Street Corner Arts has announced Michael Stuart, Aaron Johnson and Christopher Alvarenga will star in their upcoming production of ORPHANS by Lyle Kessler.
The production is directed by native Austinite Sarah Kimberly Becker. Earlier this Spring, Street Corner selected Johnson and Becker to helm their pioneer production of the Company's Sidewalk Series. The program, in its inaugural year, mentors promising Austin theatre-makers in producing and fully realizing a production.
Michael Stuart is returning to ORPHANS after directing the play in Austin nearly 25 years ago (starring Travis Dean, Damian Gillan and Ken Bradley). Stuart, playing Harold, is eager and excited to be back in the room with these dynamic and scary brothers in this hilarious and equally tragic drama about father-and-son sensibilities.
Set in Philadelphia in 1983, ORPHANS follows brothers Treat and Phillip, a peevish knife-carrying thief and the other a frightened and seemingly feral child unable to leave his decaying childhood home. When Harold drunkenly stumbles into the brothers' lives, their delicately balanced world turns upside down; nothing will ever be the same.
ORPHANS is set to open August 19 at The Back Pack Performance Venue (2400 E. Cesar Chavez) and runs through September 3. Tickets go on sale August 1. Streetcornerarts.org
