First Floor Theater to Present EDITH CAN SHOOT THINGS AND HIT THEM in January

First Floor Theater (FFT) will continue their third season with the Chicago Premiere of EDITH CAN SHOOT THINGS AND HIT THEM, playwright A. Rey Pamatmat's darkly comic and moving exploration of separation and the power of family. FFT Artistic Director Hutch Pimentel directs this powerful Chicago premiere, playing January 11 - January 31 at Collaboraction's Pentagon Theatre in The Flat Iron Arts Building. Tickets for EDITH CAN SHOOT THINGS AND HIT THEM will be available at http://firstfloortheater.com/. The press opening is Sunday, January 11, 2015 at 6:00 p.m.

EDITH CAN SHOOT THINGS AND HITS THEM features FFT Company Member Luke Michael Grimes, with Aurora Adachi-Winter and Kevin Matthew Reyes.

After their parents' sudden departure, Filipino-Americans Edith, 12, and her brother, Kenny, 16, are left to fend for themselves in a tiny town in the middle of nowhere. With only one another to rely on, poverty and depression loom, when Kenny brings home his new "friend" Benji, and the three begin to redefine the meaning of American Family. Armed with their latchkey wit and a BB gun, the trio can take on anything, from cooking their own food to standing up for their newly-found sexuality - until their father returns and everything they've made threatens to fall apart. This Chicago premiere of award-winning playwright A. Rey Pamatmat's powerful script explores what it means to grow up poor, queer, and alone in middle America, and how the human spirit and the power of love can triumph over the darkest obstacles.

Pimentel says, "This story of young, queer people of color forging a family against the odds is both painful and powerful. In the face of abandonment and on the verge of violence, their love is fierce and transformational and has plenty to teach. In my discussions with Rey, I've been inspired to share the underrepresented rural queer experience in this script. I couldn't be more excited to bring the first full production of his work, and this play especially, to Chicago."

The production team for EDITH CAN SHOOT THINGS AND HIT THEM includes: William Boles (scenic design), Meredith Francsis (lighting design), Andrew Rovner (sound design), Alexis Chaney (costume design), Will Bishop (production manager), and Megan Chaney (stage manager/props designer).