[NEohioPAL] *FREE* Play Reading - IN THE RED AND BROWN WATER

[Wandering Aesthetics via NEohioPAL]

The Center for Applied Theatre and Active Culture (CATAC) &

Wandering Aesthetics

Present…
“The Boiling Point” Play Reading and Discussion
In the Red and Brown Water


Wandering Aesthetics, in collaboration with The Center for Applied Theatre and Active Culture (CATAC), is proud to announce In the Red and Brown Water as the next play in our monthly play reading series, The Boiling Point.

In the Red and Brown Water will be read on Tuesday, January 13, 2014 at 8 pm at the Balch Street Theatre, located within the Balch Street Community Center at 220 S. Balch Street in Akron, Ohio. 

The Boiling Point is a free event and open to the public. Anyone may come and read a part or simply listen and join the discussion afterwards. 

For more information visit www.tinyurl.com/BoilingPoint9 <http://www.tinyurl.com/BoilingPoint9> or email watheatre at gmail.com <mailto:watheatre at gmail.com>
About the Show:

In the Red and Brown Water is the first play in the Brother/Sister trilogy.

How far will Oya go to make a mark in the world? Fast, beautiful Oya is a young runner with enormous promise, forced to choose between her ailing mother and her own dreams. This intoxicating story charts a young girl’s thrust into womanhood and her subsequent fall into the murky waters of life.

The Brother/Sister Plays are dangerous, modern-day stories of kinship, love, heartache and coming-of-age. Tarell Alvin McCraney, one of the most celebrated young writers in the American theater, speaks with authenticity about a world that is gritty and lyrical, urban and mythic.

Susan Speers, PhD is directing the second show in the trilogy, The Brothers Size, at the University of Akron in the Spring.


About the Playwright:

Tarell Alvin McCraney is a gay, 34-year old, African-American playwright whose exquisite and groundbreaking work has put his career on an extraordinary trajectory. A Princeton University Hodder Fellow, McCraney has been honored with the Paula Vogel Playwriting Award, the Whiting Writing Award, and has been an International Writer in Residence for the Royal Shakespeare Company. 

One of the most startling new American theatrical voices of the 21st century, McCraney is thrilling international audiences by pushing the boundaries of language, form, and sexuality in provocative and poetic ways.

About The Boiling Point:

The Boiling Point is that wild moment where internal pressures surpass outer, triggering a transformation. “Alternative” plays serve as our fuel to ignite the minds of Akronites. By reading a diverse array of texts, we set ablaze different genres, aesthetics and cultures– especially those works beyond the scope of traditional American theatre. The friction between these new encounters and their resulting conversations will generate the spark of fresh ideas that will take Akron to The Boiling Point.
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