the first of two related one-acts, follows a ninteen-year old Asian-American gay hustler named Greg through a series of terrifying encounters in Los Angeles’ underworld. In A Short Lise of Alternate Places Greg follows his lover to New Mexico, searching for connections. In the end he returns to Los Angeles more disaffected than ever.
Credits
Creative team
Cast
Greg
Han Ong
Greg
Han Ong
Voice/Andrew
Jonathan Fried
Voice/Andrew
Jonathan Fried
Black Man
Gino Montesinos
Black Man
Gino Montesinos

Woman/Marilyn Monroe
Starla Benford

Woman/Marilyn Monroe
Starla Benford
Starla Benford has been seen on the American Repertory Theater stage as Roach in Slaughter City and as the Trojan Interpreter/Servant/Chorus Leader/Fury in The Oresteia. She is a graduate of the American Repertory Theater/Moscow Art Theater Institute for Advanced Theater Training at Harvard University, where her credits included the Doctor in Woyzeck, Anna Andreyeva in The Inspector General, Procne in The Love of the Nightingale, Mrs. Alving in Ghosts, and Jaques in As You Like It. She also appeared in several roles in the A.R.T. New Stages productions of The L.A. Plays and Media Amok, as well as on the Loeb Stage in The Island of Anyplace. Recent theater credits include Stefanie in Denial, the title role of The Snow Queen, Rose in Fences, Blanche in A Streetcar Named Desire, the title role in Phaedra, and her one-woman show Sonata Blue. Ms. Benford's film and television credits include Blank Check, Hard Promises, New York Undercover, A Seduction in Travis Co., and Save the Dog.
Bill/Nicholas
Matthew Rauch
Bill/Nicholas
Matthew Rauch

Ken
Raymond Fox

Ken
Raymond Fox
RAYMOND FOX recently played Mr. Stubb, Captain Boomer and Captain Gardiner in Moby Dick (adapted and directed by Lookingglass Ensemble Member David Catlin), on tour to the Alliance Theatre (Atlanta, GA), Arena Stage (Washington, D.C.) and South Coast Repertory (Costa Mesa, CA). Raymond will return to the production in Chicago this summer (2017) at Lookingglass Theatre, where he is an Ensemble Member. His numerous regional credits include Simon Craig in Blood and Gifts (TimeLine Theatre - 2013 Joseph Jefferson Award - Supporting Actor). Mr. Fox performed in and co-adapted Charles Dickens’ The Old Curiosity Shop (2006 Joseph Jefferson Award for New Adaptation – shared) for Lookingglass. He played King Midas in the original Off-Broadway and Broadway runs of Mary Zimmerman’s Metamorphoses (Second Stage and Circle in the Square) as well as in numerous regional productions of the play. His American Repertory Theater credits include The Servant of Two Masters, Black Snow and The L.A. Plays. Additional regional credits include the Goodman Theatre, McCarter Theatre, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Alliance Theatre, Route 66 Theatre Company, South Coast Repertory, Arena Stage, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Mark Taper Forum, Meadow Brook Theatre, Indiana Repertory Theatre, Arden Theatre, Next Theatre, Remy Bumppo Theatre, Kansas City Repertory Theatre, Hartford Stage, First Folio Theatre, Court Theatre and Canada’s Stratford Festival where he was a member of the Young Company. Mr. Fox is a graduate of Northwestern University and the American Repertory Theatre/Moscow Art Theatre Institute for Advanced Theatre Training at Harvard University, class of '93.
Nick
Faran Tahir
Nick
Faran Tahir
John
John Payne
John