THE REALISTIC JONESES

Mr. Eno’s story offers an "inside look at the people who live next door, the truths we think we know, and the secrets we never imagined we all might share." This ethereal masterpiece follows two suburban couples who have even more in common than their identical homes and shared last names. As their relationships begin to intertwine, the Joneses must decide between idyllic fantasy and imperfect reality.

Philip Lehl as Bob Jones
Kim Tobin-Lehl as Jennifer Jones
Drake Simpson as John Jones
Vaishnavi Sharma as Pony Jones
REVIEW:
- Houston Press: “Keeping Up With The Realistic Joneses at 4th Wall Theatre Co.”
- Houstonia: “4th Wall Theatre’s The Realistic Joneses Tackles Real-Life Issues Through an Absurdist Lens”
- Arts + Culture Texas: “Neighborly Life and Death: The Realistic Joneses at 4th Wall”
PREVIEWS AND MENTIONS:
- Houston Press: “The Intertwined Lives of The Realistic Joneses at 4th Wall”
- CultureMap Houston: “Houston's 10 must-see stage shows for January kick off a lively 2020”
- Houstonia: “What to Do and See This Month…”
- 365 Things To Do in Houston: “Top 10 Plays & Arts Performances This Month: January 2020”
- Arts + Culture Texas: “Tarra and Nancy Dish on Texas Stages”
Stage Manager | Kalin Menzel
Assistant Director | Alanna Dorsett
Set Design | Kevin Rigdon
Lighting Design | Kevin Rigdon
Sound Design | Yezminne Zepeda
Costume Design | Macy Lyne
Properties Master | Afsaneh Aayani
Master Electrician | Addie Pawlick
Board Operator | Leslie Sinclair
Playwright Will Eno recently completed the Residency Five Fellowship at the Signature Theatre, which premiered his play Title and Deed in 2012, The Open House in 2014, and Wakey, Wakey in 2017. Will’s play The Underlying Chris premiered at 2nd Stage Theatre in October 2019, directed by Kenny Leon, and The Plot premiered at Yale Repertory in November 2019, directed by Oliver Butler. The Realistic Joneses appeared on Broadway in 2014, where it won a Drama Desk Award, was named USA Today’s “Best Play on Broadway,” topped the The Guardian’s 2014 list of American plays, and was included in The New York Times’ “Best Theatre of 2014.” The play was recently included in “25 Significant Plays of the last 25 Years,” in The New York Times. The French premiere, Juste Les Jones, will be directed for the Paris stage by documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman.
The Open House won the 2014 Obie Award, the Lortel Award for Outstanding Play, and a Drama Desk Award, and was included in both the Time Out New York and Time Magazine Top 10 Plays of the Year. Title and Deed was on The New York Times and The New Yorker magazine’s Top Ten Plays of 2012. Middletown, winner of the 2011 Horton Foote Award, premiered at the Vineyard Theatre and subsequently at Steppenwolf Theater and many other American Theaters and universities. The Canadian premiere, at The Shaw Festival in 2017, received a rapturous response from critics and audiences and was remounted in 2018 in Toronto.
Thom Pain (based on nothing) was a finalist for the 2005 Pulitzer Prize and has been translated into more than a dozen languages. It was performed by Michael C. Hall in a sold-out revival at the Signature Theater in the fall of 2018. The L.A. premiere was performed by Rainn Wilson at the Geffen Playhouse in 2016, and a film was made from those performances, directed by Will and Oliver Butler. In spring 2019, Will wrote the book for the hugely successful ad campaign Skittles Commercial: The Broadway Musical, which also starred Michael C. Hall.
Source: Concord Theatricals