Somewhere in Utopia
Out of Context Productions
January 25th through February 3rd
Salvage Vanguard Theatre
Out of Context Productions
continues its inaugural season with the Austin premiere of the
new play, Somewhere in Utopia. Written by Jared J. Stein and directed
by Becca Plunkett, performances run January 25th through
February 3rd at the Salvage Vanguard Theater as part of the
FronteraFest 2012 Long Fringe.
Initially developed in1994
while Stein was a B.F.A. Director at Carnegie Mellon Drama in
Pittsburgh, the first full production was at the
Francis Ford Coppola One-Act Marathon in 2000 - while the
author was an M.F.A. student at UCLA's School of Theater, Film
and Television. Following workshops in Los Angeles, New
York and Bulgaria, the work has been revised in collaboration
with director Plunkett for the Austin staging.
In the absurdist
play, heroes Marcus and Bobby have not left their home in
years, and their only joys consist of watching television and
waiting for the mail - joys withheld by the omniscient,
sadistic and sexually eccentric Narrator. Then there's
Cassady - she was in the body bag.
The work confronts
what is deemed "normal" by society by questioning
race, gender and the human race's propensity for violence.
The project marks a collaboration between a wide range of
current and former Southwestern University students, as well as
theatre artists around Austin.
Performances will be
on January 25th at 9:15 p.m., January 28th at 7:15 p.m.,
February 3rd at 9:15 p.m. and February 4th at 3 p.m.
Tickets are $12 for general admission
The Salvage Vanguard
Theatre is located at 2803 Manor Road. For tickets,
information, and a complete list of FronteraFest performances,
visit www.FronteraFest.org.
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