Friday, August 09, 2013

Winding Road presents THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING

 

From: Winding Road [mailto:windingroadte@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, August 9, 2013 7:54 AM
Subject: Winding Road presents THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

WINDING ROAD THEATER ENSEMBLE presents

the Arizona Premiere of

THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING

BY JOAN DIDION, BASED ON HER MEMOIR

 

In this dramatic adaptation of her award-winning, bestselling memoir (which The New York Times called "an indelible portrait of loss and grief...a haunting portrait of a four-decade-long marriage"), Joan Didion transforms the story of the sudden and unexpected loss of her husband and their daughter into a stunning and powerful one-woman play.

 

"Didion has a peerless ear for the music of words in motion." --The New York Times

 

"A play that is as intensely intimate as it is universal." --Daily News

 

"Poignant, heartbreaking and wry...In Joan Didion's beautifully written play, the emotions are so genuine we can't help but be deeply affected." --Newsweek

 

Directed by Christopher Johnson

Featuring Toni Press Coffman

 

August 29-September 15, 2013

Preview performance on Thursday, August 29 at 7:30 PM

Opening Night performance on Friday, August 30 at 7:30 PM

Friday and Saturday nights at 7:30 PM with Sunday Matinees at 2:00 PM

Performing in The Cabaret at The Temple of Music & Art

330 S Scott Avenue| Tucson, AZ 85701

Preview Tickets: $15 | Regular Tickets: $20 | Discount Tickets: $17*

*Discounts available for Theatre Artists or with Senior / Student / Military ID

To make your reservations now call (520) 401-3626

or to purchase tickets online visit us at windingroadtheater.org

 

Joan Didion (Playwright) Joan Didion is an American author best known for her novels and her literary journalism. Her novels and essays explore the disintegration of American morals and cultural chaos, where the overriding theme is individual and social fragmentation. A sense of anxiety or dread permeates much of her work. Didion has received a great deal of recognition for ‘The Year of Magical Thinking,’ which was awarded the National Book Award for Nonfiction in 2005. Documenting the grief she experienced following the sudden death of her husband, the book has been said to be a "masterpiece of two genres: memoir and investigative journalism." In 2007, Didion received the National Book Foundation's annual Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. From the citation: "An incisive observer of American politics and culture for more than forty-five years, her distinctive blend of spare, elegant prose and fierce intelligence has earned her books a place in the canon of American literature as well as the admiration of generations of writers and journalists." This same year, Didion also won the Evelyn F. Burkey Award from the Writers Guild of America. In 2009, Didion was awarded an honorary Doctor of Letters degree by Harvard University. Yale University conferred another honorary Doctor of Letters degree on the writer in 2011.

 

Christopher Johnson (Direction) Christopher is the Artistic Director of Winding Road Theater Ensemble. Directing credits include HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH for The Bastard (Theatre), TO CATCH A JAGUAR, THE ALTRUISTS, SPEECH & DEBATE and UNITED for Winding Road and WIT, PERSEPHONE OR SLOW TIME, THE BOOK OF LIZ, MY NAME IS RACHEL CORRIE, SAY YOU LOVE SATAN, ROBOTS VS. FAKE ROBOTS, KILLER JOE, THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW, DANNY AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA, SAVAGE IN LIMBO, BUG and TITUS ANDRONICUS for Etcetera at Live Theatre Workshop where he served as Artistic Director for five seasons. He has previously appeared with Winding Road in TO CATCH A JAGUAR, UNITED, FIFTH OF JULY, THE LION IN WINTER and ARMOR.

 

Toni Press-Coffman (Joan) Toni was born and raised in the Bronx. She has lived in 14 cities in the United States and done artist residencies in 11 more. She has written 20 plays, which have been produced throughout the country, including in New York, Los Angeles, Indianapolis, San Francisco, Portland (OR), Tucson, Columbus, Miami and Baltimore. Toni resumed acting in the late 90’s at Tucson’s Damesrocket Theater in Caryl Churchill’s TOP GIRLS. Since then she has acted in several Tucson productions including A PERFECT GANESH, LAST NIGHT OF BALLYHOO, INSPECTING CAROL, ANTON IN SHOW BUSINESS, ROBOTS VS. FAKE ROBOTS, FALLEN ANGELS, WIT and the Winding Road productions of FIFTH OF JULY and AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY. Her most challenging role to date was at Indianapolis’ Phoenix Theatre, playing Sylvia Rivera, a male to female transsexual who led the fight to guarantee the transgender community’s civil rights until her death in 2002. Toni is a founding ensemble member of WRTE.

 

Winding Road Theater Ensemble is a group of artists whose mission is to tell dynamic, theatrical stories that illuminate the human condition and celebrate the theater’s power to entertain us, to move us, and to bring us joy. Inspired by the disparate creative journeys that eventually brought us together, WRTE has a special commitment to developing new work by living American playwrights. We fulfill our mission by producing seasons of contemporary and classic works representing diverse styles, themes, and perspectives; and by presenting readings, workshops, and full productions of new plays.

 

www.windingroadtheater.org

 

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