[NEohioPAL] THINGS AS THEY ARE Livestream - Fri, May 26

[Playwrights Local via NEohioPAL]

Playwrights Local presents the world premiere of *Things as They Are*—a new
play about poet Wallace Stevens by David Todd, with music by Ben Chasny
(Six Organs of Admittance)—at Reinberger Auditorium in Cleveland. A
performance will be livestreamed on the global HowlRound.TV network on *Friday,
May 26 at 7:30 p.m.* EDT.

Direct access to the livestream will be available at http://howlround.com/tv.
Following the performance, an archival video of the show will be posted at
http://howlround.com/livestreaming-things-as-they-
are-by-playwrights-local-in-cleveland-fri-may-26.

*Things as They Are* is a dramatic exploration of American poet Wallace
Stevens (1879-1955), a stoic visionary whose titanic imagination and
confounding duality have lent him an unwavering mystique. This all-new
multimedia work combines a script by David Todd, an original score
performed by Ben Chasny, and licensed works by Stevens himself with
movement, commedia dell’arte, and projections. *Things as They Are *looks
past the stock image of its subject as an aloof executive with avant-garde
leanings. From run-ins with Marcel Duchamp to Ernest Hemingway, and from
crises with wife Elsie to daughter Holly, the play reveals the “real”
Wallace Stevens to be a man of great insight, contradictions, whimsy, and
desire.

*Things as They Are* is directed by Anjanette Hall and features Robert
Hawkes, Jason Markouc, Laura Starnik, Tessa Hager, Jeanne Task, Robert
Branch, Kenzie Critzer, Marco Liguori, and Liam Stilson. In addition to
guitarist Ben Chasny, the play’s live score is performed by synthesist John
Elliott (Emeralds).

For more information on the creative team, see the program
<http://www.playwrightslocal.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Program_TATA_Final.pdf>
.

For info on the production, running May 12 - 28, 2017 in Cleveland,
see the event
page <http://www.playwrightslocal.org/things-as-they-are/>.

The run time is 2:30 with one fifteen-minute intermission.

Playwrights Local is a theater company based in Cleveland. As a
playwrights’ center, the organization’s goal is to provide a home for
dramatic writing in Northeast Ohio. They offer classes and workshops,
produce original plays, provide networking opportunities, and engage the
community through outreach projects. Tax-deductible contributions to this
501(c)(3) group can be made here <http://playwrightslocal.org/donate/>.

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