Destination - a play by George Ayres

05/01/2026

AUSTIN ~ hope everyone comes out to see DESTINATION after it’s sold out run in NYC. Tickets at link above! Shows on Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings and a Sunday matinee over three weeks from May 14-31 at Trinity Street Playhouse (901 Trinity, Austin)🎭🎭🎭

04/17/2026

Get your tickets for DESTINATION! https://bit.ly/DestinationTix

Destination is heading to Austin! (Link in bio for tickets)

Jarrott Productions is excited to announce that its May 14-31, 2026 production will be George Ayres’s play, Destination, performed at the Trinity Street Playhouse, located inside First Austin Church at 901 Trinity Street, Austin, TX.

When 83-year old retired architect and widower Howard Wright is met with two unexpected personal crises, he escapes his assisted living facility in Houston determined to overcome his own stasis by taking matters into his own hands.

Destination is a bittersweet yet humorous look at life and love among a generation that is on the losing end of both of those notions.

In March 2026, Destination had its first fully-staged production as an Equity Showcase in New York City, and was directed by JP’s Founding Artistic Director David R. Jarott.

Jarrott returns to the director’s chair for this Austin production, featuring a cast of some of Austin’s finest actors:
Bob Beare (The Shark is Broken) stars as Howard, and is joined by frequent JP actor and company member Janelle Buchanan (Significant Other, Lifespan of a Fact, Deathtrap, and others), Devon Ragsdale (Dial M For Murder), Karen Jambon (The Frog Prince and director of POTUS and For Peter Pan on her 70th Birthday), as well as JP newcomers Valencia Lee (Comedy of Errors and several other City Theatre productions, as well as regional credits in New York, New Jersey, and Illinois), and Joshua Nuñez (Glengarry Glen Ross and Picasso at the Lapin Agile, both with Trinity Street Players, as well as regional/international credits in San Antonio, North Dakota and Italy).

This project is supported in part by an Elevate Grant of Austin Arts Culture and Entertainment.

04/12/2026

Destination is heading to Austin! (Link in bio for tickets)

Jarrott Productions is excited to announce that its May 14-31, 2026 production will be George Ayres’s play, Destination, performed at the Trinity Street Playhouse, located inside First Austin Church at 901 Trinity Street, Austin, TX.

When 83-year old retired architect and widower Howard Wright is met with two unexpected personal crises, he escapes his assisted living facility in Houston determined to overcome his own stasis by taking matters into his own hands.

Destination is a bittersweet yet humorous look at life and love among a generation that is on the losing end of both of those notions.

In March 2026, Destination had its first fully-staged production as an Equity Showcase in New York City, and was directed by JP’s Founding Artistic Director David R. Jarott.

Jarrott returns to the director’s chair for this Austin production, featuring a cast of some of Austin’s finest actors:
Bob Beare (The Shark is Broken) stars as Howard, and is joined by frequent JP actor and company member Janelle Buchanan (Significant Other, Lifespan of a Fact, Deathtrap, and others), Devon Ragsdale (Dial M For Murder), Karen Jambon (The Frog Prince and director of POTUS and For Peter Pan on her 70th Birthday), as well as JP newcomers Valencia Lee (Comedy of Errors and several other City Theatre productions, as well as regional credits in New York, New Jersey, and Illinois), and Joshua Nuñez (Glengarry Glen Ross and Picasso at the Lapin Agile, both with Trinity Street Players, as well as regional/international credits in San Antonio, North Dakota and Italy).

This project is supported in part by an Elevate Grant of Austin Arts Culture and Entertainment.

02/28/2026

MEET ‘ROBERT’ IN DESTINATION, PLAYED BY ANTONIO EDWARDS SUAREZ! Selected NYC credits: Broadway credits: American Buffalo, Chaucer in Rome. The Crucible (Firebird Project); Entertaining Mr. Sloane, Dogg’s Hamlet, Cahoot’s Macbeth, The Trial (Phoenix Theatre Ensemble); Points of Departure (INTAR); Richard III (National Black Theatre). Selected regional/international credits: Antonio’s Song/I Was Dreaming of a Son at The Goodman Theater, Chicago (Jeff Award nominated, Milwaukee Repertory Theater and Contemporary American Theater Festival-West Virginia); The King Stag (International); The Night is a Child (Milwaukee Rep); A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Taming of the Shrew, The Tempest (Commonwealth Shakespeare Company); Havana is Waiting (Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park); Spinning into Butter (Repertory Theatre of St. Louis); Idiots Karamazov (American Repertory Theater). Television: NBC, CBS, USA, HBO. Member of The Actors Center and Phoenix Theater Ensemble.

02/27/2026

Thanks Stage Whisper for a fun interview with George Ayres and Tish Brandt talking about Destination - a play by George Ayres!

02/27/2026

MEET THE SOUND RECORDIST FOR DESTINATION, BROOKE SAUERWEIN! Brooke is a freelance AVL Technician & Designer in the Austin area. She’s worked for Jarrott Productions on many plays, including Mirror Lake as Assistant Sound Designer and Audio Engineer; Dial M for Murder as Assistant Sound Designer and Audio Engineer; and POTUS as Sound Designer and Audio Engineer. She’s had the privilege of working with the Santa Fe Opera as an A/V Apprentice and A/V Staff Technician and is now Assistant Director of the A/V Department on operas such as La Traviata, La Bohème, Die Walkure, and The Righteous (World Premiere). Tickets at link in bio!

02/26/2026

MEET ONE OF THE CO-PRODUCERS OF DESTINATION, PHOEBE AYRES! Phoebe is a co-founder of 4 Girls Film Productions and is an independent filmmaker. Her recent credits include Co-Producer on Leah Hennessey’s First Contact, Production Coordinator on John Early’s Maddie’s Secret (TIFF Official Selection, distribution via Magnolia Pictures, May 2026), Co-Producer on Jack Bensinger’s Straight Line, Co-Producer on Conner O’Malley’s Pipe Rock, Producer on Johnny Frohman’s Richard Goes On A Date, with production contributions to Sarah Sherman’s Sarah Squirm: Live In the Flesh and Kyle Mooney’s Y2K. She has worked with the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show, Telfar, Krewe, SP5DER, Duolingo, Converse, STAUD, and Doc Martens. With 4GFP, Phoebe produced George Ayres’s The Doorman and wrote and produced Delivery. Tickets at link in bio!

02/26/2026

Welcome to NYC David Jarrott, Director, and Jarrott Productions! Get tickets to Destination - a play by George Ayres here:  https://tinyurl.com/Destination-Play-Tickets