The Neo-Futurists Return to Woolly With TOO MUCH LIGHT, Ends 5/1

Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company is proud to host the return of Chicago's long-running late-night sensation Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind (30 Plays in 60 Minutes) by underground favorites The Neo-Futurists. The show returns after its sold out run during the 2009/10 season, which Washington Life called "innovative, edgy, and interactive." The Washington Post raved it "leaves you breathless with the troupe's audacity and wit." This limited engagement will end May 1, 2011. Performances are Tuesdays - Thursdays at 8pm, Fridays and Saturdays at 7pm & 9pm, and Sundays at 3pm & 7pm.

The Neo-Futurists-masters of creating funny, personal, abstract, political, and poignant plays-return to Woolly with their ever-changing attempt to perform 30 plays in 60 minutes. With audiences deciding on the random order of those plays, every performance is a unique experience not to be missed.

Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind opened at Chicago's Stage Left Theater in 1988 promising an emotional and intellectual roller-coaster of ideas and images ridden at break-neck speed by a participating audience. Greg Allen created the formula for the show from an amalgam of different influences. In typical postmodern fashion, a theory was borrowed from here; a form was stolen from there. From their namesakes, the Italian Futurists, came the exultation of speed, brevity, compression, dynamism, and the explosion of preconceived notions. From Dada and Surrealism came the joy of randomness and the thrill of the unconscious. From the theatrical experiments of the 1960's came audience interaction, breaking down all notions of distance, character, setting, and illusion. Finally, from the political turmoil of the 1980's came a socially conscious voice and a low-tech, "poor theatre" format. This aesthetic, embraced by an ensemble of highly dedicated, talented writer/performers, became Too Much Light...

Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind (30 Plays in 60 Minutes) is created by Greg Allen, and written, directed, and performed by The Neo-Futurists.

Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind
(30 Plays in 60 Minutes)
Created by Greg Allen, written, directed, and performed by The Neo-Futurists

CAST

Gregory Allen...................................................................................................Himself
John Pierson....................................................................................................Himself
Bilal Dardai......................................................................................................Himself
Megan Mercier..................................................................................................Herself
Caitlin Stainken.................................................................................................Herself

PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE
Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind runs April 20, 2011 - May 1, 2011; Tuesdays - Thursdays at 8pm, Fridays and Saturdays at 7pm & 9pm, and Sundays at 3pm & 7pm*. Wednesday, April 20th will be a Pay-What-You-Can performance, and will begin at 8pm.
*Exception: No 7pm show on Sunday, May 1st

TICKETS
Tickets for Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind start at $35, and can be purchased through the Woolly Mammoth Box Office at 202-393-3939, online at www.woollymammoth.net, or in person at 641 D Street, NW (7th & D). For directions and parking information, please visit www.woollymammoth.net.

ABOUT THE NEO-FUTURISTS
The Neo-Futurists, performers of Too Much Light... and creators of over 60 other original, full-length productions, are a collective of wildly productive writer/director/performers who create immediate, non-illusory, interactive, and head slappingly affordable performances.

From their theatre above a Chicago funeral home, The Neo-Futurists have toured from San Francisco to Romania, won the coveted Fringe First Award at the Edinburgh Festival, and taught Artistic Residencies based on their unique performance aesthetic at theaters such as Actors Theater of Louisville and Universities around the country. To learn more about The Neo-Futurists, get books and podcasts of their plays, or see what they are making next head to www.neofuturists.org.

ABOUT WOOLLY
Now in its 31st Season, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company continues to hold its place at the leading edge of American theatre. Acknowledged as "the hottest theatre company in town" (The Washington Post), "known for its productions of innovative new plays" (The New York Times), Woolly Mammoth is a national leader in the development of new plays, and one of the best known and most influential mid-sized theatres in America.

 

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