Event

Parallel Lives

Parallel Lives by Kathy Najimy and Mo Gaffney
Directed by Judy Long
Produced by Alex Ruba
Starring Keith Liles and Emily Levinstone

Performances Dates & Times:
Friday June 29 at 8 pm
Saturday June 30 at 2 pm & 8 pm
Sunday July 1 at 8 pm
Thursday July 5 at 8 pm
Friday July 6 at 8 pm
Saturday July 7 at 2 pm & 8 pm

Burning Coal Theatre Company
224 Polk Street
Raleigh, NC 27604

Box Office will open 30 minutes prior to performance. If you need to make an accommodation for a patron with a disability or need more information email us at info@womenstheatrefestival.com or call 980-458-2551

About Parallel Lives:
THE STORY: In the opening scene, two Supreme Beings plan the beginning of the world with the relish of two slightly sadistic suburban wives decorating a living room. Once they've decided on the color scheme of the races, a little concerned that white people will feel slighted being such a boring color, they create sex and the sexes. Afraid women will have too many advantages, the Beings decide to make childbirth painful and to give men enormous egos as compensation. From this moment, the audience is whisked through the outrageous universe of Kathy and Mo, where two actresses play men and women struggling through the common rituals of modern life: teenagers on a date, sisters at their grandmother's funeral, a man and a woman together in a country-western bar. With boundless humor, PARALLEL LIVES reexamines the ongoing quest to find parity and love in a contest handicapped by capricious godsor in this case, goddesses.
"a romp with a feminist sensibility; it's a humor for a post-Lily Tomlin generationAbove all, PARALLEL LIVES is a smart, provocative show." Variety.