Written by: Alex Ladd
Directed by: Pat Golden

Attorney-Client features two actors, each playing two characters. In each scene the actors, one Black and one White, alternate between playing either a co-defendant or an attorney involved in the same criminal case. Tom and Lester, two college students are charged with a hit and run. Tom comes from a wealthy family, and his parents hire an aggressive private attorney, Derek, to defend their son. Lester is assigned Ryan, a well-intentioned public defender. The two codefendants become enmeshed in the criminal justice system that tries to pit one against the other, and in the process the play reveals societal fissures in race and class. The play proceeds at a fast clip, which makes it a fascinating challenge both from a staging as well as an acting perspective. Veteran director Pat Golden masterfully stages the piece on a minimalist set at a fast tempo, and the result is that the audience is treated to a theatrical high-wire act, which raises the already very high stakes in the play to a thrilling level.

Cast:
Lovell Adams-Gray
Joss Gyorkos

Alex Ladd (author) is the translator of Life As It Is, the short stories of Nelson Rodrigues. In 2005, he produced The Asphalt Kiss at 59E59 Theaters; the play, based on his translation of Rodrigues' O Beijo no Asfalto, was nominated for a Drama Desk Award. In 2008, he co-produced Pornographic Angel (also based on his translation) at the Ohio Theater. He has translated several of Brazil’s best know authors, including Nelson Rodrigues, Alexandre Vidal Porto and Alberto Mussa. He is a member of the Dramatist Guild and PEN.

Pat Golden Director and filmmaker, has directed over 25 productions and 35 workshops and staged readings for theatres including, EST, HB Studio, FringeNYC, FrigidFest, Duke-on-42nd St, APAC, Little Theatre, Cherry Lane, St Peter’s, On-Her-Shoulders/New School, Abingdon, Hispanic-Playwrights-Lab Residency/INTAR, Amherst College and South Oakland Arts Council. Pat was awarded an SDC Observership at the McCarter Theatre. Golden directed 2 Short films—both nominated for awards in the Tokyo Film Festival. Formerly a casting director, as a playwright Golden received a NYFA/NYC Women’s Fund grant for her new play Hyannis, to be produced in the Fall of 2024. Pat is a member of the Stage Directors & Choreographers Society.