Boise Contemporary Theater Presents Eighteenth Annual 5X5 Reading Series, 1/16

Boise Contemporary Theater will open their annual 5X5 Reading Series on January 16, 2012 with FORGETTING THE WORDS by Tracy Sunderland. In Sunderland’s first full length work for the stage, Classics professor, Lynn Garrick, has a life she wants to keep.  But lately her mother’s brilliant mind is slipping, her brother’s loyal heart is drifting; suddenly her extraordinary bond with her nephew, Sam, is in jeopardy.  Can Lynn shuck off a haunted past in order to secure a future with the only “son” she will ever have?  Interweaving past, present, and imaginary worlds FORGETTING THE WORDS explores the potent collision between language and loss, between memory and identity, between the epic and the intimate.

A long tradition in theater, 5X5 Reading Series allows the audience, actors, directors and producers to experience the language of the playwright and assess each play’s potential for future production. Listen to some of your favorite actors bring five of the best new plays in the country to life. Afterwards, participate in a discussion with the actors, directors and sometimes the playwrights, to complete your evening.  Each reading is performed one night only!

Boise Contemporary Theater is a professional regional theater company dedicated to premiering and presenting the best new ideas in theater as interpreted by today’s leading playwrights. Call 208-331-9224 ext. 205 or visit BCTheater.org for additional ticketing, play or season information.

February 13 - 7PM
TBA
By Rajiv Joseph
Join us for another great play from the author of ANIMALS OUT OF PAPER and GRUESOME PLAYGROUND INJURIES. Rajiv Joseph has already made quite a mark on the American theater with many awards to show for his work. He was named a 2010 USA Rockefeller Fellow by United States Artists, won the Whiting Writers’ Award, and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.

March 19 - 7PM
DAMASCUS
Written & Performed by Andrew Weems
Andrew Weems (NAMASTE MAN) has written a new solo play, called DAMASCUS. It’s got sweeping vistas, it’s got squalor, it’s got alcohol. There’s humor, there’s at least one crime, there’s family tension, there’s zero topicality and very few snarky cultural references. A little bit?of love, a Russian landlord named Jeff, music, New York, Taj Mahal. Life-threatening disease. Sports. Religion. Epic longing. Squalor. Perhaps we already mentioned squalor. It’s got a crazy fortune teller, it’s got a man with a box of pigeons, it’s got a beautiful Scottish girl named Fiona. The magic of theater, Death, mistaken identity, a guy singing in the bathtub. It’s got a performance by a highly skilled actor with a very personal connection to the material. What else? The A train, the peoples of the world, motorcycles, deep darkness and the bright morning light. There’s Dunkin’ Donuts. There’s the little tree under which Shiva first kissed Parvati. It’s a story about a long trip to a beautiful place .

April 16 - 7PM
MIDDLETOWN
By Will Eno
Winner of the inaugural Horton Foote Award for Most Promising New Play of 2010, MIDDLETOWN is a deeply moving and funny new play by Will Eno — author of the Pulitzer Prize-finalist play THOM PAIN (BASED ON NOTHING) — that explores the universe of a small American town. As a friendship develops between longtime resident John Dodge and new arrival Mary Swanson, the lives of the inhabitants of Middletown intersect in strange and compelling ways. A powerful and poignant meditation on birth, death and points between, MIDDLETOWN is a remarkable new play from one of our finest young theatrical voices.

April 30 - 7PM
A BRIGHT NEW BOISE
By Samuel D. Hunter
Samuel D. Hunter (I AM MONTANA, NORWAY, A PERMANENT IMAGE) has become a regular contributor to BCT. You won’t want to miss the Boise premiere of his Obie Award winning play set right here in the Treasure Valley. Prepare yourself: in the parking lot of a mega craft?store in Idaho, someone is summoning The Rapture. A heartbreakingly funny reckoning between a father and son will shatter your preconceptions about the sacred, the profane, and the secret lives of big-box retailers.

Tickets:
Subscriptions to all five readings: $50
Single Tickets: $12
Under 30 Subscriptions to all five readings: $40
Under 30 Single Tickets: $10
Online at – www.BCTheater.org
Or call the BCT Box Office at 331-9224 x.205

Performance dates & times:
January 16, 2012 @ 7:00pm
February 13, 2012 @ 7:00pm
March 19, 2012 @ 7:00pm
April 16, 2012 @ 7:00pm
April 30, 2012 @ 7:00pm

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