Thalia's Umbrella to Present Richard Nelson's SORRY, 6/9-26

Thalia's Umbrella announces their third production: Sorry, by Richard Nelson. Sorry will be performed June 9-26, 2016, in the MainStage Theater at 12th Avenue Arts.

It is 5am on Election Day 2012. The three Apple sisters and their Uncle Benjamin, a retired actor, have been up all night, singing, eating Chinese food, and trying to finish a jigsaw puzzle. Their brother, Richard, arrives in time for a very early breakfast. As this family of artists and committed public servants tease each other and tell stories, as they struggle with their own urgent concerns while arguing about the meaning and utility of elections (Richard has drifted from the others' Democratic activism), the national issues illuminate what is happening close to home, and vice versa. These politics are very local-and very personal-indeed.

Sorry is one of Richard Nelson's remarkable cycle of "Apple Family" plays. Each play in the cycle shares the same setting (a house in Rhinebeck, New York) and (mostly) the same characters, and each is set on a day of national importance. The Apple family has their own urgent concerns, which both reflect and inform how they see the issues of the day.

CAST :

Jeanne Paulsen - Barbara
Macall Gordon - Marian
William Hall, Jr - Benjamin
Leslie Law - Jane
Terry Edward Moore - Richard

CREATIVE TEAM:

Daniel Wilson - Director
Roberta Russell - Set and Lighting Design
Christine Tschirgi - Costume Design
Johanna Melamed - Sound Design
Kelsey Rogers - Properties Design
Technical Director - Dennis Culpepper

Cristine Reynolds - Stage Manager
Quy Ton - Assistant Stage Manager

FULL DATES AND SCHEDULE

Thursday, June 9, 7:30pm PREVIEW (Pay What You Can)
Friday, June 10, 7:30pm (Opening Night)
Saturday, June 11, 7:30pm
Sunday, June 12, 2:00pm
Thursday, June 16, 7:30pm
Friday, June 17, 7:30pm
Saturday, June 18, 7:30pm
Sunday, June 19, 2:00pm
Thursday, June 23, 7:30pm
Friday, June 24, 7:30pm
Saturday, June 125, 7:30pm
Sunday, June 26, 2:00pm (Closing performance)

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