DC Theatre Scene covers the 20th anniversary season of this five play festival of new works from Sheperdstown, West Virginia.
Schedule and Ticket Information
All coverage by DC Theatre Scene senior reviewer
Tim Treanor
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BREADCRUMBS
A World Premiere
by Jennifer Haley
Directed by Laura Kepley
Alida is a reclusive writer of fiction slowly losing her memories. Reluctantly, she has
come to depend upon a young caregiver to complete her final book – an autobiography. Delving into the dark woods of her past, the two women wrestle over the nature of language, loneliness, and the essential self.
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THE EELWAX JESUS 3-D POP MUSIC SHOW
A World Premiere A WORLD PREMIERE
Book & Lyrics by Max Baker
Music by Lee Sellars
Directed by Max Baker
Enter the eclectically furnished, highly sanitized, socially isolated Group Home where residents are fed a daily dose of the charismatic Mr. Shine. Is this corporate-controlled broadcast protecting or distracting them from the outside world plagued by swine flu and cameras in the sky? This CATF World Premiere combines toe-tapping songs with offbeat characters and a variety of kitsch. Max Baker and Lee Sellars’ fun funky musical event presents a wryly skewed vision of our anxiety-filled world.
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INANA
by Michele Lowe
Directed by Ed Herendeen
On the eve of the U.S. invasion of Baghdad, one man, an Iraqi museum curator, plots to save the statue of Inana, Goddess of War, from destruction by the invaders. Fleeing to London with his young bride, he makes a life-altering deal to ensure the statue’s preservation. Michele Lowe opens a window of hope and healing with her poignant love story amidst a background of international, and personal, intrigue.
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LIDLESS
by Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig
Directed by Ed Herendeen
Fifteen years after being released from Guantanamo Bay, Bashir walks into the shop of Alice, his former U.S. interrogator. He’s tracked Alice down and wants her to know the emotional and spiritual pain she inflicted upon him. With her past brought to light, how does she explain her actions to her teenage daughter? Can Alice protect her from the truth? Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig delivers an extraordinary portrayal of one woman’s experience with the “War on Terror” and her struggle to find peace and healing.
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WHITE PEOPLE
by J. T. Rogers
Directed by Ed Herendeen
What does it mean to be a white American? What does it mean for any American to live in a country that is not the one you were promised? WHITE PEOPLE by J.T. Rogers is a controversial and darkly funny play about the lives of three ordinary Americans placed under the spotlight. Martin, a Brooklyn-born high powered attorney for a white-shoe law firm in St. Louis, MO; Mara Lynn, a housewife and former homecoming queen in Fayetteville, NC; and Alan, a young professor struggling to find his way in New York City. Through heart-wrenching confessions, they wrestle with guilt, prejudice, and the price they and their children must pay for their actions.
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