Overview

Paul Sheldon used to write for a living. Now he’s writing to stay alive.

Following a near-fatal car accident, a world-famous novelist finds himself in a strange house being nursed back to health by his “Number One Fan.” But as her love for his work turns to dangerous obsession, he realizes he must plot his greatest story yet: how to escape with his life.  This spine-tingling Stephen King classic, adapted for the stage by two-time Academy Award-winner William Goldman, will grip you until the very end!

“An old-fashioned chiller … the gasps and the giggles are deliciously jumbled together.” — NJ.com

Recommended for ages 16+. Note: For detailed content warnings, click here.

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Pay What You Will Thursdays: To keep live performance affordable and accessible to our community, we’re offering Pay What You Will Thursdays for all Mainstage shows! Book tickets for one of our Thursday performances of Misery and you’ll get to choose your own ticket price (from $5-$75). Just select your seats, then you’ll be prompted to choose your ticket price.

Pay What You Will Thursdays and our Community Access Ticket Program are generously sponsored by Jessika and Bryan Hane.

If you have accessibility-related concerns, we’re happy to work with you to make sure you’re able to conveniently attend! Please reach out to use via phone at (812) 336-9300 (M-F, 12-5pm) or email at info@seeconstellation.org.

Cardinal Spirits Cocktail Collab

During the run of the show, Cardinal Spirits will be offering a specialty cocktail inspired by the play AND a discount to all attendees! Available at Cardinal Spirits (922 S Morton St).

Specialty Cocktail: Annie’s Obsession – Tiki Rum, cranberry, pomegranate, housemade tonic, honey, dry vermouth, lemon, rose water, grapefruit

Attendee Discount: Bring in your playbill or ticket for 10% off your total tab!

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Chad Rabinovitz 
Director

Chad Rabinovitz is the Artistic Director of Constellation Stage & Screen. Prior to Constellation, Chad was the Producing Artistic Director of Bloomington Playwrights Project for 14 years. He has directed more than 100 productions (and produced nearly 300) across the country, focusing primarily on new works. Recent/upcoming projects include directing the national tour of PENN & TELLER PRESENT: THE FOOLERS, GLITCHES IN REALITY starring the reigning World Champion of Magic (Tour), and THE LIFE & SLIMES OF MARC SUMMERS which started in Bloomington and is now running for 4 months Off-Broadway. When not directing, Chad likes to launch sugary snacks at his space-themed candy store, THE CANDY SPACE, in Lake George, NY (thecandyspace.com) and manufacturers his own brand of freeze-dried confections, SPACE CANDY, which can be seen in the Smithsonian, Kennedy Space Center, and thousands of stores nationwide.

Cast

Mark Coffin (he/him)
Paul Sheldon

Mark Coffin happily returns to Constellation Stage & Screen were he appeared as Sidney Bruhl in last seasons ”Deathtrap” for Constellation Stage and Screen, also directed by Chad Rabinovitz. Coffin appeared in “Confidence (And The Speech)” a new play, directed by Hannah Ryan (Hamilton, An American in Paris) as Vice President Walter ‘Fritz’ Mondale, at Theatre Row on 42nd. Street in New York. Previously, Mr. Coffin worked in the company of “The Cake” at Manhattan Theater Club at City Center’s Stage One as understudy for the role of Tim in “The Cake,” with star Debra Jo Rupp (“That ’70s Show,” “Wandavision.”)

Mr. Coffin appeared as Eli Whitney in “Anything Goes” (The Lion Theatre, NYC) and “Bone On Bone”, in New York’s Broadway Bound Theatre Festival. Other roles include Commandant Huber-Joseph Henri in“The Dreyfus Affair”, with Peter Scolari (BAM), Doyle Trigorin in “Stupid F*#@g Bird” (LIU Guest Artist), Herr Schultz in “Cabaret” (The Secret Theatre, NYC), Dr. Timothy Leary in “High Time” (Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse) and Dr. Harvey Kelekian in “Wit” (Triad Stages, NC), Hugh in “Wearing Black” (NYMF 2015, Outstanding Individual Performance Award), and Col. Pickering (u/s and others) in “My Fair Lady” (Pittsburgh Public). Other highlights include Captain Winton in The Irish Rep’s production of “Transport”, written by Thomas Kenneally (‘Schindler’s List’) and Larry Kirwan (Black 47, ‘Paradise Square’), directed by Tony Walton, and the Senator (and others) in Joe Pintauro’s “Men’s Lives,” directed by Harris Yulin, at Bay Street Theatre, Sag Harbor, NY.

Mr. Coffin starred in (and co-adapted with Heidi Mueller Smith,) the world premiere of “A Christmas Carol”, a one person performance also directed by Ms. Smith, at Off-The-Wall Productions in Carnegie, PA. In 2020, Coffin negotiated with AEA and Off The Wall Theater to stream his filmed closing night performance of “A Christmas Carol” for charity, raising funds for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights Aids, The Actors Fund and The Young Center For Immigrant Children’s Rights. ‘A Christmas Carol’ remains a project close to his heart, and one that will continue to travel to new audiences in the future.

Laurie Carter Rose (she/her)
Annie Wilkes

Constellation Stage debut! Originally from Cincinnati and a graduate of Miami University, Laurie has been fortunate to live and perform in NYC, LA, Tokyo and London before landing in Chicago and calling it home for almost 30 years. Favorite regional theatre credits include Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (Arts Center of Coastal Carolina), POTUS (Contemporary Theatre of Ohio) Butterflies are Free (Riverside Theatre), Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike (NCStage), The Roommate (TheatreSilco), The Cake (Human Race), Good People (New HarmonyTheatre), Menopause the Musical (Fireside Theatre), Lifespan of a Fact and It Shoulda Been You (Farmers Alley Theatre), and Calendar Girls (Clinton Showboat). London’s West End and USNational Tours: Sunset Boulevard and Jesus Christ Superstar. TV/Film credits include “ChicagoPD,” “Chicago Med,” “FORCE” (Starz), “Deli Boys”(upcoming on Hulu),“Early Edition,” and “TheTonight Show.” Laurie is represented by Gray Talent Group www.LaurieCarterRose.com

Alan Craig (he/him)
Buster

“Misery” is presented by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing, LLC, servicing the Dramatists Play Service imprint. (www.dramatists.com)