Fly, You Fools!

Three actors and a foley artist band together (in fellowship) to bring you a LIVE shot-for-shot parody of the first chapter of the most epic fantasy trilogy of all time! Using humor, mime, puppetry, and foley, Recent Cutbacks celebrates our love for sci-fi/fantasy as well as physical theater. This hilarious tour-de-force is being remounted in NYC for the first time since 2019, starring Nick Abeel, Kyle Schaefer and Regan Sims, with Blair Busbee on live sound/foley. Don’t miss what critics call “a sugar rush of endearing, childish brilliance” and “... a perfect, sixty minute, rock and roll comedy drum solo." (Onstage)

Kristin McCarthy Parker (Director/Co-Founder) is a NYC-based director of stage and film whose work has been produced across the US, in the UK and Australia. They are the director of PUFFS (Off-Broadway) and its live capture (available on Amazon and iTunes). With RCB: Hold On To Your Butts, KEVIN!!!!!, Next Day Thrones, and the Audible Original MASTER LECTURE SERIES. They have directed for Edinburgh Fringe, Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre, Ensemble Studio Theater, Broken Box Mime, All For One, PEN America's Prison Writing Program, Ma-Yi, Columbia University, and many others. Recent film work includes the sci-fi short, ALPHA. They are a proud company member of Broken Box Mime. www.kristinmccarthyparker.com

Nick Abeel (Co-Creator/Co-Founder) is a NY-based Dad and artist who performs, writes, directs, edits video, designs sound, and occasionally works as a foley artist. You can hear Nick in the Recent Cutbacks Audible Original: History of the 3rd Robot War, a 6-part parody lecture series he co-wrote and starred in. Nick is also a veteran company member of Broken Box Mime Theater. These two companies form the backbone of Nick's creative work, but he's also performed at The PIT, UCB, 59E59, the Tank, Dixon Place, the Denver Center and the Kennedy Center. nickabeel.com

Blair Busbee (Co-Creator/Foley) is a versatile individual with an M.F.A. from the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco. Blair has graced the stage and screen in various New York projects and is now embracing a new role as an M.S.W. student at Fordham University. Blair actively contributes to The Arthur Project at a performing arts middle school in Brooklyn, aligning her passion for social work and empowering adolescents with her dedication to the arts. Blair is thrilled to reprise her role as a foley artist with Recent Cutbacks - something she enjoys as much as a hobbit delights in Second Breakfast.

Kyle Schaefer (Co-Creator/Co-Founder). Kyle Schaefer is a lifelong tinkerer/collaborator/maker, classically-trained actor and seeker of beautiful noise, powerful stories and collective liberation. His work has been seen and heard on the big/small screens, stages near/far, and all around the World Wide Web. He's based out of Brooklyn, NY, and is a proud co-founder of Recent Cutbacks. www.kyleschaefer.com @kvschaefer

Regan Sims (Performer) is an actor and mime from NYC and a proud Recent Cutbacks collaborator. Recently she worked on an RCB sketch show and is currently working at the Met Opera as an actor! She is a full time member of Broken Box Mime theater and supports her local community as a part-time babysitter. It is a dream of hers to be a part of Fly You Fools, much love to the RCB community!! @regansimsss, regansims.com

Recent Cutbacks is an ensemble-driven company that takes parody seriously. Projects include the critically-acclaimed comedies Hold On To Your Butts, Fly You Fools, KEVIN!!!!!, Next Day Thrones, Zoomhog Day, and the Audible Original Master Lecture Series: History of the Third Robot War. RCB’s work invites audiences to see the world with a newfound exuberance and remind them why they fell in love with movies, theater, and storytelling in the first place. For more information, check out: www.recentcutbacks.com

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