

  Fritz Lang and Ryan Landry are men of unique vision. But whereas the stark, single-minded intensity of Lang’s oeuvre defined the German Expressionist movement, Landry’s creativity rejects monomaniacal auteurship in favor of an aesthetic that scavenges, remixes, and re-imagines with a fierce audacity. The results, though, are every bit as singular.

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  Looking For The Next Frontier: Ryan Landry's Playwriting Career

  How did Ryan Landry — the playwright-performer-impresario famous for irreverent takes on the classics — end up onstage at the Huntington — an established regional theatre whose interpretations of the classics lean toward the reverent? 

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  From Audience Member to Auteur: The Ridiculous Beginnings of Ryan Landry

  Playwright Ryan Landry remembers the moment he knew where he belonged as an artist. 

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  The Bizarro World of Ryan Landry

  “When I was young, I was very into comic books,” recalls playwright Ryan Landry. “Superman would often visit a ‘Bizarro World’ where everything was the same, except that the characters were like sculptures made of lead and very roughly cut. It was an alternative universe that ran parallel to the normal one, the one that ‘normal’ people existed in. I think that’s who I am. I am the ‘Bizarro’ playwright.”

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  The Sound of Strangeness: Fritz Land and the Invention of M

  Fritz Lang’s M is a bizarre story. Perhaps even more than its iconic status, this inherent strangeness has drawn adapters — including Ryan Landry — to fathom its murk.

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  M & "M": The Film by Fritz Lang & the Play by Ryan Landry

  Familiarize yourself with the story of Fritz Lang's M, which served as the inspiration and jumping off for Ryan Landry's "M" at the Huntington.

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Features

• Ellen Adair The Woman Ellen Adair The Woman
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  Ellen Adair

  The Woman

  Ellen Adair previously appeared in Ryan Landry's "M" (2013) and as an understudy for Rabbit Hole (2006) and Carol Mulroney (2005) at the Huntington. In the Boston area, she has performed with Lyric Stage Company, SpeakEasy Stage Company, Actors’ Shakespeare Project, New Repertory Theatre, Publick Theatre Boston, and Centastage. She has a bachelor’s degree in English and theatre from Boston University.

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• Eva Jean Chapuran Little Girl (select performances) Eva Jean Chapuran Little Girl (select performances)
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  Eva Jean Chapuran

  Little Girl (select performances)

  Eva Jean Chapuran played Little Girl in Ryan Landry’s “M” (2013) at the Huntington. She is seven years old and is in the 1st grade at Ellis Mendell Elementary School in Roxbury. She has twin baby sisters, and she wrote a play for them to act in titled On Mars.

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• Ava Rose Cooke Little Girl (select performances) Ava Rose Cooke Little Girl (select performances)
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  Ava Rose Cooke

  Little Girl (select performances)

  Ava Rose Cooke previously appeared in Ryan Landry's "M" (2013) at the Huntington. She was born in Springfield, Massachusetts and is in the 4th grade at Eldredge Elementary School in East Greenwich, Rhode Island. She currently dances with the Providence Ballet and made her first professional dancing debut in December in their production of ’Twas the Night Before Christmas.

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• Larry Coen The Pig / Ensemble Larry Coen The Pig / Ensemble
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  Larry Coen

  The Pig / Ensemble

  Larry Coen has appeared in 20 of Ryan Landry’s plays. He co-wrote the Broadway comedy Epic Proportions starring Kristin Chenoweth and Alan Tudyk. Mr. Coen’s directorial credits include Chinglish (Lyric Stage Company) and The Divine Sister (Red Barn Theatre). He is the winner of multiple Elliot Norton Awards.

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• David Drake Fritz / Ensemble David Drake Fritz / Ensemble
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  David Drake

  Fritz / Ensemble

  David Drake previoulsy appeared in Ryan Landry's "M" (2013) at the Huntington. He is an actor, writer, and director based in Provincetown, Massachusetts. His Off Broadway credits include the original cast of Pageant andLanguage of Their Own, Boys in the Band, Vampire Lesbians of Sodom, and The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me. Mr. Drake was named one ofCape Cod Magazine’s People to Watch in 2013 for his role as Tawny Heatherton in Tawny, Tell Me True.

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• Laura Latreille Schlitz / Ensemble Laura Latreille Schlitz / Ensemble
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  Laura Latreille

  Schlitz / Ensemble

  Laura Latreille previously appeared in Ripcord, Ryan Landry’s “M” and Mauritius at the Huntington. She also appeared in Love Song Off-Broadway. Her regional credits include The Nest (Denver Center for the Performing Arts), The Apple Family Plays (Stoneham Theatre, Gloucester Stage Company, and New Repertory Theatre), God Of Carnage and Four Places (Merrimack Repertory Theatre), Time Stands Still, Dear Elizabeth, and The Understudy (Lyric Stage Company), Fat Pig and The Shape Of Things (SpeakEasy Stage Company), The Sussman Variations and The Glider (Boston Playwrights’ Theatre), The Unbleached American and Of Mice And Men (Stoneham Theatre), The Blowin Of Baile Gall (Vineyard Playhouse), Signs Of Trouble and Shell Shocked (Market Theatre), The Trials of Gertrude Moody and Utility Monster, among others (Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater), The Bottom of the Sky (Cape Rep Theatre), The Elephant Play (Playwrights’ Collective), Bash and Sin (Coyote Theatre).

