Undermain Theatre Stages THE FAIRYTALE LIVES OF RUSSIAN GIRLS, Now thru 12/6

As part of their 31st season, Undermain Theatre is thrilled to bring the Regional Premiere of Meg Miroshnik's The Fairytale Lives of Russian Girls to their home in Deep Ellum at 3200 Main Street. Performances will run tonight, November 11th through December 6th, 2014.

Once upon a time (2005), in a faraway land (Russia), 20 year-old Annie knocks on the door of a distant family relation to take some business classes (and lose her American accent). What she discovers are three friends who introduce her to the glitz and corruption of modern Russia, as Soviet echoes linger just under the surface. In Meg Miroshnik's darkly funny fairytale, the girls must combat evil potatoes, a ferocious bear, and a wicked witch, armed with only their wits, an axe, and a kick-ass closet of stilettos.

ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT: Meg Miroshnik's plays include The Fairytale Lives of Russian Girls, The Droll {A Stage-Play about the END of Theatre}, The Tall Girls, Old Actress, and an adaptation of the libretto for Shostakovich's Moscow, Cheryomushki. She is the recipient of a 2012 Whiting Award. Her work has been developed or produced by the La Jolla Playhouse, O'Neill National Playwrights Conference, Center Theatre Group, Pacific Playwrights Festival at South Coast Rep, the McCarter Theatre Center, Alliance Theatre, the Kennedy Center, Lark New Play Development Center, Chicago Opera Theater, the Moscow Playwright and Director Center, Washington Ensemble Theatre, Yale Cabaret, Circle X, The Wilma Theater, Perishable Theatre, WordBRIDGE Playwrights Laboratory, One Coast Collaboration, and published in Best American Short Plays, 2008-2009 (Applause, 2010). The Fairytale Lives of Russian Girls was a finalist for the 2012 Susan Smith Blackburn prize and winner of the 2011-2012 Alliance/Kendeda Graduate Playwriting Award. Recent productions: The Fairytale Lives of Russian Girls at Yale Rep (directed by Rachel Chavkin, February 2014) and The Tall Girls at Alliance Theatre (directed by Susan V. Booth, March 2014). Upcoming: The Droll at Brown/Trinity Playwrights Rep (directed by Mia Rovegno, July 2014) and commissions for new plays for South Coast Rep, Steppenwolf, and Yale Rep. She holds an MFA in Playwriting from the Yale School of Drama where she studied with Paula Vogel. Meg hails from Minneapolis and currently lives in Los Angeles, where she is a member of the Playwrights Union and The Kilroys.

This production is directed by Undermain Artistic Associate Dylan Key, Scenic Design by John Arnone, Lighting Design by Steve Woods, Sound Design by Paul Semrad, Properties Design by Linda Noland and Costume Design by Amanda Capshaw.

The cast includes Katherine Bourne, Gail Cronauer, Stephanie Cleghorn Jasso, Alexandra Lawrence, Mei Mei Pollitt and Joanna Schellenberg.

DATES:

Previews: November 11th, 12th, 13th and 14th

Opening Night: November 15th

Regular Performances:

November 19, 20 @ 7:30pm

November 21 @8:15pm

November 22 @ 2pm and 8:15pm

November 26 @ 7:30pm

November 28, 29 @ 8:15pm

December 3, 4 @ 7:30pm

December 5 @ 8:15pm

December 6 @ 2pm and 8:15pm

Tickets are available online or by calling the Box Office at 214.747.5515. Pricing is as follows: Wednesday & Thursdays $15, Fridays $25, and Saturdays $30. All preview performances are $10. Undermain is located at 3200 Main Street at the corner of Murray Street in Deep Ellum. Discounts are available for seniors, students, KERA members, and groups. Call 214.747.5515 or visit www.undermain.org.

ABOUT UNDERMAIN: Celebrating 30 years since its inception in 1984, Undermain Theatre is a company of artists that performs experimental works in Texas, New York, and Europe, collaborates with playwrights to develop original and world premiere productions, publishes plays, and sustains a theater in Dallas' historic Deep Ellum. As defined by their mission statement, Undermain Theatre seeks to inspire, educate and challenge audiences and artists through its production of innovative theater with particular interest in poetic and language-driven work.

Pictured: Stephanie Cleghorn Jasso, Mei Mei Pollitt, Katherine Bourne, and Alexandra Lawrence. Photo Credit: Undermain Archive.

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