Buran Theatre to Kick Off 10th Anniversary Season with 'SOME ARE ISTHMUSES' in Albuquerque

Buran Theatre will kick off their 10th anniversary season with a special performance event, Some Are Isthmuses: A Decade of Buran Theatre, at Tricklock Performance Lab on January 13 & 14 from 7pm to 10pm.

The dual evening celebration will feature an artisan dinner, prepared by Buran Theatre's artistic director/chef Adam R. Burnett, and a retrospective of theatre productions from the past decade (January 13) and newly devised material responding to current affairs (January 14).

Founded at the University of Kansas in 2007, Buran Theatre expanded to a network of satellite cities in 2008, and further expanded in 2009 with the inclusion of Albuquerque. Since 2009, the Duke City has seen their productions of The Cotton Plantation by Casey Mraz (2010), The Suicide Song by Casey Mraz & Adam R. Burnett (2011, workshop production), The House of Fitzcarraldo created & written by the company (2012), Nightmares: A Demonstration of the Sublime by Adam R. Burnett (2013), and Mammoth by Adam R. Burnett (2015).

Some are Isthmuses will feature local company members Adam R. Burnett, Donna Jewell, Marya Jones, Elsa Menendez, Casey Mraz, and lisa nevada, alongside company members Henry Bial (LFK), Lara Thomas Ducey (LA), Hilary Kelman (NYC), Jud Knudsen (MPLS), Christopher Luxem (LFK), and VAl Smith (KC).

The January 13 retrospective performance will feature a collage of past works, including selections from Money Buckets! (2009), The House of Fitzcarraldo (2010-2012), Nightmares: A Demonstration of the Sublime (2013), Magic Bullets (2014), Mammoth (2015), and Poshlost Saudades! (2016). The January 14 performance will feature devised material created in the days before the performance responding to the most current affairs. Proceeds from the event will support Buran Theatre's 2017 season and the premiere of a new work in Albuquerque in 2018.

Tickets are $32 for each evening or $50 for both, which includes dinner and the performance. Non-dinner tickets will be $18. The January 13 menu includes a Vegetarian Banh-Mi Cuban sandwich served with sweet potato fries, and the January 14 menu includes Vegetarian Green Chile Stew served with artisan pasta salad. Tickets are now on sale at Brown Paper Tickets.

Photograph by Abigail Blueher featuring Donna Jewell.