From: Christopher Johnson [mailto:rumspringaandcoke@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 3:38 PM
Subject: Opening this weekend at Live Theatre Workshop: ALL MY SONS and GRUESOME PLAYGROUND INJURIES
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Live Theatre Workshop Proudly Presents
ALL MY SONS
By Arthur Miller
Directed by Glen Coffman
Featuring Ryan Butler, Emilee Foster, Marissa Garcia, Rhonda Hallquist, Alexander Hupp, Christopher Johnson, David Alexander Johnston, Peg Peterson, Brian Wees & Steve Wood
January 7 - February 12, 2011
Preview Performances: January 5 and 6 at 7:30 PM
Opening Night Performance: Saturday, January 7 at 7:30 PM
Performances: Friday and Saturday nights at 7:30 PM with Sunday Matinees at 3:00 PM
Preview Tickets: $12 | Regular Tickets: $18 with discounts available
Running time: Approximately 2 hours and 15 minutes with one intermission.
To make your reservation call (520) 327-4242
For more information go to www.livetheatreworkshop.org
LIVE THEATRE WORKSHOP - 5317 E. Speedway | Tucson, AZ 85712
Located on the North side of Speedway between Rosemont and Craycroft
Produced by Special Arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
The great Arthur Miller's classic play about guilt, responsibility, and the relationship between fathers and sons in the aftermath of World War II. ALL MY SONS asks: What do you believe in—and how do you go on believing—when the world changes, and the ones who gave you those beliefs have let you down? Winner of the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Play, this masterpiece launched Arthur Miller's career and crowned him one of America's most successful playwrights.
ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT
Arthur Miller (1915-2005) was born in New York City and studied at the University of Michigan. His plays include THE MAN WHO HAD ALL THE LUCK (1944), ALL MY SONS (1947), DEATH OF A SALESMAN (1949), THE CRUCIBLE (1953), A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE and A MEMORY OF TWO MONDAYS (1955), AFTER THE FALL (1964), INCIDENT AT VICHY (1964), THE PRICE (1968), THE CREATION OF THE WORLD AND OTHER BUSINESS (1972), THE ARCHBISHOP'S CEILING (1977), THE AMERICAN CLOCK (1980) AND PLAYING FOR TIME. Later plays include THE RIDE DOWN MT. MORGAN (1991), THE LAST YANKEE (1993), BROKEN GLASS (1994), MR. PETERS’ CONNECTIONS (1998), RESURRECTION BLUES (2002), and FINISHING THE PICTURE (2004). Other works include “Focus,” a novel (1945), “The Misfits,” a screenplay (1960), and the texts for “In Russia” (1969), “In the Country” (1977), and “Chinese Encounters” (1979), three books in collaboration with his wife, photographer Inge Morath. Memoirs include “Salesman in Beijing” (1984) and “Timebends,” an autobiography (1988). Short fiction includes the collection “I Don’t Need You Anymore” (1967), the novella “Homely Girl, a Life” (1995) and “Presence: Stories” (2007). He was awarded the Avery Hopwood Award for Playwriting at University of Michigan in 1936. He twice won the New York Drama Critics Circle Award, received two Emmy awards and three Tony Awards for his plays, as well as a Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement. He also won an Obie award, a BBC Best Play Award, the George Foster Peabody Award, a Gold Medal for Drama from the National Institute of Arts and Letters, the Literary Lion Award from the New York Public Library, the John F. Kennedy Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Algur Meadows Award. He was named Jefferson Lecturer for the National Endowment for the Humanities in 2001. He was awarded the 2002 Prince of Asturias Award for Letters and the 2003 Jerusalem Prize. He received honorary degrees from Oxford University and Harvard University and was awarded the Prix Moliere of the French theatre, the Dorothy and Lillian Gish Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Pulitzer Prize.
Contact: Christopher Johnson
Artistic Director of Etcetera,
the late-night arm of Live Theatre Workshop
(520) 425-4163 | RumspringaAndCoke@gmail.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Etcetera, the late-night arm of Live Theatre Workshop,
proudly presents a one-night only staged reading of
GRUESOME PLAYGROUND INJURIES
by Rajiv Joseph
Author of the Pulitzer Prize-nominated Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo
Sunday, January 8, 2012 at 8:00 PM
Tickets only $5 at the Box Office
To make a reservation call (520) 327-4242
Approx. running time: 60 minutes with no intermission
For more information go to www.EtceteraLateNight.com
LIVE THEATRE WORKSHOP - 5317 E. Speedway | Tucson, AZ 85712
(Located on the North side of Speedway between Rosemont and Craycroft)
THIS PRODUCTION CONTAINS ADULT LANGUAGE AND CONTENT. NO ONE UNDER 16 ADMITTED.
Produced by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
Two eight-year-olds’ lives collide in the nurse’s office: Doug rode his bike off the roof and Kayleen can’t stop throwing up. As they mature from accident-prone kids to self-destructive adults, their broken hearts and broken bones draw them ever closer. These two rebels may only be fit for one another. But how far can one person go to heal another’s wounds? Featuring Christopher Johnson (last seen with The Rogue Theatre in AS I LAY DYING) and Lucille Petty (last seen with Invisible Theatre in CIRCLE MIRROR TRANSFORMATION) with direction by Leslie J. Miller (Etcetera’s THOM PAIN (BASED ON NOTHING) and KIMBERLY AKIMBO).
“Up-and-coming dramatist Rajiv Joseph is an artist of original talent.”
-NY Times.
“Irresistibly odd and exciting…This darkly humorous drama is Rajiv Joseph's most satisfying work.”
-NY Daily News.
“This wondrous strange two-hander finds as much humor as horror in the play's bizarre events.”
-Variety.
“Mystical, arresting, and quirkily amusing.”
-Washington Post.
And don't miss the final performances of...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
All Together Theatre, the family series at Live Theatre Workshop, presents
THE TORTOISE AND THE HARE
An original adaptation by Michael Martinez
Music & Lyrics by Michael Martinez
Directed by Amanda Gremel
Featuring Samantha Cormier, Debbie Hamid-Runge and Michael Martinez
November 6, 2011 - January 29, 2012
Sunday afternoons at 1:00 PM
(No performances on November 20, December 18 and 25, or January 1)
Tickets $5-$8 with discounts available
To make a reservation call (520) 327-4242
Running time: 50 minutes with no intermission
For more information go to www.LiveTheatreWorkshop.org
LIVE THEATRE WORKSHOP - 5317 E. Speedway | Tucson, AZ 85712
Located on the North side of Speedway between Rosemont and Craycroft
A thrilling and colorful blow-by-blow of the infamous race between Tuggle Tortoise and Juanita Jackrabbit will leave children and their families breathless with excitement and laughter this winter in All Together Theatre’s production of THE TORTOISE AND THE HARE. This new musical take on the classic tale features original musical numbers by Michael Martinez and choreography by Kristi Loera, putting audiences track-side of a momentous fairy-tale sporting event with some old and new lessons to learn along the way. Get ready to cheer on your favorite competitor and don’t forget to stretch!
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Christopher Johnson
Artistic Director of Etcetera
The Late-Night arm of Live Theatre Workshop
5317 E. Speedway Blvd. Tucson, AZ 85712
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