By Max Shulman and Robert Paul Smith

The Tender Trap

Shulman and Smith's Broadway comedy, adapted into a 1955 Technicolor film starring Frank Sinatra and Debbie Reynolds, provides an unfiltered comedic snapshot of mid-century America. Blue in the Right Way's radically reimagined 2025 revival challenges the text's romantic perspective to examine the haunting legacy of the era's rigid social constructs, creating a startling work of visual performance art from an iconic piece of comedic American pop culture.

Blue in the Right Way
Director: Kevin V Smith
Production Manager: Ariel Beller
Stage Manager: Carli Shapiro
Assistant Stage Manager: Katie Mae Ryan
Intimacy Direction: Ethan Smith
Violence Design: Jay Donley
Fight Choreography: Cameron Jarrett

Costume, Hair & Makeup Design: Alaina Moore
Assistant Costume Design: Henry Winkelman
Video & Projection Design: Eme Ospina-López
Original Musical Score: Katie Klocke
Sound Design: Huhao Yang
Mixing Engineer: Scarlett Shi
Scenic & Lighting Design: Tianxuan Chen
Technical Director: Jeremiah Barr
Master Electrician: Baylee Speer
Lighting Associate: Seojung Jang
Mixing Engineer: Scarlett Shi
Production Assistant: Vee Villareal
Photography: Christopher Semel, Lenny Gilmore

Cast: Alex Amaya (Charlie), Daiva Bhandari (Sylvia), Kaylah Marie Crosby (Poppy), Allyriane Huq (Julie), Noelle Oh (Jessica), Nicholas Russo (Earl), Andrew Shipman (Joe)