Live event: Bang

Join a special one-show-only live theatrical event! BANG, Laura Shaine Cunningham’s hilarious erotic underground comedy is back by popular demand. BANG, which originated at Steppenwolf and rocked the Widow Jane Mine, returns as a live staged reading at the Rosendale Theatre.

Two marriages implode in the subterranean luxury “Mondo Condo” of a highly-sexed survivalist.  He built his cave home to withstand war, pandemic, and economic collapse but not a visit from his wife’s friends from New York.

Starring (in alphabetical order):

Emily Donahue is a Helen Hayes award-winner, and starred in Christipher Meloni’s National Lampoon comedy, Dirty Movie, and has been featured for her accomplished performances in many television series, including Law and Order SVU, FBI, and Homeland. Donahue is the founder of WOMENSPEAK Training (WST). She is on the faculty at The Women’s Campaign School at Yale.

 Michael O’ Keefe ‘s film career was launched in the classic “The Great Santini,” for which he received an Oscar nomination opposite Robert Duvall. He also appeared in Michael Clayton, Split Image, and many television shows, including a memorable performance as a corrupt priest on Law and Order SVU.

 John Pielmeier is an acclaimed actor as well as the renowned playwright of Agnes of God and the upcoming Broadway version of The Exorcist.  He starred in Ballad of the Sad Café at Actors Theater of Louisville, among other performances, and he is the author of the novel, Hook’s Tale.

 Lori Wilner has been featured on Your Lips Never Left Mine (2025), Succession, and on Broadway in Fiddler on the Roof and The Diary of Anne Frank. She is also a celebrated singer and pianist and the author of the current play, Hannah Senesh.

For more information, please contact Joyce Sprafkin (joyce@rosendaletheatre.org).