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Illumination Rounds - New Play Workshopped Starting Dec. 2
By: BWW News Desk Nov. 20, 2004
THE INTERART DEVELOPMENT SERIES, in collaboration
with ZENA GROUP THEATER, present a workshop production of a new play by Josh
Liveright entitled ILLUMINATION ROUNDS. The play will receive nine performances
– Thursdays through Saturdays for three weeks beginning THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2
and closing on SATURDAY, DECEMBER 18 at 8:00PM at the INTERART ANNEX (500 West
52nd Street at the corner of 52nd Street and 10th Avenue in Hell's
Kitchen).
In the midst of a horrible siege in Philadelphia, a
war journalist mining for "truth" finds himself trapped in an abandoned room
with a woman sniper fighting for her "freedom" during the final days of civil
war. The Bill of Rights has been permanently suspended and no one is exempt
from suspicion of being a "terrorist". ILLUMINATION ROUNDS is the story of how
the journalist and sniper attempt to transcend their fears and prejudices in a
climate of extreme violence and fear. The play "illuminates" the faces of these
two people and so illuminates the forces that have brought them to this point in
their lives. In the end, they are profoundly changed by each
other.
This play is a meditation on our current culture of
fear and represents the possibility of what might happen to our country if we
don't wake up sooner rather than later.
ILLUMINATION ROUNDS is a new play by Josh
Liveright. Directed by Paul Smithyman. Performed by Sonja Rzepski, Josh
Liveright and David Jeness. Sets by Paul Smithyman. Lights by Bill Cusick.
Sound by David Lawson. Stage managed by Mary Leach.
Suggested donations of $15 are accepted at the
door.
For reservations please call 212 604 4505 or reserve on-line, zenagroup@aol.com.
For reservations please call 212 604 4505 or reserve on-line, zenagroup@aol.com.
THE INTERART ANNEX is located at 500 West 52nd
Street at the corner of 52nd and 10th Avenue. It is conveniently located near
C/E/N/R/1/9 subway lines.
THE INTERART DEVELOPMENT SERIES, run by
co-directors Sonja Rzepski & Paul Smithyman, is a new program of work that
is dedicated to the early growth of tomorrow's theater. Based at the Interart
Annex on west fifty second street in Hell's Kitchen, The Interart Development
Series, is a group of theater professionals committed to nurturing new works in
an environment where creative risks are taken.
ZENA GROUP is a not-for-profit theater and film
company, founded in 1991 by Josh Liveright, that seeks to produce material that
speaks to the spirit of the times, developing new works, often with a sense of
humor, that are politically, socially, and post-existentially minded. Past
productions include: Premieres of plays by Mark O'Donnell, Jose Rivera, Neena
Beber, Steven Dietz, Neal Bell, Richard Strand, and Gilbert Girion.; several
broadcast quality videos including Positive Voices, a documentary featuring
interviews with long-term survivors of HIV and AIDS; and original projects such
as the Thoughts Modern Festival of New Works and Timsloft.
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