Photo Flash: Red Rover Theatre Company Presents VISITING CEZANNE

Unknown painter Nora Baker in 2016 visits the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where things quickly get weird. From New York she travels to an artist's studio in southern France in 1900. Nora desperately wants to get back to 2016 but Paul Cezanne, another obscure artist with his own problems, is not being helpful. Also ensnared in Nora's crisis are an art historian from Utah and Cezanne's gardener.

Visiting Cezanne explores what represents failure and success for artists. Cezanne was a complicated artist who achieved modest success in his lifetime but whose reputation ignited after he died. Both Matisse and Picasso called him "the father of us all."

Duane Kelly is an award-winning Seattle-based author of seven full-length plays. He also writes a weekly arts-oriented blog. Visiting Cezanne continues Kelly's exploration of 19th century artists and their impact on the 20th century. His play Das Ende, produced last year, focused on the controversial composer Richard Wagner.

Andrew McGinn is a veteran director and actor who teaches at Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle University, and Freehold Theatre Lab. He is a graduate of the Juilliard School in New York.

Cast: Libby Barnard (Bessie Shaw), Molly Hall (Nora Baker), Bill Johns (Paul Cezanne), Dara Lillis (Germain Vallier)

Production Team: Amelia Modlin, Scenic Design (also a fine artist); Gwyn Skone, Lighting Design; Mario Gomez, Sound Design; Fawn Bartlett, Costume Design; Liza Vaughn, Stage Manager.

18th & Union Arts Space, 1406 18th Ave., Seattle 98122. Tickets: $16 to $20. Available online at Brown Paper Tickets and at the door.

Photo credit Juliann Itter

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