The Difficulty Adjustment
11.06 - 11.29.2026
- Written By
- ALLEN BARTON
- Directed By
- ALLEN BARTON
- Produced in Association with
- Beverly Hills Playhouse
- Featuring
- MATT LE NEVEZ, PETER O’CONNOR, RICH ROSALES, JASON CHIUMENTO, CAMERON MEYER, JODY BOOTH & MIA CHRISTOU
OVERVIEW
Allen Barton’s THE DIFFICULTY ADJUSTMENT concerns two financial crises, and how two men across twenty years respond to them. One is Sterling, an economics professor during 2008’s global financial crisis who is possibly also Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonymous creator of the Bitcoin protocol. Another is Ethan, the owner of a Los Angeles theatre during the time of Covid lockdowns, financial repression and “de-banking.” While Sterling and Ethan never meet, their stories are connected, as Ethan and his wife come to terms with the price for speaking your mind in post-Covid America.
CAST
CREDITS
GALLERY
Meet Matt Le Nevez who stars as STERLING in Allen Barton’s latest play, THE DIFFICULTY ADJUSTMENT.
Matt’s international television credits include starring opposite Kate Beckinsale in the British drama-series THE WIDOW, Christina Ricci’s THE LIZZIE BORDEN CHRONICLES, and the Amazon Prime mystery crime series, ABSENTIA.
A mainstay of Australian screens for three decades, Matthew is best known in Australia for his portrayal of Dr Patrick Reid opposite Asher Keddie in the hugely popular Network Ten series OFFSPRING, for which he received TV Week Logie nominations for Most Popular Actor in 2013 and 2014. In 2004 he won the Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his breakthrough performance as Bullet Sheather in the ABC mini- series MARKING TIME. His portrayal of killer Matthew Wales in Network Ten’s THE SOCIETY MURDERS won him the Silver Logie Award for Most Outstanding Actor in 2007.
Additional television credits include the lead role of Damian Parer in the film PARER’S WAR which documented the true story of the Australian war photographer, the lead role of legendary motor racing champion Peter Brock in BROCK, and the sci-fi drama THE KETTERING INCIDENT with Elizabeth Debicki.
Film credits include playing a drug-fueled rockstar in Alex Proyas’s GARAGE DAYS, Craig Monahan’s PEACHES with Hugo Weaving and Jonathan Ogilvie’s THE TENDERHOOK opposite Rose Byrne. #BeverlyHillsPlayhouse #mattlenevez #opening #thedifficultyadjustmentplay
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