DC Arts Center Presents THE ZOO STORY, Performances Rescheduled

Edward Albee's first play, first performed in 1960, is brought to DCAC for the first time by the provocative Theatre Du Jour.

A man sits peacefully reading in the sunlight in Central Park. There enters a second man. He is a young, unkempt and undisciplined vagrant where the first is neat, ordered, well-to-do and conventional. The vagrant is a soul in torture and rebellion. He longs to communicate so fiercely that he frightens and repels his listener. He is a man drained of all hope who, in his passion for company, seeks to drain his companion.

With provocative humor and unrelenting suspense, the young savage slowly, but relentlessly, brings his victim down to his own atavistic level as he relates a story about his visit to the zoo. Directed by Kris Roth, featuring Jerry Herbilla and B. Stanley.

From its inception, Theatre Du Jour has concerned itself with the questions of actor training, the process of performance creation, and the meeting between actors and audience through performance. It is this proposing of questions and desire to discover rather than the certainty of answers that has guided the company's development. Rigorously avoiding adherence to any "method" of work, the members of TDJ rely upon these propositions, these questions, to fuel their daily physical research -- a constantly evolving experiment that seeks to bridge the gaps between the actor's training, the creation of performance and the performance itself. Through its continued inquiry, Theatre Du Jour is more than experimental theatre; it is an experiment within theatre.

The District of Columbia Arts Center, founded in 1989, is a nonprofit arts space dedicated to promoting the freshest, most under-recognized artists in the Washington metropolitan area. We encourage an ongoing dialogue between new artists and the greater art community, and assist artists in the business of production. Comprised of a theater, gallery, and administrative offices, DCAC is located in the heart of Adams Morgan. Since its inception in 1989, DCAC has received local, national and international reviews for visual and performing arts. Over 100 visual arts exhibitions and 500 performance events have illustrated the need for DCAC. Poets, painters, actors, storytellers, sculptors, performance artists have been drawn to the Center from as close as around the corner and as far as from around the world.

Theatre Du Jour presents THE ZOO STORY March 17-April 10. Performances Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday at 7:30 pm. Pay what you can performance Wednesday, March 17 at 7:30 pm. Tickets are $20/15 for DCAC members. For reservations call DCAC at 202-462-7833

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