NVA Presents WAVING GOODBYE, Opens 1/15

New Village Arts will be presenting the San Diego Premiere of Jamie Pachino's award-winning play WAVING GOODBYE. Originally produced at Steppenwolf Theatre, WAVING GOODBYE was named the Best New Work in Chicago in 2002, and has won numerous other awards. The production is directed by NVA Ensemble Member Dana Case and features Executive Artistic Director Kristianne Kurner, Ensemble Members Amanda Morrow and Rachael VanWormer and Jeffrey Jones and Kyle Lucy. WAVING GOODBYE will be playing at New Village Arts Theatre (2787 State Street, Carlsbad Village) from January 13 - February 6, 2010. The official opening night is January 15 at 8 PM. Tickets can be purchased at www.NewVillageArts.org or by calling 760-433-3245.

What does it mean to be an artist? Can you have a family and be a responsible member of society or is your importance in the work you create? WAVING GOODBYE is the story of Lily Blue, a 17-year-old photographer who loses her father in a mountain climbing accident, and must spend her 17th year with the mother who abandoned her. It's a story of loss, grief, change, making art, wishing things were different, being stalled, finding love, not turning into your mother, and those irrevocable moments after which nothing is ever the same.

Jamie Pachino is an award winning playwright and screenwriter. Her work has been produced in four countries, commissioned, published and honored. In recent years, Pachino has been named the winner of the Kennedy Center Fund for New American Plays production grant, the Laurie Foundation Theatre Visionary Award, Chicago's Joseph Jefferson ("Jeff") Award for Best New Work, the Pinter Prize Gold Medal for Drama, and this year's Francesca Primus Prize by the American Theatre Critics Association, among many others. Her plays have been nominated for the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize and Illinois Governor's Award, and named Runner-up for the Osborn Award (American Theater Critics Association) and Jane Chambers Award. Pachino's plays have been produced and developed by such theatres as Steppenwolf, Long Wharf, Hartford Stage, American Conservatory Theatre, San Jose Rep, Pasadena Playhouse, Geva, Northlight, Florida Stage, A Contemporary Theatre, and the Women's Playwright Conference in Athens, Greece. She currently serves on the faculty of the University of California at Irvine, and previously held positions with Northwestern University (her alma mater), Columbia College, National Louis University, and the Chicago Academy for the Arts in Chicago.

As a screenwriter, Pachino has written features for DreamWorks, Disney, Vanguard Films, Walden Media, and Smith/Hemion, and teleplays for Lifetime Television and the HallMark Hall of Fame. Other film scripts have been optioned by Greenestreet, Hearst, Trigger Street Films, and Lions Gate. She is a proud member of the WGA, and the International Center for Women Playwrights and is represented by Evolution Entertainment.

Director Dana Case is an Ensemble Member at New Village Arts, where she has directed some of NVA's most successful productions, including Crimes of the Heart and Picasso at the Lapin Agile. She also works frequently on the NVA stage as an actor, in such plays as Summer and Smoke, Be Aggressive and The Waverly Gallery. Case received an MFA from Cornell University, and is a member of SAG.

The cast includes NVA Ensemble Members Kristianne Kurner, Amanda Morrow and Rachael VanWormer with Jeffrey Jones and Kyle Lucy. Kurner (Amanda Blue) is the co-founder and Executive Artistic Director of New Village Arts, where she has appeared in numerous shows including the title role in The Heidi Chronicles and as Germaine in Picasso at the Lapin Agile. Morrow (Perry Marshall) most recently appeared at NVA in Picasso at the Lapin Agile and Be Aggressive. VanWormer is recognized as one of the most exciting young actors in San Diego and was awarded the San Diego Theatre Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Actor for her work in ion theatre's Bash, and is nominated for the same award this year for Diversionary Theatre's Speech and Debate. She has appeared with NVA in such productions as This is Our Youth and Things We Want. Jones is recognized as one of San Diego's finest actors and has appeared at NVA in The Waverly Gallery and most recently received great critical acclaim for his role in Frankie and Johnny at ion theatre. Lucy appeared with NVA as the Steward in Into the Woods and Schmendimann in Picasso at the Lapin Agile.

