Rift or White Lies

                                                         Matteo Scammell & Jered McLenigan 

InterAct Theatre Company is producing the World Premiere of   Rift or White Lies by Gabriel Jason Dean through April 27, 2025.  A  Wow factor of 10!   Based on the playwright’s true story, this creation gives audience members much to ponder as two brothers, one a progressive novelist and the other a convicted murderer and member of a white supremacist gang interact in a series of meetings in a prison cell.  Actors Jered McLenigan  and Matteo Scammell are both phenomenal while playing the roles of a hardened criminal ( “ I didn’t really do it “) and an English professor/novelist.  What is even more extraordinary is that the actors switch these diametrically opposed roles every other night. Audience members who retain their tickets can come to see the actors in the reverse roles the following evening at a discount rate.   Inside and Outside Brothers refers to Inside and Outside the prison cell.  The  “Outside Brother” ages  over the 26 -year  time span of the play by adding  a wig and changing  his dress.  The  “Inside  Brother” removes the bandages from his head and jaw.  The  “Outside Brother” has the best intentions of repairing a fractured relationship .  The  “Inside Brother”  is a very convincing con-artist.    This is a very unsettling drama as the shared trauma that unites the brothers is revealed over  time.      Q & A with the Artist will be held after the performance on the 19^th and 26th.  Q & A with Seth Rozin, the director, will be held after the 13^th and 20^th performances.