Red Garnet Theater Company to Present FEN in 2016

Red Garnet Theater Company, a Manhattan based collective dedicated to providing an outlet for the female voice, is producing 'Fen', a play by Caryl Churchill. Performances will be held at Iati Theater Black Box in the East Village and are scheduled to run from February 11th through February 21st, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, evenings at 8 PM, with a Matinee performance on Sunday at 3pm. The Iati Theater is located at 64 East 4th St, a short walk from the QNR6 and F trains.

About the Play

"...I've seen women working my fields with icicles on their faces. I admire that..."

On the Fens, work is a way of life. Labor is passed down from generation to generation. Numbed by the cyclical nature inherent in managing the day to day, this community of working women have no time to look beyond the fields. But when Val, a young mother of two, decides to leave her family for her lover, her impulsion runs smack into obligation. It's hard to start a new life without leaving the village. There's always another job to be done. A home to manage. Children to raise. It does not take long for the bonds of motherhood to bring Val back to the fields. She comes to understand that there is no escaping the Fen. It is both a comfort and a curse.

In a world where roles are fixed and choices are few, Fen follows the interweaving lives of different generations of women, and questions our sense of entitlement as to what life should give us.

Director: Patricia Lynn Featuring:

Annie Harper Branson Katie Consamus* Aimee Rose Ranger Rudi Utter*

* Actors appearing courtesy of the Actors Equity Association.

Lauren Lubow* Lizzie Vieh*

Tickets are available online at redgarnettheatercompany.org, or www.artful.ly/store/events/7936 This is an Equity Showcase. Tickets are $18.