Portland State University Presents MINUTES OF THE BLUE ROUTE 4/10- 4/18
By: Gabrielle Sierra Apr. 03, 2009
PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF FINE AND PERFORMING ARTS and THE DEPARTMENT OF THEATER ARTS PRESENT: Minutes from the Blue Route by Tom Donaghy
A thesis project in Directing by Joshua Spencer in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the MS in Theater Arts.
New Studio Theater, 1600 SW 4th Ave., Suite 110
Friday, April 10 - Saturday, April 18, 2008
April 10, 11, 16, and 17 at 7:30 p.m. and April 12 at 2:00 p.m.
General Admission: $5.00
Students: $3.00
(cash/check only)
Tickets available at the door. Seating is unreserved. Doors open 1/2 hour before performance.
Parking is free in PSU parking structures after 7 p.m. Thu., after 5 p.m. Fri. and Sat., and all day Sun.
An atmosphere of panic, deprivation, mortality, and loneliness saturates Minutes from the Blue Route like the smell of mothballs. The story unfolds over one weekend as this sad, funny family packs and unpacks their home. They fill the silences with mundane chatter about weddings, microwaved meals, and childhood memories as the family members wrestle with their fears and defend their definition of home.
NY Times' Ben Brantley praises Tom Donaghy's skillful use of language, calling it "naturalisitic," but also "a collision course of evasions, non sequiturs and spastic monologues that only occasionally connect in ways an outsider would perceive as rational conversation." Minutes from the Blue Route will strike a chord in all people who have sought solace but found desperation in the most intimate of institutions: the family.
2008-09 SEASON
Moliere's THE IMAGINARY INVALID
In a New Adaptation by Constance Congdon
Directed by Glenn Gauer
May 30 - June 7, 2009
at the Winningstad Theatre, PCPA
Oregon Premiere
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