[NEohioPAL]Green-Haired Punk Meets Space Alien--CSU's "Whirligig" @ Ingenuity Fest

Thu Jul 12 11:20:23 PDT 2007

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  CSU’s Dramatic Arts Program is pleased to announce its production of Whirligig by Mac Wellman is making a come back this summer as part of The Ingenuity Festival. A big hit last fall, Whirligig will appear in an outdoor alternative space in downtown Cleveland, July 20-22, 2007.

  Whirligig is an avant-garde play by Cleveland native Mac Wellman, who won the Lifetime Achievement Obie Award for his celebrated experimental narrative, absurdist sense of humor, and biting social/political content. Whirligig follows the misadventures of a runaway, green haired, punk rocker chick who encounters a space alien in a Midwestern bus station. The Girl is a rebellious young woman with an overwhelming desire to escape her own existence. The silver-skinned man explains that his original planet, the sand world of Plinth, was blown up in a nuclear accident. He has arrived on Earth after visiting a series of other planets determined to figure out what it is that makes humans happy. Both the Girl and the Man need something from the other, and the two vacillate between connection and hiding behind their respective tough façades. Things get interesting when they are visited by a mysterious bus driver and three versions of the girl's preppy, prom-queen-aspiring sister.
 The play features poetry slam dialogue, political tirades from the 80’s (which are somehow disturbingly familiar) and a surprise ending which is literally “out of this world”.

  Holly Holsinger, fresh off her acclaimed appearances in Cleveland Public Theatre's Two-Headed and CSU Summer Repertory Theatre's Booth, directs Katelyn Cornelius (The Robber Bridegroom, CSU Summer Rep), Jason Dixon (Cleveland Playhouse, Antwone Fisher), Carly Garinger, Brian McNally (Our Town, Cleveland Public Theatre), Christine Miles (Robber Bridegroom), and Amber Pompeii.

  July 20th, 21st, and 22nd 
  8pm at 1720 Euclid Avenue.  

  Admission is included with your Ingenuity Festival ticket.

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<DIV><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><A href="http://www.csuohio.edu/theater/news.htm">http://www.csuohio.edu/theater/news.htm</A></FONT></FONT></DIV>  <DIV><A href="http://www.ingenuitycleveland.com/events/Whirligig">http://www.ingenuitycleveland.com/events/Whirligig</A></DIV>  <DIV><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"></FONT></FONT> </DIV>  <DIV><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">CSU’s Dramatic Arts Program is pleased to announce its production of <EM>Whirligig</EM> by Mac Wellman is making a come back this summer as part of The Ingenuity Festival. A big hit last fall, <EM>Whirligig</EM> will appear in an outdoor alternative space in downtown <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:City><st1:place>Cleveland,</st1:place></st1:City> <st1:date Month="7" Day="20" Year="2007">July 20-22, 2007</st1:date>.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"
 /><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></DIV>  <DIV><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><EM></EM></FONT></FONT> </DIV>  <DIV><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><EM>Whirligig</EM> is an avant-garde play by <st1:City><st1:place>Cleveland</st1:place></st1:City> native Mac Wellman, who won the Lifetime Achievement Obie Award for his celebrated experimental narrative, absurdist sense of humor, and biting social/political content. <EM>Whirligig</EM> follows the misadventures of a runaway, green haired, punk rocker chick who encounters a space alien in a Midwestern bus station. The Girl is a rebellious young woman with an overwhelming desire to escape her own existence. The silver-skinned man explains that his original planet, the sand world of Plinth, was blown up in a nuclear accident. He has arrived on Earth after visiting a series of other planets determined to figure out what it is that makes humans happy. Both the Girl and the Man need something from the other, and
 the two vacillate between connection and hiding behind their respective tough façades. Things get interesting when they are visited by a mysterious bus driver and three versions of the girl's preppy, prom-queen-aspiring sister. The play features poetry slam dialogue, political tirades from the 80’s (which are somehow disturbingly familiar) and a surprise ending which is literally “out of this world”.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></DIV>  <DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"></FONT></FONT> </DIV>  <DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Holly Holsinger, fresh off her acclaimed appearances in Cleveland Public Theatre's <EM>Two-Headed </EM>and CSU Summer Repertory Theatre's <EM>Booth</EM>, directs Katelyn Cornelius (<EM>The Robber Bridegroom</EM>, CSU Summer Rep)<EM>,</EM> Jason Dixon (Cleveland Playhouse, <EM>Antwone Fisher</EM>), Carly Garinger, Brian McNally (<EM>Our
 Town,</EM> Cleveland Public Theatre)<EM>,</EM> Christine Miles (<EM>Robber Bridegroom</EM>)<EM>,</EM> and Amber Pompeii.</FONT></DIV>  <DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3></FONT> </DIV><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">  <DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">July 20<SUP>th</SUP>, 21<SUP>st</SUP>, and 22<SUP>nd</SUP> </FONT></FONT></DIV>  <DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><st1:time Hour="20" Minute="0">8pm</st1:time> at <st1:Street><st1:address>1720 Euclid Avenue</st1:address></st1:Street>.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>  <div></FONT></FONT><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN></FONT></FONT> </div>  <DIV class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun:
 yes"></SPAN>Admission is included with your Ingenuity Festival ticket.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></DIV><p> 

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