Area premiere - Circle Mirror Transformation by Annie Baker
Glacity Theatre Collective presents Toledo-area premiere of Circle Mirror Transformation by Annie Baker
Jan. 17 – 19 & Jan. 24 - 26
For 6 weeks in a spare room at a Vermont community center, 5 very different people come together for an adult creative dramatics class: Marty, co-director of the community center and leader of the class; Theresa, an actress fleeing from heartbreak in the big city; James, an ex-hippie now teaching economics at a community college; Schultz, a carpenter finally ready to get on with life after his divorce; and Lauren, a sulky teenager with dreams of stardom. In the process of exploring theatre games and improvisations together, they will all find their lives transformed forever – and in the process will learn far more about themselves than they will about acting.
Glacity Theatre Collective is please to present the area premiere of Circle Mirror Transformation by Annie Baker. The play premiered in New York at Playwrights Horizons, won the 2010 Obie Award for Best New American Play and was voted one of the top ten plays of 2009 by The New York Times, Time Out New York, and The New Yorker. It was named one of the best plays of 2009-2010 in the latest edition of The Best Plays Theater Yearbook. Of the New York premiere, the Times called it an “absorbing, unblinking and sharply funny play”, and said that “Annie Baker’s play is an absolute feast. Circle Mirror Transformation is the kind of unheralded gem that sends people into the streets babbling and bright-eyed with the desire to spread the word.”
Cast: Megan Aherne (Lauren), Risa Beth Cohen (Theresa), Ben Pryor (James), Juan Rodriguez (Schulz), and Pamela Tomassetti (Marty). Holly Monsos (director); Christy Prager (stage manager); James S. Hill (production coordinator/ technical director).
Circle Mirror Transformation will open at 8 pm on Jan. 17th in the sanctuary of St. Paul’s Methodist Church, 1201 Madison. It continues with performances on Jan. 18th & 19th, and 24th – 26th. All the performances will be at 8 pm, and the doors open one half hour prior to curtain. Ticket prices are $20 at the door, or they can be purchased in advance online at http://glacity.tix.org – with the exception of the “Pay What You Can” performance on Thursday, Jan. 24th performance (at which tickets will be available at the door only). Parking is available for free on the street, in the lot directly across Madison from the church, and, for those needing good physical accessibility, in a small lot immediately adjacent to the church (access from 13th). Go to http://glacity.org for more info.
Press Release Contact Name: Holly Monsos
Press Release Contact Email: [email protected]
Press Release Contact Phone: 419-277-3492
Organization Name: Glacity Theatre Collective
Website or Link: glacity.org/
Organization Address: PO Box 23097, Toledo, OH, 43623