COCK, BLASTED and THE UDMARTS Set for Defunkt's 2015-16 Season with New Interim Executive Director
By: BWW News Desk Jun. 22, 2015
Sarah Armitage is Defunkt Theatre's new Interim Executive Director, effective immediately. Armitage has a Master's in Education and a Bachelor's in theater from Portland State University. She has been an active part of the Defunkt team since their production of THE BOYS IN THE BAND in 2013, and Defunkt is thrilled to have her on board in a leadership role.
Scroll down to see what's in store this season!
Defunkt Theatre Proudly Presents Our 2015-16 Season:
Sweet Sixteen: A Trio of Portland Premieres
Season Tickets Available for a sale price of $50 through July 31st at www.boxofficetickets.com/bot/wa/event?id=150305
Cock by Mark Bartlett
Directed by Jon Kretzu
October 9- Nov. 15 2015
John has been in a stable relationship with his boyfriend for a number of years. But when he takes a break, he accidentally falls in love with a woman. Torn between the two, filled with guilt and conflicting emotions, he doesn't know which way to turn. His boyfriend is willing to wait for him to make a decision, but so is his girlfriend. And both are prepared to fight to keep him. As the pressure mounts, a dinner with both parties is arranged, and everyone wants to know. Who is John? What is he? And what will his decision be? Defunkt presents the Portland premiere of this electrifying exploration of gender, identity and sexuality.
Blasted by Sarah Kane
Directed by Paul Angelo
February 12-March 19, 2016
Defunkt returns to the brutal and beautiful world of Sarah Kane in this Portland premiere. 20 years ago, Sarah Kane's debut play set the modern theater on its ear: her work was championed by some and condemned by others for its violence and fearless presentation of the darkest facets of human nature. This haunting, and eerily prescient play has lost none of its ability to stir and move us: as The Guardian wrote of a recent revival: "Twenty years ago, many said that Kane overplayed the scenario of violence....recent history has taught us that we were wrong to think that, or that distant wars had nothing to do with us and we are safe."
The Udmarts by David Zellnik
Directed by Andrew Klaus-Vineyard
May 6- June 11 2016
Nate, a middle-class kid from Florida who has been thrown away by his fundamentalist parents, finds his way to the ramshackle Queens apartment of Mrs. Huff. She is an old, once-glamorous foreign actress, living in exile from a (real) place called Udmurtia, and her tiny apartment holds the mysterious secrets of a vanishing culture. Nate is torn between his growing devotion to Mrs. Huff and his desire for Clem, a Manhattan child of the "One Percent" who promises Nate a way out of poverty. A dark, funny, and suspenseful journey, THE UDMURTS explores how we find home - and hope - in a collapsing world. Another Portland area premiere from the Obie award-winning playwright of Let A Hundred Flowers Bloom.
Defunkt's 2015-16 Sweet Sixteen Season is presented with support from Ronni Lacroute/Willakenzie Estate, Ellyn Bye, and the James F and Marion L Miller Foundation. All performances at The Back Door Theater, 4321 SE Hawthorne Blvd (behind the Common Grounds Coffee Shop), Portland OR 97215.
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