Will Eno's THE FLU SEASON to Make Rhode Island Premiere This Fall at Burbage

Burbage Theatre Company continues their sixth season with the Rhode Island Premiere of 'The Flu Season' by Will Eno, directed by Wendy Overly, which opens previews Friday November 4.

The Flu Season runs November 4 - December 3 at Aurora Providence, 276 Westminster Street, Providence RI. Tickets are $10-$20. Visit www.burbagetheatre.org to purchase tickets.

Two hospital patients fall in love in a play written before the audience's eyes. Lovers and storytellers cope with the expectations and disappointments of art and humanity in this masterfully spun play about the creative process and life itself. Will Eno puts his poetic language and enigmatic characters to good use, leading the audience to simple, poignant, and necessary truths.

"Will Eno builds immensely intricate relationships in the most inexplicably simple ways," says Artistic Director Jeff Church, "His narrative is fractured. His train of thought is, at once, unpredictable and yet uncannily familiar. He holds the mirror up to nature, but the mirror is a little warped, slightly distorted.

"Aside from its metatheatrics, which are plentiful and a focus of this production," says Church, "The Flu Season is rife with truths that will resonate deeply and inexplicably in all of us, which makes it a perfect production for director Wendy Overly. Wendy's graceful and heartfelt direction is a perfect match for a play that enigmatically traverses elation, confusion, and calamity."

IF YOU GO:

'The Flu Season' by Will Eno

Friday Nov 4 7pm Preview #1
Saturday Nov 5 6pm Preview #2
Friday Nov 11 7pm Pay-What-You-Can
Saturday Nov 12 6pm Opening Night
Friday Nov 18 7pm Performance #1
Saturday Nov 19 6pm Performance #2
Friday Nov 25 7pm Performance #3
Saturday Nov 26 6pm Performance #4
Friday Dec 2 7pm Performance #5
Saturday Dec 3 6pm Performance #6

Tickets: Previews $10; General Admission $20; Rhode Island College Students $10.

Ensemble -
Jim Sullivan, Prologue
James Lucey, Man
Rachel Dulude, Woman
Clare Blackmer, Nurse
Andrew Stigler, Doctor
Jeff Church, Epilogue

Creative Team-
Wendy Overly, director
Andrew Iacovelli, stage manager
Liz Hallenbeck, production assistant
Andrew Iacovelli, Operations Manager
Trevor Elliot, Technical Director

Founded in 2010, Burbage is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization committed to excite and engage a new generation of theatre-goer with socially relevant and compelling stories, both classic and contemporary, told by an inventive and expert ensemble of actors.

We believe in the importance of irreverence. We believe that acting comes first. We believe the theatre's continued relevance as a civil institution is best perpetuated by building productions and their aesthetic around the collaboration of an expert ensemble of storytellers. We believe it is the actor's job to activate thought and inner movement in his audience.

In collaboration with Aurora, Burbage's theatrical residence in downtown Providence, Burbage is dedicated to the growing and cultivating of the diverse artistic community in Rhode Island by providing affordable access to the performing arts and perpetuating a discourse about, not only content, but the actor's role as storyteller in today's world. Burbage is an ideal sustainable arts model for the 21st Century.

Pictured: Andrew Stigler, Jim Sullivan, James Lucey, Rachel Dulude, Jeff Church, and Clare Blackmer. Photo by Andrew Iacovelli.

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