There are several exciting and diverse productions opening this weekend. The LIDA Project returns with it's unique and timely six-part epic on health care, and the Aurora Fox brings Pulitzer Prize winning author Lynn Nottage to the stage with their regional premier of Crumbs from the Table of Joy. Or if you are looking for something a bit different, how about Spark Theater's world premier comedy based on those fascinating “missed connections” ads that are posted on Craigslist?
Spark Theater Presents
Casual Encounters/Missed Connections
January 27 through February 18
Thursday, Friday, and Saturday at 7:30 PM
Tickets are $10 - $20
www.sparktheater.org
EXTRA: Get to know Spark Theater! Check out Follow Spot on Spark Theatre, a new video series. Click here or the video on the left.
“In LA, Craigslist dating is a full contact sport. My friends all had some wild and unbelievable tales of hooking up on the site where you can also find a used bike or an apartment. I started reading the ads and immediately got hooked on the soap opera-like quality. I thought it would be cool to imagine the stories behind the ads either on stage or on film,” explains playwright Sean Paul Mahoney. “At the heart of both Casual Encounters and Missed Connections posts are people looking to connect with one another. The Internet and technology can be very isolating and these ads are proof that at the end of the day, regardless of what kind of phone you have, that we all just want to be touched and loved."
The Aurora Fox Presents
Crumbs from the Table of Joy
January 27 through February 19
Friday and Saturday at 7:30Sundays at 2:00
Tickets are $20 - $24
www.AuroraFox.org
This regional premier is a memory play about an African-American family from the Deep South that has moved to bustling Brooklyn in 1950 and is forced to face significant changes in their lifestyle - a very progressive aunt, a new stepmother who happens to be white and German, a new culture, new friends, new expectations, their religious views, their social views and the changes that come simply with growing up.
The LIDA Project Presents:
Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep
January 27 through February 11
Fridays and Saturdays at select locations
Check here for specific details and locations
Tickets are $18
www.LIDA.org
The LIDA Project’s 6-part award winning epic theater work on health, care, mortality and dying in the United States returns for a limited engagement. This piece originally premiered in December of 2011 in a unique collaboration between the LIDA Project and a group of guest directors and community leaders. The work is environmentally designed and is performed in private residences. These original plays were created and devised through a unique collaborations between the LIDA Project, community leaders and a group of six guest theatre directors. The result is a broad and diverse theatrical examination of one of today’s most debated social issues.
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