The How and the Why
The academic becomes personal in a mother and daughter's first meeting. Evolution and emotion collide in Sarah Treem's thought-provoking and sharp play about science, family, and survival of the fittest. On the eve of a prestigious conference, an up-and-coming evolutionary biologist wrestles for the truth with an established leader in the field. This intimate and keenly perceptive play explores the difficult choices faced by women of every generation.
By Sarah Treem
SHOW TIMES:
Thursday, September 22: 8pm
Friday, September 23: 8pm
Saturday, September 24: 8pm
Sunday, September 25: 2pm
Friday, September 30: 8pm
Saturday, October 1: 8pm
Sunday, October 2: 2pm
Friday, October 7: 8pm
Saturday, October 8: 8pm
Sunday, October 9: 2pm
SPECIAL DATES
September 22
Preview performance, all seats $20
September 23
Opening night, post-show reception
September 25
Senior Sunday,
free post-show talkback
October 2
Free post-show talkback
Cast & Creative Team
Cast:
Jessica O'Hara-Baker*†
Harriett Trangucci*†
Director: Laura Ekstrand
Stage manager: Dani Constance, Scott McGowan*†
Assistant Stage Manager: Shaelyn McGowan
Scenic & Lighting designer: Zach Pizza
Sound designer: Jeff Knapp
Costume designer: Laura Ekstrand
Playwright: Sarah Treem
* member of the Dreamcatcher ensemble
† member of the Actors' Equity
"Sarah Treem's play brims with ideas and emotional colors that eddy and refract like rivulets in a lively, plunging stream." —Washington Post.
"…an exhilarating, intellectual evening out." —Star-Ledger.
"A moving portrait of a woman meeting with equanimity an unexpected, often painful series of questions about the choices she made in the past." —NY Times.
"Two absorbing hours with two finely formed, interesting, smart, and captivating women…a very rare achievement indeed for women in and at the theatre." —Feminist Spectator.
September 22 - October 9, 2016
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