Événement

Titanic and The Actor's Nightmare

In The Actor's Nightmare, a man named George finds himself inexplicably backstage moments before an unknown play is set to begin. When confronted by the stage manager, it becomes apparent that he is an understudy in a Noel Coward play - or is it something by Beckett, or maybe it's Hamlet? - and he must perform in the absence of the lead actor. Convinced that this is simply a nightmare, George accepts the task, including his tragic death in the final scene, theorizing that he will wake up just before his proposed beheading. But will he?

Titanic follows prepubescent Teddy as he attempts to survive the maiden voyage of the famed Titanic, though icebergs are the least of his concerns. When his father claims that Teddy's mother only thinks she gave birth and that a mistress achieved the illusion with mirrors, a whirlwind of mistaken identities, incest, and animals living inside female genitalia begins. Teddy wishes the ship would just sink, but this Titanic never meets that well-known fate. We hear the ship striking an iceberg, but the noise turns out to be the result of a sound effects record, played by the Captain's unstable wife. Warning: Excessive use of white bread and dildos.

Featuring Christopher Dippel, Alexis Rhiannon, Ariana Murphy, Louis Aquiler*, Christopher Norwood*, Chris D'Amato. *actors appear courtesy of AEA.

Written by Christopher Durang
Directed by Richie Pepio

Performances:

Thursday, March 31th at 8pm
Saturday, April 2nd at 2pm
Saturday, April 2nd at 8pm
Tuesday, April 5th at 8pm
Wednesday, April 6th at 8pm
Friday, April 8th at 8pm
Sunday, April 10th at 2pm

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