Photo Flash: SUPERIOR DONUTS at the Deep Dish Theater Begins 2/18

You'll find a ‘hole' lot to love about Superior Donuts, written by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Tracy Letts and presented by Deep Dish Theater Company February 18 to March 12. This sweet and soulful comedy-drama, directed by Tony Lea, continues the company's tenth season at University Mall.

"It's an interesting story, truthfully and artfully told," said Lea. "I always try to find the humor in any story and this one is rich with it, so I think [the audience] will laugh as well as think and feel."

Content to shuffle through life, Arthur Przybyszewski, a former ‘60s radical, sees no need for change to the run-down donut shop he owns in Uptown, Chicago. His lone employee, an energetic but troubled teenager named Franco Wicks, has other ideas. An unlikely friendship grows and challenges both of their ways of thinking in this love letter to Chicago and its diverse communities.

This Deep Dish production features a talented cast, including Corwin Evans, J.K. Ferrell, Susannah Hough, J. Alphonse Nicholson, Julie Oliver, Hampton Rowe, David Sennett and Dan Sipp. The design staff includes Miyuki Su (set), Scott Marlow (lights), Angela Herald Cobb (costumes), Devra Thomas (properties), and Marc Maximov (sound). David McClutchey is the fight director, and Jen Bauer stage manages.

The theater will present post-performance discussions on Sunday, February 27 (led by Duke professor Bill Chafe) and Thursday, March 3 (a "Meet the Designers" discussion with the production staff). Karen Blansfield will give a pre-show "Meet the Play" talk on Friday, February 25, at 7 p.m. The Deep Dish Book Selection, Hardball by Sara Paretsky, will be discussed on Monday, March 7 at 7 p.m at Flyleaf Books of Chapel Hill.

Performances begin Wednesday and Thursday at 7:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m., and Sunday (matinee) at 2 p.m. Deep Dish is located in Chapel Hill's University Mall, on Estes Drive and US 15-501.

Tickets are $19 for adults and $17 for seniors regularly, with a $2 discount for Wednesday and Thursday shows. Student tickets for all performances are $12. Wednesday, February 23 is "Cheap Dish Night" - all tickets are $9 (no reservations accepted). Tickets may be purchased at the Deep Dish box office in University Mall, Wednesday to Saturday from 3 to 6 p.m., at www.deepdishtheater.org, or (919) 968-1515.

Photo Credit: JoNathan Young

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