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• Karen MacDonald M Karen MacDonald M
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  Karen MacDonald

  M

  Karen MacDonald has appeared at the Huntington in Ryan Landry's "M", Good People, Before I Leave You, Bus Stop, All My Sons, and A Civil War Christmas. On Broadway, she understudied and performed the role of Amanda in the revival of The Glass Menagerie. Regional credits include Doubt (Stoneham Theatre), Other Desert Cities and The Drowsy Chaperone (SpeakEasy Stage Company), Coriolanus and All’s Well That Ends Well, (Commonwealth Shakespeare Company), Long Day’s Journey into Night and boom (New Repertory Theatre), and others.

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• Paul Melendy The Man Paul Melendy The Man
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  Paul Melendy

  The Man

  Paul Melendy was last seen at the Huntington as Patrolman Mancuso in A Confederacy of Dunces (2015), The Man in Ryan Landry’s “M” (2013) and Billy in The Luck of the Irish(2012). Recent regional credits include A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Commonwealth Shakespeare Company/Boston Landmarks Orchestra), Mr. Burns: a post-electric play (New Century Theatre), Richard Nelson’s The Apple Family Plays (Stoneham Theatre/Gloucester Stage)...

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• Samantha Richert Olga / Ensemble Samantha Richert Olga / Ensemble
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  Samantha Richert

  Olga / Ensemble

  Samantha Richert previously appeared in the Huntington's production of Ryan Landry's "M"(2013). Ms. Richert has recent theatrical credits that include The How and the Why (The Nora Theatre Company) and Moonchildren, Babes in Arms, A Christmas Carol, and Candide (Berkshire Theatre Group).

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• Ryan Landry Playwright Ryan Landry Playwright
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  Ryan Landry

  Playwright

  Ryan Landry is Ryan Landry. Mr. Landry's "M" (2013) has been produced by the Huntington. He has been a working writer, director, and performer for over thirty years and plans to keep writing plays until he drops dead. His proudction of Psyched was produced by the Huntington during the 2011 Emerging America Festival.

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• Caitlin Lowans Director Caitlin Lowans Director
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  Caitlin Lowans

  Director

  Caitlin Lowans previously directed Ryan Landry’s "M" (2013) at the Huntington, and Psyched (2011) as part of the Emerging America Festival. She is the associate artistic director at Stoneham Theatre where she has directed over 16 productions, and an alumna of the art in education program at Harvard University and Lincoln Center Theater Directors’ Lab.

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• Jon Savage Scenic Design Jon Savage Scenic Design
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  Jon Savage

  Scenic Design

  Jon Savage previously designed Laughing Wild at the Huntington. He was the associate set designer for the Broadway production of Hot Feet. He is currently on faculty at Boston University and a member of United Scenic Artists.

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• Scott Martino Costume Design Scott Martino Costume Design
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  Scott Martino

  Costume Design

  Scott Martino previously designed costumes for the Huntington's production of Ryan Landry's "M" (2013). Mr. Martino is a founding member of the Gold Dust Orphans and has starred in and designed costumes and sets for over 50 productions with the company since its inception.

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• Deb Sullivan Lighting Design Deb Sullivan Lighting Design
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  Deb Sullivan

  Lighting Design

  Deb Sullivan previously designed lighting for Ryan Landry's "M" (2013). She has Off Broadway credits that include The Ruby Sunrise and The Human Scale, OR, and Play it Cool. She was the resident lighting designer for two seasons at Actors Theatre of Louisville, has designed a dozen world premieres as part of the Humana Festival of New American Plays, and currently serves as production manager with Actors' Shakespeare Project.

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• David Remedios Original Music / Sound Design David Remedios Original Music / Sound Design
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  David Remedios

  Original Music / Sound Design

  David Remedios has previously composed music and sound for Ryan Landry's "M" (2013), The Luck of the Irish (2012), Before I Leave You (2011), and Prelude to a Kiss(2010) and sound for Invisible Man (2013), Now or Later (2012) and Circle Mirror Transformation (2010) for the Huntington.

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• Ari Herzig Projection Design Ari Herzig Projection Design
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  Ari Herzig

  Projection Design

  Ari Herzig previously designed Mala (2018) and Ryan Landry’s “M” (2013) for the Huntington Theatre Company. They have designed projections for Chinglish (Lyric Stage Company) and Sugar (ArtsEmerson). They have served as a projection consultant for the remount of Romeo and Juliet (Florida Grand Opera). They work as the assistant lighting supervisor for the office of the arts at Emerson College where they also teach the master electrician course.

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• Roxanna Myhrum Puppetry Director Roxanna Myhrum Puppetry Director
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  Roxanna Myhrum

  Puppetry Director

  Roxanna Myhrum designed puppets for the Huntington's production of Ryan Landry's"M" (2013). Ms. Myhrum is the artistic director of Puppet Showplace Theatre in Brookline, Massachusetts.

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• Carola Morrone LaCoste Production Stage Manager Carola Morrone LaCoste Production Stage Manager
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  Carola Morrone LaCoste

  Production Stage Manager

  Carola Morrone LaCoste has previously worked on The Who & the What (2017), August Wilson's How I Learned What I Learned (2016), Becoming Cuba (2014), Ryan Landry’s M (2013), Now or Later (2012), Luck of the Irish(2012), Before I Leave You (2011), Educating Rita (2011), Vengeance is the Lord’s (2010), Prelude to a Kiss (2010), Becky Shaw (2010), All My Sons (2010), Boleros for the Disenchanted (2008), Two Men of Florence (2009), and Pirates! (Or, Gilbert and Sullivan Plunder'd (2009) for the Huntington.

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