The Bridge Theatre Company--which seeks to converge American and Canadian Theatre--will present Trevor Ferguson's Zarathustra Said Some Things, No? from April 20th - May 21st at Theatre 54 (244 West 54th St., 12th Fl.). The show will open on April 25th.
Directed by Robin A. Paterson, the show will feature Canadian actors Lina Roessler and Brett Watson. Canadian actress Lina Roessler will be performing as Adrienne, and Canadian actor Brett Watson will be playing Ricky. The show focuses on the couple's suicide-pact and the chaos that ensues on the day they have picked to die.
"I
n Zarathustra Said Some Things, No?, Adrienne and Ricky, a young Canadian couple living in Paris, have entered into a suicide plot. Today is their chosen time to die. True, this is the fourth consecutive day designated as their last alive, yet all the elements are now in place, as Adrienne's conditions to leap from their high balcony at sunset have been met. Under the burden of their decision, they relive their lives through storytelling, elaborate mind-games of their own invention, mock group therapy sessions, personal attacks, shared secrets, and intimate, sexual, cruel and even humorous moments," state press notes.
"As critical truths surface, so does a tenacious life-force, a willingness to live despite themselves; yet each revealed truth evokes a correspondingly provocative tale. Grievances, sexual and drug addictions, recurring mistakes, the acknowledgement of their psychic rifts and the damage done, spins them out of control. They alternate between light and shadow and edge closer to the precipice as the sunsets, when they will choose to live or die."
Roessler's New York stage credits include
HurlyBurly (
St. Marks Theatre);
Avenu-u Boys (Irish Arts Centre);
Hamlet (LaTerraza Theatre); and the New York Premiere of
Sitting Pretty (Hypothetical Theatre). She has also appeared in numerous Montreal productions and in films and TV. Watson has appeared in dozens of plays across Canada, has toured North America, and has a successful film and television career with over 50 credits to his name. His stage credits include Trevor Ferguson's first two plays
Long, Long, Short, Long and
Beach House, Burnt Sienna. Film credits include
Abandon, Taking Lives, Shattered Glass and
Levity.
Tickets are $30. Call 212-352-3101 or visit
www.theatermania.com for tickets. Visit
www.thebridgetheatrecompany.com for more information.
