Sea View Playwright Theatre’s ‘Betrayal,’ a tale of a love triangle, runs the first two weekends in December

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. This weekend marks the opening of the Sea View Playwright’s Theatre’s production of Harold Pinter’s Betrayal, which won both the Tony Award and the Nobel Prize.

Betrayal is open at 460 Brielle Ave. on Friday, December 6, Saturday, December 7, Friday, December 13 and Saturday, December 14, and Sunday, December 8 at 2:00 p.m.

Tickets can be bought at https://our.show/svptbetrayal. General entry costs $25, while students and seniors pay $22.

Betrayal, which explores the nature of romantic relationships, starts in 1977 when Emma and Jerry, two ex-lovers, reunite after Emma’s marriage to Robert ends. It then goes back in time, scene by scene, to 1968, when their affair originally started.

From the movie “Betrayal.” Anthony Casiano, Tony Verilli, Meredith Sladek, and John Griffin are pictured on the left. The Sea View Playwright Theatre is the source.Advance of Staten Island

Secrets about the three of them surface as the years go backwards, raising doubts about the nature of their connection as spouses, partners, and friends.

Betrayal is a play that examines the gap between memory and reality and is about love, lust, and time.

Both the Olivier Award for Best New Play and the Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Foreign Play went to the play.

Featuring Anthony Casiano Jr. as Jerry, John Griffin as Robert, Meredith Sladek as Emma, and Tony Verrilli as the waiter, Betrayal is directed by Mimi McMann, who has over 40 years of experience in performing and directing on Staten Island.

Anthony Casiano and Meredith Sladek in a scene from “Betrayal.” (Source: Sea View Playwright Theatre) Advancement of Staten Island

BIOS CAST

Jerry, played by Anthony Casiano, is Anthony’s fifth production with SVPT. Man of La Mancha, Angels in America: Parts 1 and 2, and Caine Mutiny Court Martial are among the previous credits.

Robert’s character, John Griffin, last starred in The Normal Heart as Bruce. Taming of the Shrew, A Doll’s House, Our Town, Time Stands Still, Man of La Mancha, and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street are among his other SVPT credits. His most recent role was that of Fred Graham in Spotlight Theatre’s Kiss Me, Kate.

Hermione in The Winter’s Tale, Cressida in Troilus and Cressida, Touchstone in “As You Like” with the Staten Island Shakespearean Theatre Company, Aimee Blake in “The Humans” with Sea View Playwright’s The, and Blanche Morton in “Brighton Beach Memoirs” with the Ghostlight Players are some of Meredith Sladek’s most recent favorite roles. She also plays Sue in the Homebody movie by DieDieVideo.

Jim Devery in Born Yesterday, Rudolph in Hello Dolly for Spotlight Theater, Dr. Bradley in The Man Who Came to Dinner, Juror #5 in 12 Angry Men for Ghostlight Players, and Maurice in Beauty and the Beast for In the Wings Theatre are some of Tony Verrilli’s favorite roles.

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