Drama Desk Award nominated Throes Theater (2013's Act Before You Speak at The Flea Theater) presents the premiere of THE ITCH by 2013 Financial Times/Bodley Head Prize winner Alexandra Zelman-Doring. Directed by Theresa Buchheister, performances run through September 16 at New Ohio Theatre.
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Ana and Simon are twins. Ana wants to sell her eggs for piles of money. Simon wants another beginning after his latest bender. They have spent a lifetime disappearing into each other, but now they are seeking to define their lives as separate beings. Experienced through theatre, film and original music, THE ITCHis a story of sibling love, addiction, and how far we'll go to save ourselves and others.THE ITCH stars Gore Abrams, Coco Conroy, Erik LaPointe, Alexandra Zelman-Doring, Dan Berkey, Ray C. Wright with a production team that includes Matthew Dipple (set), George Gavin (video design), Alejandro Fajardo (lighting), Jose Cavazos (costumes), Darielle Shandler (stage manager), Throes Theater & The Petite Brunettes (music). It is produced by Throes Theater in association with Kate German.
Alexandra Zelman-Doring won the 2013 Financial Times/Bodley Head Prize as well as the 2008 Glascock Poetry Prize, which boasts Sylvia Plath and James Merrill among its past winners. She studied at Brown University, Wadham College, Oxford, and holds a Masters of Fine Arts from Columbia University. Her poems/texts have been set to music by composers including Andile Khumalo and Jiri Kaderábek, and she collaborated with composer David Adamcyk on 2011's Cheval mémoire, for solo piano, electronics, and sound installation. She is the author of numerous plays including Halfway Through The Story of Our Life, Light in the Dust, To Hold an Apple (59E59th Street's East to Edinburgh and Edinburgh Festival) and Act Before You Speak (Flea Theater). She trained at Lee Strasburg, HB studios, and Michael Howard Studios.Photo credit: Walter Wlodarczyk
Gore Abrams & Alexandra Zelman-Doring in THE ITCH. Photo by Walter Wlodarczyk.
Gore Abrams & Erik LaPointe in THE ITCH. Photo by Walter Wlodarczyk.
Gore Abrams & Coco Conroy in THE ITCH. Photo by Walter Wlodarczyk.
Gore Abrams in THE ITCH. Photo by Walter Wlodarczyk.
Alexandra Zelman-Doring & Gore Abrams in THE ITCH. Photo by Walter Wlodarczyk.
Gore Abrams & Coco Conroy in THE ITCH. Photo by Walter Wlodarczyk.
Gore Abrams in THE ITCH. Photo by Walter Wlodarczyk.
Coco Conroy & Alexandra Zelman-Doring in THE ITCH. Photo by Walter Wlodarczyk.
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