SPEED-THE-PLOW

March 18 - April 4, 2020

Foursome Productions presents

A Limited Engagement of

SPEED-THE-PLOW
By David Mamet
Directed by Peter Allas

Tickets ($30 - $65): http://speedtheplowsf.com/

Featuring Rick Pasqualone (Neil Simon’s Proposals on Broadway) as “Bobby Gould"
Ruby Lewis (Cirque du Soleil’s premiere Broadway show Paramour) as “Karen” Jack Esformes (Barry Levinson's “Wag The Dog”) as “Charlie Fox”

"Hilarious and chilling." - The New York Time

“Absolutely on target, demolishing the egomaniacs who decide what reaches the silver screen.” - Associated Press

The original Broadway production of SPEED-THE-PLOW starred Joe Mantegna, Ron Silver, and Madonna in this hilarious satire of Hollywood, a culture as corrupt as the society it claims to reflect. Charlie Fox has a terrific vehicle for a currently hot client. Bringing the script to his friend Bobby Gould, the newly appointed Head of Production at a major studio, both see the work as their ticket to the Big Time. The star wants to do it; as they prepare their pitch to the studio boss, Bobby wagers Charlie that he can seduce the temp/secretary, Karen. As a ruse, he gives her a novel by “some Eastern sissy” writer that needs a courtesy read before being dismissed out of hand. Karen slyly determines the novel, not the movie-star script, should be the company’s next film. She sleeps with Bobby, who is so smitten with Karen and her ideals that he pleads with Charlie to drop the star project and pitch the “Eastern sissy” writer’s book.

SPEED-THE-PLOW runs approximately 1 hour and 40 minutes with 2 intermissions.

The Gateway Theatre
215 Jackson St.
San Francisco, CA 94111

Pictured: (L - R) Rick Pasqualone (Neil Simon’s Proposals on Broadway) as “Bobby Gould," Ruby Lewis (Cirque du Soleil’s premiere Broadway show Paramour) as “Karen” and Jack Esformes (Barry Levinson's “Wag The Dog”) as “Charlie Fox." Photo by Victoria Kait, Circumpunct Studio.