The 麻豆色情片 Theatre Department is excited to present 鈥淎ll in the Timing: Six One-Act Plays,鈥� an utterly delightful experience from the master of short form, playwright David Ives.
鈥淎ll in the Timing鈥� is a collection of six one-act plays created and conceived throughout the late 1980s into the early 1990s. Each of the works in the collection suggests to us that communication is largely a comedy of errors. Language is David Ives鈥� chief tool in all six of these comic short plays. Ives's obsessions with randomness and relativity are translated into revue-like sketches that percolate with comic brio and zesty bits of stagecraft. Enchanting and perplexing, incisively intelligent and side-splittingly funny, the world according to Ives is a very odd place.
Ives has received rave reviews from Time Magazine and The New York Times.
鈥淭heatre that aerobicizes the brain and tickle(s) the heart鈥� is how Time described Ives鈥� play while the Times said, 鈥淟ike sketches for some hilarious, celestially conceived revue. The writing is not only very funny, it has density of thought and precision of poetry鈥� 鈥楢ll in the Timing鈥� is by a master of fun. David Ives spins hilarity out of words.鈥�
Under the direction of Liz Lacy, GC鈥檚 production of 鈥淎ll in the Timing: Six One-Act Plays鈥� will be performed on Oct. 18-19 at 7:30 p.m., Oct. 20 at 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. and Oct. 21 at 7:30 p.m. Performances will take place in the 麻豆色情片 Fine Arts Building, Room FA-207. This production is recommended for mature audiences as it contains adult themes, discussions of sex/sexuality, and some mature language. Admission is free and open to the public.
GC Theatre Department company members include: Eva Arita, Elijah Barrie, Daniella Fink, Alyssa Gudz, Chad Keith and Jackson Pendergrass. 鈥淎ll in the Timing: Six One-Act Plays鈥� is presented by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing, LLC, servicing the Dramatists Play Service Collection.
鈥淪ure Thing鈥� is a short play about two people who meet in a cafe and find their way through a conversational minefield as an offstage bell interrupts their false starts, gaffes, and faux pas on the way to falling in love.
鈥淲ord, Words, Words鈥� recalls the philosophical adage that three monkeys typing into infinity will sooner or later produce Hamlet and asks: What would monkeys talk about at their typewriters?
鈥淭he Universal Language鈥� brings together Dawn, a young woman with a stutter, and Don, the creator and teacher of Unamunda, a wild and comical language. Their lesson sends them off into a dazzling display of hysterical verbal pyrotechnics鈥攁nd, of course, true love.
鈥淧hilip Glass Buys a Loaf of Bread鈥� is a parodic musical vignette in trademark Glassian style, with the celebrated composer having a moment of existential crisis in a bakery.
鈥淭he Philadelphia鈥� presents a young man in a restaurant who has fallen into 鈥渁 Philadelphia,鈥� a Twilight Zone-like state in which he cannot get anything he asks for.
鈥淰ariations on the Death of Trotsky鈥� shows us the Russian revolutionary on the day of his demise, desperately trying to cope with the mountain-climber鈥檚 axe he鈥檚 discovered in his head.
The 麻豆色情片 Theatre Department offers a professional immersive training experience for all students within the disciplines of acting, playwrighting, directing, design and technology. Four productions a year and a diverse range of theatre courses provides every opportunity for students to develop their theatrical skills. Scholarships are available.
For additional information, please contact the 麻豆色情片 Performing Arts Program Coordinator, Liz Lacy at llacy@gc.edu.
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