Photo Flash: No Strings Attached Presents THE IRISH INCIDENT

After caring for her father during a prolonged illness, a mourning Iris is forced to reconcile with a bizarre mother who abandoned her while dealing with the trials and tribulations that accompany her wacky friends and neighbors. But when she discovers that her safety net may not exist much longer, she must learn that sometimes you have to get away from all that you know in order to find out who you are.

Directed by Mark Medoff, himself a playwright and producer, and inspired by the late filmmaker, Mike Lawrence and iris tuber rescuer and theatre owner, Ceil Herman, The Iris Incident confirms Lanasa's ability to portray humor in dire situations as seen in her Buy One, Get Five Free, performed at the Black Box in 2009. This production marks the first collaboration between Medoff and Lanasa, although the two have known each other and worked together in other capacities for fourteen years.

The Iris Incident connects unlikely characters in the complexities of life and death, who are each dealing differently with change in the face of grief. Among the six characters is a champion thumb wrestler played by Medoff's grandson, a post-coma patient with aspirations of being an Ultimate Fighter, a pregnant teenage poet, and a maritime matchmaker who helps couples find love on the sea. Hilarity ensues as these disparate personalities each reveal their final to do lists bequeathed to them by Iris's late father.

Actors chosen for The Iris Incident are well known to area audiences and include Marcelle Bowman, Lila LeCuyer, Kagan Marks, Sam Muir, KaTy Taylor and ERic Young. Peter Herman is the scenic and lighting designer.

Performances are Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 p.m., Sundays, August 21 and 28 at 2:30 p.m. and a Thursday performance on August 25 at 7:00 p.m. Tickets are $10.00 regular admission, $9.00 students and seniors over 65 and all seats on Thursday are $7.00