STILL LIFE WITH IRIS Begins Tonight at Hole in the Wall Theater

The Hole in the Wall Theater (HITW) in New Britain, will present STILL LIFE WITH IRIS, Steven Dietz's fantastical and moving play.

Performances run Fridays & Saturdays, tonight, March 25th, through April 16th at 8:00pm with two Sunday matinees on April 3rd & 10th at 2:00pm. STILL LIFE WITH IRIS is directed by Tony Palmieri of New Britain with assistant direction by Katherine Corbett of Plainville.

Tickets are $20.00 (General Admission), $15.00 (students & seniors) and free for children, age twelve and under, thanks to a grant from the Long Foundation. Tickets can be purchased at the door and online at www.hitw.org. The April 1st performance will be our Pay-What-You-Can performance where you name the price of your ticket.

STILL LIFE WITH IRIS is the first play for young audiences to receive the Kennedy Center's Fund for New American Plays Award. It is a fantastical adventure which centers on a little girl's search for the simplest of things: home. Iris lives with her mom in the land of Nocturno-a magical place in which the workers make, by night, all of the things we see in the world by day. Also, in Nocturno, memories do not reside in people's minds but instead are kept in their coats (called 'Past Coats'). The rulers of Nocturno, the Great Goods, are determined to have the "best" of everything on their island-and, as Iris is particularly adept at finding things, take Iris away from her home and bring her to Great Island to be their daughter. To ease the pain of this separation, they remove her Past Coat, leaving her with no memory of her home or her family. All that remains of Iris' past is a single button from her coat. Using the button as a clue, Iris joins with friends she meets on her journey-Annabel Lee (a young woman from the sea) and Mozart (the composer, age 11) as they search for her lost past.

The HITW cast includes: Peyton Stehle & Kelley Mountzoures (both from Plainville), Briana McGuckin, Neo Valentin & Stephanie Layne (all from New Britain), Drew Brathwaite (Manchester), Allison Coney (Burlington), Ian Rothauser (Newington), Roy Donnelly (Farmington), Adam Cormier (Colebrook) and Mairin McKinlay (Cheshire).

Visit www.hitw.org for more information and updates.

Hole in the Wall Theater (HITW) has been a leader and beacon in the Greater Hartford arts community since 1972. It is an award-winning, non-profit community theater and staffed entirely by volunteers.

HITW was founded by Ray Shinn and Ted Guhl; both of whom were instrumental in the theater's mission and longevity. It is HITW's goal to present theater to all regardless of resources. Unique in its creation as well as the manner in which it was run, HITW was the only theater in the state to run solely by its members through its biweekly gatherings, termed "General Meeting." General Meeting is responsible for choosing the plays presented, maintaining the physical plant, and creating, revising, and upholding the philosophy by which HITW was run.

Over the course of four decades, the theater has seen many homes throughout New Britain including Oak Street, North Street, Harvard Street, and its current home on Main Street. Despite its location, the philosophy of presenting Quality Theater to everyone remains the same.

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