Spotlight on ‘Way We Get By’ actor Steven Coe
Neil LaBute’s The Way We Get By opens on Friday at the Laboratory Theater of Florida. The play depicts Doug and Beth, who must confront each other and their own feelings after awakening from a one-night stand following a wedding reception (with lots of alcohol). To their surprise, they find that the morning after holds some surprising twists that never could have anticipated.
Steven Coe plays Doug. Coe is one of Southwest Florida’s hardest working actors. He just appeared as The Boy in Lab’s dark comedy Veronica’s Room, in which he was disturbingly 
believable as a serial killer and necrophiliac. Prior to Veronica’s Room, Steven appeared in Whatever Happened to Baby Jane: A Parody of the Horror, which followed performances in Arthur Kopit’s Wings, Rick Abbot’s Play On! and The Last Night of Ballyhoo. Inveterate theater-goers may also remember Steven as the twenty-something Russian spy in Theatre Conspiracy’s 
2013 production of Red Herring, a light-hearted espionage spoof. Other favorite shows include Blithe Spirit and The Government Inspector, both comedies.
“This show is a sexy love story with an unexpected twist,” teases Lab Artistic Director Annette Trossbach. “Doug and Beth negotiate their awkwardness after a one-night stand, their feelings for one another, and what other people will think… this courtship is charming, awkward, difficult, and lovely with Mr. LaBute’s richly-drawn characters.”
Coe plays opposite Kendall Millang as Beth.
About the Author
Tom Hall is both an amateur artist and aspiring novelist who writes art quest thrillers. He is in the final stages of completing his debut novel titled "Art Detective," a story that fictionalizes the discovery of the fabled billion-dollar Impressionist collection of Parisian art dealer Josse Bernheim-Jeune, thought by many to have perished during World War II when the collection's hiding place, Castle de Rastignac in southern France, was destroyed by the Wehrmacht in reprisal for attacks made by members of the Resistance operating in the area. A former tax attorney, Tom holds a bachelor's degree as well as both a juris doctorate and masters of laws in taxation from the University of Florida. Tom lives in Estero, Florida with his fiancee, Connie, and their four cats.