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 UPDATE: Review by Dan Solomon at Austinist.com, August 5
UPDATE: Review by Preston Kirk for the "A-Team" at NowPlayingAustin.com, August 5
UPDATE: Review by Ryan E. Johnson at examiner.com, August 5
UPDATE: Review by Barry Pineo for the Austin Chronicle, August 5
UPDATE: Review by Claire Canavan for Statesman's Austin360 "Seeing Things" blog, July 19
Come experience one of the freshest, most talked about, and currently most produced American playwright’s rarer plays; one which is full of love, off-beat comedy, music, and, of course, a sweetly poignant, healthy serving of melancholy. Received directly from Palindrome Theatre:
FOUR-WEEK RUN: SARA RUHL’S
MELANCHOLY PLAY
Palindrome Theatre’s Sophomore Production
July 16 - August 8
For its second production, Palindrome Theatre is producing Tony nominated and Pulitzer Prize finalist Sarah Ruhl’s Cotemporary Farce, Melancholy Play.
Directed by Kate Eminger, original music based on Ruhl’s text composed and performed live by Matt Hines of The Eastern Sea, and featuring Helyn Messenger, Corley Pillsbury, Nathan Brockett, Jude Hickey, with special Equity appearance by Bernadette Nason. The production will run for 15 performances only!
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A well-timed comedic love letter written on a rainy day, inspired by childhood, heartache,remembrance, isolation, first kisses, last kisses, and things that pass, like men's hats, voiced alongside original music, sung when speaking fails, and arriving at the speed of A CONTEMPORARY FARCE.
Tilly is lost in... a sea of Melancholy and loved by everyone she comes into contact with: her therapist, her tailor, her hairdresser, her hairdresser's nurse companion...All find something uniquely freeing in the melancholy she exudes and the music they hear when they're with her, but each also transforms entirely when faced with the possibility of actually succeeding in making her happy.
"Melancholy Play mixes the absurdity of Pirandello and Fellini with the edgy prettiness of Edna St. Vincent Millay. Off-beat, lyrical and just a little bit nutty, it is a real charmer." -Chicago Sun-Times
Starring:
Helyn Rain Messenger
Jude Hickey
Corley Pillsbury
Bernadette Nason
Nathan Brockett
With original music by Matt Hines
Shows: Austin Playhouse
Friday, July 16th - Sunday, August 8th, Thursday-Saturday at 8pm, Sunday at 5pm
Call 512.476.0084 for reservations
Tickets $20 Adult, $15 Student/Senior
Jul. 16 - Aug. 8 Thur.–Sat. 8pm, Sun. 5pm. The Main Stage of the Austin Playhouse, Penn Field, 3601 S. Congress. $20 general admission, $15 students, seniors. Call: 512-476-0084 for reservations.
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