Saturday, January 14, 2012

Tucson: BORDERLANDS THEATER presents "AGNES UNDER THE BIG TOP: A TALL TALE"

 

 

From: Eva Tessler [mailto:wetborderdog@hotmail.com]
Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2012 1:14 PM
Subject: BORDERLANDS THEATER PRESS RELEASE

 

BORDERLANDS THEATER

PRESS RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

Contact: Eva Tessler

wetborderdog@hotmail.com                                                         1/16/12

 

BORDERLANDS THEATER TO PRESENT THE PLAY “AGNES UNDER THE BIG TOP: A TALL TALE” BY ADITI BRENNAN KAPIL. FEBDRUARY 9-26,2012  AT ZUZI’S THEATER, 738 N. 5TH AVENUE.

“Rich in feeling, wide in scope, teeming with poetry…”   -The New York Times

 

-Recipient of the NEAs’ 2009 Distinguished New Play Development Project and part of National New Play Network (NNPN) Rolling World Premier, including: Borderlands’, Mixed Blood Theater (Minneapolis) and Long Warf Theater (New Haven)- 

 

Five vibrant souls redefine themselves against the subterranean rhythms of a subway train.  Funny and powerful, this new play explores the intersecting lives of Agnes, a Liberian homecare worker, a Bulgarian ringmaster and his wife, an Indian call center escapee, and an itinerant, transit busker.

Directed by Barclay Goldsmith Featuring: Susan Arnold, Philip Bennett, Laxmi Dahal, T Loving, Toni Press-Coffman and Brian Taraz

PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE AND TICKET INFORMATION:

February 9  •  7:30pm - Preview/ Pay What You Can: Pay what you can at the door, or order on line or on the phone at a discount - $16 General & Senior, $7 Student

 

February 10  •  7:30pm - Opening Night Celebracíon: Opening Night Celebracíon with local goodies from Iskashitaa, plus meet/greet the performers and director - $22 General & Senior, $10.75 Student

 

February 16  •  7:30pm - DATE NIGHT!  TWO for one tickets when you buy any 2: Discount taken off lesser priced ticket - $19.75 General,  $17.75 Senior,  $10.75 Student

 

February 11, 17, 18, 24, 25  •  7:30pm - Regular Performances: $19.75 General,  $17.75 Senior,  $10.75 Student

 

February 12  •  2pm Matinee: w/panel discussion and Iskashitaa Refugee Harvesting Network

February 19  •  2pm Matinee: w/panel discussion and Black Chamber of Commerce 

February 26  •  2pm Matinee: w/panel discussion and the performers and director

$19.75 General,  $17.75 Senior,  $10.75 Student  (panels to follow the play)

 

SPONSORS: NNPN; Tucson Pima Arts Council - Kresge Arts in Tucson; National Endowment for the Arts, Arizona Commission on the Arts; Dr. Thomas & Karinn Rothe; Tucson-Southern AZ, Black Chamber of Commerce; and Iskashitaa Refugee Harvesting Network (please include logos for Arizona Commission on the Arts, TPAC and National Endowment for the Arts)

 

RESERVATIONS & TICKET OUTLETS: Borderlands Theater Box Office: (520) 882-7406

order on line: www.Borderlandstheater.org

 

 

 

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