Whistler in the Dark Returns To The Factory Theater With Fen and A Number

Whistler in the Dark returns home to The Factory Theatre with a three-week repertory series celebrating Caryl Churchill, one of the leading playwrights of our time, with full productions of Fen and A Number. The rep will be filled out with staged readings of other less-produced Churchill works.

Fen, set in England’s Fen Country, is a gripping work that interrogates the life of longing. A community of working-class women, each fighting to carve her way in life, teeter between selfless adherence to duty and self-abnegation. In a time and place where roles are prescribed and fixed and power is ascribed to the few, four generations of women battle for fulfillment and survival.
A Number is an emotional shockwave of a play that examines both the complicated bonds of the father/son relationship and the implications of cloning at the most human and personal level. A much-loved son discovers that he is merely one of “a number” of genetically identical counterparts and confronts his father with the knowledge - and the desire to know if he is the original. From this confrontation stems a profound examination not only of the impact of science on our morality but on the very nature and substance of love.

Filling out the repertory series will be a series of Dark Days, a new initiative launched by Whistler in the Dark as a way of expanding the process into the community. Rather than leaving the theatre sitting empty on Monday and Tuesday evenings, the company will throw open its doors and invite other artists in to create work that further celebrates the company’s current production. “What thrills us most about this month is we have committed ourselves to keeping The Factory in a constant state of creativity” says Company Member Jen O'Connor. “We will be joined by a wide spectrum of collaborators that includes theatre artists, musicians and students to create a series of special events that will keep our exploration alive and vibrant seven days a week once we hit opening night.”

Join the Whistlers this winter in celebrating Caryl Churhill, one of the most formative playwrights of the last 50 years.

Wanted Something Production Team:

Actors: Danny Bryck, Marc Cohen, Becca Lewis, Lorna Nogueira, Jen O'Connor,
Aimee Rose Ranger, Anna Waldron, Mac Young Young
Director: Meg Taintor (Fen), Jason King Jones (A Number)
Dramaturg: Vawnya Nichols
Costume Design: Emily Woods Hogue (Fen), Emily Astorian (A Number)
Light Design: PJ Strachman
Set Design: Mac Young
Sound Design: Nick Dika
Dialect Coach: Danny Bryck
Violence Director: Meron Langsner

WHEN: January 20-February 4, 2012

WHERE: The Factory Theatre *791 Tremont Street* Boston MA

TICKETS: General Admission: $20; Students: $10

BOX OFFICE: Phone: 1-800-838-3006
Web: www.whistlerinthedark.com/boxoffice.htm

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