Hi, Are You Single?

Ryan J. Haddad

Daniel Rader

WHEN: THURSDAY & FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18 & 198∶00 PM

VENUE: BING STUDIO

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Program

Hi, Are You Single?

Written and Performed by Ryan J. Haddad

Directed by Laura Savia

Hi, Are You Single? was conceived at Ohio Wesleyan University,

with additional support from the Trinity/La MaMa Performing Arts Program.

The play was subsequently developed through workshops at

Williamstown Theatre Festival, Dixon Place,

and The LGBT Community Center of New York City,

under the direction of Laura Savia.

Hi, Are You Single? was presented in

The Public Theater’s Under the Radar Festival in January 2017,

under the direction of Laura Savia.

About

the Show

Do you have a high sex drive? Ryan

does. He also has cerebral palsy. No,

those things are not mutually

exclusive. Join writer/performer Ryan J.

Haddad on a roller coaster through

New York’s gay dating scene, where

the highs are high and the lows are

lonely. Directed by Laura Savia, Hi, Are

You Single? is an examination of

intimacy, rejection, and judgment. But

also Grindr, fabulous drag queens, and

go-go dancers.

Mouthpiece Quote Unquote Collective in association with Why Not Theatre Jan 31–Feb 2 Bing Studio

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PROGRAM SUBJECT TO CHANGE. Please be considerate of others and turn off all phones, pagers, and watch alarms. Photography and recording of any kind are not permitted. Thank you.

Ryan J. Haddad is an actor,

playwright, and autobiographical

performer based in New York. His

acclaimed solo play Hi, Are You Single?

was presented in The Public Theater’s

Under the Radar Festival and

continues to tour the country. Other

New York credits include My

Straighties (Ars Nova/ANT Fest) and

Noor and Hadi Go to Hogwarts (Theater

Breaking Through Barriers). Regional:

The Maids and Lucy Thurber’s Orpheus

in the Berkshires (Williamstown

Theatre Festival), Hi, Are You Single?

(Cleveland Play House). Television:

Bull, Madam Secretary, and

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. Ryan has

performed original work at La MaMa

E.T.C., The New Museum, and The

LGBT Center of New York City. He is

currently developing the play Good

Time Charlie (The Ground

Floor/Berkeley Rep), a cabaret titled

Falling for Make Believe, and the solo

piece Dark Disabled Stories

(#americanAF Festival, TELL: Queer

Storytelling at BGSQD). Ryan is a

2017–18 Queer/Art Performance and

Playwriting Fellow, under the

mentorship of Moe Angelos, and a

member of The Public Theater’s

2018–19 Emerging Writers Group.

ryanjhaddad.com.

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About the Artist

Daniel Rader

Laura Savia

Laura Savia is the Associate Artistic

Director of the Tony Award-winning

Williamstown Theatre Festival, where

she is in her eighth season. Directing

credits include the world premieres of

James Anthony Tyler’s Artney

Jackson (Williamstown), Lucy

Thurber’s Once Upon a Time in the

Berkshires and Orpheus in the

Berkshires (Williamstown), Lucy

Thurber’s Unstuck (59E59/Throughline),

and Bareknuckle (Vertigo Theatre) as

well Ryan Haddad’s Hi, Are You

Single? (Public Theater—Under the

Radar). Her production of Jonathan

Caren’s The Recommendation for IAMA

won two Ovation Awards, including Best

Production. Other directing credits

include James Lescesne’s The Absolute

Brightness of Leonardy Pelkey (City

Theatre), Adam Rapp’s Red Light

Winter (Itself Festival in Poland) and

Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale featuring

Hoon Lee (Warren Miller Performing

Arts Center). She has directed short

plays by Rob Askins and Halley Feiffer

for Naked Angels and Living Newspaper

plays by Sarah Burgess and Don

Nguyen (at A.R.T./Club Oberon, Joe’s

Pub, and Le Poisson Rouge). She has

developed work with Roundabout

Theatre Company, New York Theatre

Workshop, Atlantic Theater Company,

Second Stage, Labyrinth Theater

Company, Ars Nova, Playwrights Realm,

Primary Stages, Rattlestick, and Ma-Yi

Theater Company. Assistant directing

includes Broadway’s The Merchant of

Venice, starring Al Pacino. Laura spent

five seasons on the artistic staff at

Atlantic Theater Company. She is an

alum of the Drama League Directors

Project and Northwestern University.

laurasavia.com.

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Michael Bernstein