NVA has assembled some of the most exciting designers in San Diego, who will transform the stage each night from a run-down New York City loft into a work of art. Ensemble Member Tim Wallace will be designing the set and Kate Stallons will be creating the costumes. Christopher Loren Renda will make his NVA debut as a lighting designer and Ensemble Member Bonnie Durben will be creating the artistic props. Trevor Stucky serves as the Stage Manager.

"utterly enchanting ... riveting ... haunting... and touching. Highly Recommended." -- Chicago Sun-Times

"Jamie Pachino writes from the gut and heart in a way that's utterly refreshing...an intriguing work that deserves to be heard" - Chicago Reader

"a beautifully written portrait of loss, rage, change, and the terror--and joy--of trusting another person in the wake of personal cataclysm." - Chicago Reader

AWARDS FOR JAMIE PACHINO'S WAVING GOODBYE

WINNER
· Kennedy Center Fund for New American Plays production grant
· Chicago's Joseph Jefferson Award, Best New Work
· Arlene P. and William R. Lewis Playwriting Competition
· Women at the Door Festival, Famous Door Theatre, Chicago
· Coe College Writing Competition
· Boston Theatre Works, Unbound Festival
FINALIST
· University of British Columbia, Creative Writing Residency Prize
· New Harmony Project, IN
GOLD MEDAL
·Pinter Prize for Drama
RUNNER UP
· Jane Chambers Award, ATHE New Play Festival
HONORABLE MENTION
· Writers Digest Writing Competition
NOMINEE
· Susan Smith Blackburn Prize

Ticket prices range from $25 - $30 for all performances, with the exception of three pay-what-you-can previews on January 12, 13 & 14 at 8 PM. Showtimes are Thursdays and Fridays at 8 PM; Saturdays at 3 PM & 8 PM and Sundays at 2 PM (no 3 PM show on Opening Night, January 15). The theatre is located in the heart of Carlsbad Village, at 2787 State Street. Tickets can be purchased by visiting www.NewVillageArts.org or calling 760-433-3245.

FACT SHEET

The San Diego Premiere of

WAVING GOODBYE

Written by Jamie Pachino

Directed by Dana Case*

CAST

Lily Blue: Rachael VanWormer*

Amanda Blue: Kristianne Kurner*

Jonathan Blue: Jeffrey Jones

Perry Marshall: Amanda Morrow*

H Bogsworth Barry ("Boggy"): Kyle Lucy

Set Design by Resident Designer Tim Wallace*; Costume Design by Kate Stallons; Light Design by Christopher Loren Renda; Properties Design by Resident Designer Bonnie Durben*; Stage Managed by Trevor Stucky.

*NVA Ensemble Member

Three Pay-What-You-Can Previews January 12, 13 & 14 at 8 PM

Opening Night Saturday, January 15 at 8 PM, run continues thru February 6, Thursdays & Fridays at 8 PM; Saturdays at 3 PM & 8 PM; Sundays at 2 PM

(No 3 PM Show on January 15)

Tickets: $30 General Admission/$25 Senior,Student, Military/$22 Groups of 10 or more

Purchase Tickets: www.NewVillageArts.org; 760-433-3245.

Listing: New Village Arts presents the San Diego Premiere of Jamie Pachino's WAVING GOODBYE, the story of 17-year-old Lily Blue, a budding artist coming to terms with her parents, her love life and the thrilling art she is creating. WAVING GOODBYE runs January 12 - February 6, 2011 at New Village Arts Theatre at 2787 State Street in Carlsbad Village. Tickets are $25-$30 and can be purchased by visiting www.NewVillageArts.org or calling 760-433-3245.

 

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