Montana Rep Presents LEVELING UP This Weekend

Montana Repertory Theatre, the professional theatre-in-residence at the University of Montana, is returning to its long time downtown home, the Crystal Theatre, with a new play by Missoula COLONY playwright Deborah Zoe Laufer.

Under the auspices of its new creative initiative "Visions and Voices," where community members are encouraged to submit ideas for production to its staff, Montana Rep has chosen this title to mark its return to downtown activities. Visions and Voices produced Circle Mirror Transformation last year at the Downtown Dance Collective.

Ms. Laufer has been a mainstay at The Missoula COLONY having visited as a playwright and teacher at numerous gatherings. Her play End Days was produced by Montana Rep Missoula in 2012.

Heading up this Visions and Voices project is Tyler D. Nielsen, a local actor, director and entrepreneur. Mr. Nielsen will be directing the play.

Leveling Up premiered last year at the prestigious Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago, where it garnered excellent reviews. Montana Rep is honored and delighted to be presenting this wonderful play.

This comic drama deals with gamers, drones and the American dream as seen through the eyes of four twenty-somethings on the verge of a new life or stagnation. A brilliant gamer is recruited by the NSA to fly real drones in real wartime situations from a bunker in Nevada. Masterfully written in the voice of a young generation, Leveling Up is vividly told by one of the country's most respected playwrights.

WHO: Visions and Voices (An initiative from the Montana Rep)

WHAT: Leveling Up by Deborah Zoe Laufer

WHEN: April 17-19, 2015, at 7:30pm

Saturday Matinee at 2:00pm

WHERE: Crystal Theatre, 515 South Higgins

TICKETS: $15 General Public (at the door)

INFO: montanarep.org

To post a comment, you must register and login.