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Photo Flash: CTG's THIS - Opening Night!

By: Aug. 08, 2011
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Melissa James Gibson's new play "This" is the final production of the 2010-2011 season at the Douglas Theatre. The show began previews on July 31 and will run through August 28, 2011.

Daniel Aukin is the director of "This," which Charles Isherwood of The New York Times called a ". . . tart, melancholy comedy about a group of close friends entering the choppy waters of middle age," . . . a story told with ". . . scintillating verbal humor, honesty and a keen compassion that upends conventions and avoids the predictable at every turn."

At the heart of the play is Jane, a single mom in her late 30s who has shut down after her husband's death. Her good friends are determined to lift her out of her inertia with the warmth and love and humor of all their years together, but in the process everyone comes face to face with their own vulnerabilities and tries to make sense of unsettling transitions in life. Last night the show opened at the Kirk Douglas Theatre - view photos from the opening night below!

Photo Credit: ©Ryan Miller/Capture Imaging

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Actors Terri Ivens (L) and Rib Hillis (R)

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Actress Terri Ivens

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Actress Terri Ivens

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Actress Debra Wilson

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Actors Debra Wilson (L) and Rib Hillis (R)

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Actors Debra Wilson (L) and Rib Hillis (R)

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Actors Debra Wilson (L) and Rib Hillis (R)

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Rib Hillis

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Actors Terri Ivens (L) and Rib Hillis (R)

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Josh Sabarra (L) and actress Ricki Lake (R)

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Josh Sabarra (L) and actress Ricki Lake (R)

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Actress Camryn Manheim

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Ricki Lake (L) and Camryn Manheim

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Director Daniel Aukin (L) and cast member Darren Pettie (R)

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Director Daniel Aukin (L) and cast member Darren Pettie (R)

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Cast member Darren Pettie (L) and CTG Artistic Director Michael Ritchie (R)

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Director Daniel Aukin (L) and CTG Producing Director Douglas C. Baker (R)

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(L-R) Actors Rib Hillis, Terri Ivens and cast member Darren Pettie

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Cast members Gilles Marini (L) and Saffron Burrows (R)

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CCast member Gilles Marini (L) and CTG Managing Director Edward L. Rada (R)

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(L-R) Actress Camryn Manheim, cast member Saffron Burrows and Director Daniel Aukin

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Cast members Glenn Fitzgerald (L) and Gilles Marini (R)

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Cast members Gilles Marini (L) and Eisa Davis (R)

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Cast members Gilles Marini (L) and Eisa Davis (R)

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Cast members Darren Pettie (L) and Eisa Davis (R)

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(L-R) The Cast of "This" Darren Pettie, Gilles Marini, Saffron Burrows, Glenn Fitzgerald and Eisa Davis

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(L-R) The Cast of "This" Darren Pettie, Gilles Marini, Saffron Burrows, Glenn Fitzgerald and Eisa Davis

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(L-R) The Cast of "This" Darren Pettie, Gilles Marini, Saffron Burrows, Glenn Fitzgerald and Eisa Davis

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