S E A S O N 2 - M O V I N G P A R T S
“Broken Gears” gives the connotation that something within the inner workings of a functioning assembly has malfunctioned. BGPT believes it is because of those malfunctioned pieces that we are given the opportunity to reevaluate, re-tool, rebuild, re-imagine, and rewrite the meanings of what it is to be an artist, not just in the theatre, but in all artistic expressions.
The Pitchfork Disney
By Philip Ridley
Directed by Nathan Autrey
Photography by John Hunter
Performance Dates: October 28th - November 13th 2010
BGPT examines Philip Ridley’s new age masterpiece that heralded the arrival of a whole new generation of writers to the world of theatre. Regarded as surreal, violent and written with perverse undertones, the play explores childhood fears through the dreams and stories of Haley and Presley Stray, agoraphobic twins since the mysterious death of their parents in London’s East End. Existing mainly off chocolate, their drug-induced fantasy world is heightened and threatened with the arrival of two showmen, the cockroach-eating exhibitionist Cosmo Disney, and his partner, the deformed sideshow freak known as Pitchfork Cavalier.
Directed by Nathan Autrey
Photography by John Hunter
Performance Dates: October 28th - November 13th 2010
BGPT examines Philip Ridley’s new age masterpiece that heralded the arrival of a whole new generation of writers to the world of theatre. Regarded as surreal, violent and written with perverse undertones, the play explores childhood fears through the dreams and stories of Haley and Presley Stray, agoraphobic twins since the mysterious death of their parents in London’s East End. Existing mainly off chocolate, their drug-induced fantasy world is heightened and threatened with the arrival of two showmen, the cockroach-eating exhibitionist Cosmo Disney, and his partner, the deformed sideshow freak known as Pitchfork Cavalier.
GINTAdapted from PEER GYNT by Henrik Ibsen
Performance Dates: December 2nd - 18th 2011 The Norwegian folk tale meets minimalism and movement in Linney’s adaptation set against the backdrop of the America's Appalachian Mountains. |
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Creditors
By August Strindberg - REGIONAL PREMIERE
Directed by Rene' Moreno
Adaptation by Steven Young
Photography by Daylon Walton
Performance Dates: February 13th - March 3th 2011
Adolph, a young sculptor, anxiously awaits the return of his new wife, Tekla, to a seaside resort. He finds solace in the words of a stranger named Gustav. But comfort soon turns to destruction as old wounds are opened, insecurities are laid bare and former debts are settled. Regarded as Strindberg’s most mature work, Creditors is a dark tale of obsession, honor and revenge.
Directed by Rene' Moreno
Adaptation by Steven Young
Photography by Daylon Walton
Performance Dates: February 13th - March 3th 2011
Adolph, a young sculptor, anxiously awaits the return of his new wife, Tekla, to a seaside resort. He finds solace in the words of a stranger named Gustav. But comfort soon turns to destruction as old wounds are opened, insecurities are laid bare and former debts are settled. Regarded as Strindberg’s most mature work, Creditors is a dark tale of obsession, honor and revenge.
The Magdalen Whitewash
By Valerie Goodwin - REGIONAL PREMIERE
2011 OUT OF THE LOOP FESTIVAL OFFICIAL SELECTION- WaterTower Theatre
Directed by Nathan Autrey
Photography by Daylon Walton
Performing @ Addison Theatre Centre: March 3 (7:30pm), March 6 (2:00pm), March 13 (5:30pm)
Performing @ Broken Gears Project Theatre: March 17-19 & 24-26* (8:00pm)
*MAR 25 & 26 SOLD OUT 'PLAYWRIGHT IN THE PLAYHOUSE' SERIES
featuring a talkback with playwright Valerie Goodwin direct from the U.K. in her first stateside trip.
What if you were sentenced to imprisonment for the crime of becoming pregnant? In the past century, The Magdalen Laundries were set up in collaboration between Ireland’s Church and State and served as a place of confinement for young girls and even adult women. Hard to believe, the last of these convents closed in the 1990s. The play focuses on eight of these 'Maggies', their stories, sexual abuse, and their attempts to leave the laundry. We see them through the eyes of the 'free'. Robbed of their lives because of events beyond their control, they were branded as 'sinners' and locked away to 'wash away the stain’. How do they cope with the grueling toil and the stigma? Being abandoned by their families? Passing years with no hope of reprieve? And the agony of losing their babies? This play is a fictional account of a factual dark chapter in history. The girls depicted are not based on actual women known to the author. However, any similarity to real persons living or dead is regrettable, but all too likely.
