Fells Point Corner Theatre presents REASONS TO BE PRETTY, Closes 3/6

reasons to be pretty by Neil LaBute, directed by FUZZ Roark

reasons to be pretty begins with what is probably the most intense, expletive-driven, flesh-searing argument in the fiery LaBute canon, delivered by a very, very angry young woman to her soon-to-be ex-boyfriend. But after this first burst of shouting, Mr. LaBute lowers the volume and asks us to listen carefully to the way people speak in the early 21st century and to acknowledge the reflexive, culturally conditioned cruelty in much of what we say. Greg, the play's hero and the recipient of the initiAl Verbal attack, begins listening with a new set of ears, not only to what everyone else says, but also to what he says. A man who always brings a book with him to work by Poe, Hawthorne or Washington Irving, Greg applies a close reader's interest to the less fluent speech of his friends andbegins to realize just how fraught everyday communication is.

Featured in the cast are: Holly Gibbs, Meagan Sawyer, Torberg M. Tonnessen and Brad Widener.

reasons to be pretty is directed by FUZZ Roark, whose many directing credits include CHESS,
Rocky Horror Show, Stop Kiss, and The Great American Trailer Park Musical at Spotlighters
Theatre, where he is the Managing Director. He also directed the very successful Love! Valor!
Compassion!, opening our 2009-2010 season.

Dates: Closing, March 6, 2011

Performances of reasons to be pretty are

Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 pm and Sundays at 2:00 pm*

*(There will be two cheap seat Thursday performances on February 24th and March 3rd at 8 pm)

For tickets, go to www.fpct.org

ADMISSION: $17, Sunday Matinées $15, Cheap Seat Thursdays $10

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