In the woods of rural Connecticut, Anticline Capital, the fastest-growing hedge fund in America, is holding its annual new-hires retreat. Four of the nation’s best and brightest are being groomed to work–and live–the Anticline way: with total focus, radical honesty, and hearts cleansed of the sort of emotions that might slow them down–jealousy, resentment, fear, anger, tenderness. But between tent-pitching escapades and campfire dinners, those emotions prove harder to eliminate than expected. Illicit affairs linger, feelings are trampled upon, and rocks are sharpened in the dark. And Will Merritt, an English major from Princeton suddenly in way over his head, is faced with a choice between the woman he never should have fallen for and the job he never should have taken. THE PRIVATE SECTOR is a bleak comedy about growing up in a baffling age, of egos and minds falling apart deep in the woods.

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The New York Times: WALL STREET’S LATEST CAMPUS RECRUITING CRISIS (Kevin Rose, March 15, 2012)
Examiner: WELCOME TO THE GROWN-UP WORLD… (Leslie Gauthier, June 30, 2011)
ytheatre.com: REVIEW: THE PRIVATE SECTOR (Paul Hufker, June 26, 2011)

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THE PRIVATE SECTOR

WRITTEN BY CORY FINLEY
DIRECTED BY CHARLIE POLINGER

JUNE 25 – JULY 3, 2011
THEATER FOR THE NEW CITY, CINO THEATRE

CAST

JULIAN GEORGE DRANCE
WILL DAVID JACKSON
SUZANNAH WILLA FITZGERALD
GARRETT BRENDAN MCDONOUGH
VICTOR BRANDON ZELMAN

CREATIVE TEAM

LAYWRIGHT CORY FINLEY
DIRECTOR CHARLIE POLINGER
PROD. STAGE MANAGER HANNAH MENDLOWITZ
SET DESIGN JOHN MCDERMOTT
COSTUME DESIGN INDIA TEAL
LIGHT DESIGN DAISY LONG
SOUND DESIGN DANIEL KLUGER
ASST. DIRECTOR JOHN BEZARK
ASST. SET DESIGN DAN GEGGATT
ASST. COSTUME DESIGN CATHERINE KEENE
ASST. LIGHT DESIGN MEGAN LANG
ASST. SOUND DESIGN ERIC BIEL
PRODUCTION MANAGER NORA MCNALLY
PRODUCTION ASSTS. ROMANA SOUTUS, DANIELLE LETSCHE
PRESS REPRESENTATIVE LANI HARMS
GRAPHIC DESIGN FAR FETCHED FUTURE