2011 OUT OF THE LOOP FESTIVAL OFFICIAL SELECTION- WaterTower Theatre
Directed by Nathan Autrey
Photography by Daylon Walton
Performing @ Addison Theatre Centre: March 3 (7:30pm), March 6 (2:00pm), March 13 (5:30pm)
Performing @ Broken Gears Project Theatre: March 17-19 & 24-26* (8:00pm)
*MAR 25 & 26 SOLD OUT 'PLAYWRIGHT IN THE PLAYHOUSE' SERIES
featuring a talkback with playwright Valerie Goodwin direct from the U.K. in her first stateside trip.
What if you were sentenced to imprisonment for the crime of becoming pregnant? In the past century, The Magdalen Laundries were set up in collaboration between Ireland’s Church and State and served as a place of confinement for young girls and even adult women. Hard to believe, the last of these convents closed in the 1990s. The play focuses on eight of these 'Maggies', their stories, sexual abuse, and their attempts to leave the laundry. We see them through the eyes of the 'free'. Robbed of their lives because of events beyond their control, they were branded as 'sinners' and locked away to 'wash away the stain’. How do they cope with the grueling toil and the stigma? Being abandoned by their families? Passing years with no hope of reprieve? And the agony of losing their babies? This play is a fictional account of a factual dark chapter in history. The girls depicted are not based on actual women known to the author. However, any similarity to real persons living or dead is regrettable, but all too likely.
Oedipus The King
From Oedipus Rex by Sophocles
New adaptation and direction by Steven Young
Photograhy by Adrian Godinez
Performance Dates: April 21st - May 8th 2011
BGPT stages Sophocles’ most famous tragedy fifteen years into the future from our present day. The year is 2026 A.D. and Oedipus the King struggles to command the doomed nation of Thebes. Only by bringing to justice the assailant responsible for the assassination of Laius, their former leader, can he lift the curse that has befallen his people. Steven Young directs this modern inquisition that takes us back in time through the eyes a blind prophet named Tiresias who reveals secrets from Oedipus’ past that propel the embattled leader on vision quest and a fatal course with destiny.
New adaptation and direction by Steven Young
Photograhy by Adrian Godinez
Performance Dates: April 21st - May 8th 2011
BGPT stages Sophocles’ most famous tragedy fifteen years into the future from our present day. The year is 2026 A.D. and Oedipus the King struggles to command the doomed nation of Thebes. Only by bringing to justice the assailant responsible for the assassination of Laius, their former leader, can he lift the curse that has befallen his people. Steven Young directs this modern inquisition that takes us back in time through the eyes a blind prophet named Tiresias who reveals secrets from Oedipus’ past that propel the embattled leader on vision quest and a fatal course with destiny.
The Hand (La Mano)
By German Madrid - World Premiere - English Translation by Loren Roark
Director by Andy Baldwin
Photography by Shance Ryan Brentham
Performance Dates: May 31 - June 25, 2011
A tense journey of realism predetermined fate. “They’re all mine, the robe, the slippers and sandals, everything in this place,” the rich man says, referring to the bathroom, his house, wife, and personal property. Like an intricate philosophical riddle unraveling piece by piece, we discover a wealthy man with lots of material things, including a left hand purchased on the black market. We are also introduced to the hand’s original owner, then a starving donor, who appears with a mind to reclaim his hand. However, the hand, has developed a mind of its own. The hand may be “genetically yours, but from a contractual point of view, it’s mine,” says the character as writer Madrid’s script moves beyond contract law and into the realm of morality and ethics, as an ages old conflict between the 'haves and have-nots’ finds the hand’s owners arguing the case of ownership versus possession and what controls the mind, body and spirit. As Aristotle famously quoted “One never reaches pure truth, nor is one totally removed from it.”
Director by Andy Baldwin
Photography by Shance Ryan Brentham
Performance Dates: May 31 - June 25, 2011
A tense journey of realism predetermined fate. “They’re all mine, the robe, the slippers and sandals, everything in this place,” the rich man says, referring to the bathroom, his house, wife, and personal property. Like an intricate philosophical riddle unraveling piece by piece, we discover a wealthy man with lots of material things, including a left hand purchased on the black market. We are also introduced to the hand’s original owner, then a starving donor, who appears with a mind to reclaim his hand. However, the hand, has developed a mind of its own. The hand may be “genetically yours, but from a contractual point of view, it’s mine,” says the character as writer Madrid’s script moves beyond contract law and into the realm of morality and ethics, as an ages old conflict between the 'haves and have-nots’ finds the hand’s owners arguing the case of ownership versus possession and what controls the mind, body and spirit. As Aristotle famously quoted “One never reaches pure truth, nor is one totally removed from it.”