On August 25, 2022 Big Thunder was proud to present the first draft reading presentation of Dana Aber's newest play, Save/Reload, written in collaboration with Broadway's Drew Aber. Dana Aber's newest one-person play, Save/Reload, continues Aber's style of style of pitting the solo protagonist against antagonists and situations which reveal darker aspects of the character itself.
Save/Reload takes the audience on a humorous yet poignant pilgrimage through the realm of video game obsession and the anxieties of achieving perfection, challenging The Player to an impossible choice: vanquish the monsters that live inside his brain, or turn away from the things he thinks define him.
This workshop reading of Save/Reload featured Drew Aber as The Player, with Joe Cassidy as the Shadow King. (In a full stage production, the Shadow King character would be fully represented through video projection.) Stage directions were read by Grey Jackson. Direction and dramaturgy by Joe Langworth, with Brent Michael Jones as stage manager, and Mateo Del Campo as production assistant.
The workshop reading presentation was produced by Big Thunder Productions NYC, through a generous grant from AMT Theater's New Works Development program. The August 25th workshop presentation coincided with Dana & Drew's parents' 50th wedding anniversary - what a banger!
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