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LIDLESS AT THE FESTIVAL

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LIDLESS the new play by Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig is set in Guantanamo Bay detention camp in 2004 and a week in Minnesota 15 years later. I am looking forward to sharing this terrific new American play with you July 7th-August 1st at the Contemporary American Theater Festival.

MEET THE CAST OF LIDLESS:

Eva Kaminsky will portray Alice: A U.S. Military interrogator.

Eva Kaminsky: Alice in LIDLESS

 

Barzin Akhavan will play Bashir: A Pakistani-Canadian.

Barzin Akhavan: Bashir in LIDLESS

 Zabryna Guevara will play Riva: An Iraqi-Assyrian Texan.

Zabryna Guevara: Riva in LIDLESS

Michael Goodfriend will play Lucas: Alice’s husband.

Michael Goodfriend: Lucas in LIDLESS

Reema Zaman will play Rhiannon: Alice’s daughter.

Reema Zaman: Rhiannon in LIDLESS

 Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig: Playwright

Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig: Playwright

 Ed Herendeen

BREADCRUMBS AT THE FESTIVAL

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Jennifer Haley’s new play BREADCRUMBS is a poetic story about the relationship between two women. Alida is a reclusive writer of fiction and she is slowly losing her memories. She meets Beth, a young caregiver who offers to help Alida to remember her stories. Together they delve into the “dark woods” of her past.

          “I’ve been having. Memories. They’ve been. Resurfacing. Yesterday morning. There was a leaf on the windowsill. A yellow leaf. And I realized. It’s Fall. It’s Fall again. The leaf looked like my hand. Reaching out. With all it’s veins. A yellow leaf. And I thought, maybe I should write my memories. Before my brain. Turns brown.”

Jennifer Haley has created a poetic play full of wry humor, compassion and empathy. Trinity Rep’s Laura Kepley is directing this heartfelt and moving story. I am proud to introduce you to this important new American play.

Jennifer Haley Playwright

BREADCRUMBS CAST:

Helen Jean Arthur will portray Alida. She is a reclusive writer, somewhere in her sixties, diagnosed with Alzheimer’s

Helen-Jean Arthur

 

Eva Kaminsky plays Beth, a chaotic drifter looking for a home.

Eva Kaminsky

 

                          “Do you want to tell this story?”

The Contemporary American Theater Festival will present The World Premiere of BREADCRUMBS by Jennifer Haley Directed by Laura Kepley in the Studio Theater July 7th-August 1st 2010.

Ed Herendeen