Josh Costello

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The Heir Apparent

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The Heir Apparent

by David Ives
directed by Josh Costello
Aurora Theatre Company
Bay Area Premiere
April/May 2016

"Hysterical 'Heir Apparent' hits the laugh jackpot... Ives keeps tickling the giggles out of us with zany disguises, bawdy bon mots and scads of cunning punning... the hilarity train never stops racing... Costello orchestrates the comedy like a symphony of silliness, unlocking the wordplay with just the right panache. All of which makes "The Heir" a highly funny sort of lowbrow comedy. The Aurora really hits the jackpot with this festival of hijinx."
TOP-TEN of 2016
-Karen D'Souza, San Jose Mercury News

"Director Josh Costello’s production has plenty of bounce thanks to an adept cast... when [Patrick Kelly Jones] is going full steam, he’s a comedy marvel... a well-produced bauble, pure fun all the way to its ending."
-Chad Jones, San Francisco Chronicle

"a shimmering two hours of inspired wackiness"
-Patrick Thomas, Talkin' Broadway

"Director Josh Costello and his pitch-perfect seven-actor ensemble make the most of every scatological, raunchy, slapsticky moment... In this production, every detail strikes comic gold."
-Jean Schiffman, SF Examiner

"Greed isn’t simply good in David Ives’ The Heir Apparent at Berkeley’s Aurora Theatre. As a vehicle for generating grins, giggles and explosive laughs, it’s great... torrents of verbal silliness that the cast of seven handles with unaffected grace... low comedy at its howl-winning best... I’ll divulge no more, except to strongly suggest that you see for yourself, if you love to laugh. All the performance are top notch but López-Morillas’ hunched, stumbly and very resilient Geronte and Jones’s agile, inventive Crispin come close to stealing the show at times. Josh Costello provided the expert direction that turned a trifle into a hysterical treasure."
-Leo Stutzin, Huffington Post

starring
Elizabeth Carter*
Khalia Davis*
Patrick Jones*
Julian Lopez-Morillas*
Lawrence Radecker
Katie Rubin*
Kenny Toll

*AEA

photos by David Allen