Photo Flash: WaterTower's Based on a Totally True Story

WaterTower Theatre (WTT) continues its 2008‐2009 Discover Series with the regional premiere of Roberto Aguirre‐Sacasa's comedy, Based on a Totally True Story. It will run April 16 - May 3, 2009.
Ethan Keene, playwright and comic book writer, is on the verge of having it all - success, money, and a Hollywood movie credit. But getting to that Hollywood Premiere may be more dramatic than the movie. His father is having a marital crisis, his boyfriend is begging for more attention, and his producer is demanding a re‐write. Based on a Totally True Story is the story of one wanna‐be screenwriter's attempt to find his own happy ending before the final credits roll.

Based on a Totally True Story received its world premiere in 2006 at Manhattan Theatre Club to critical acclaim. "A brisk and breezy new comedy" - The Star‐Ledger. "No laugh meter could measure the laughter here; it would require a seismograph" - Bloomberg.com.

WTT's production of Based on a Totally True Story will feature Andrew Phifer as Ethan Keene, Beau Trujillo as Michael Sullivan, Jared Eaton as Tyler, Barry Nash as Ethan's Dad, and Mary Anna Austin as Mary Ellen. The play will be directed by WTT's Artistic Associate, James Paul Lemons.

WaterTower Theatre's Discover Series is underwritten in part by the Embrey Family Foundation.
Based on a Totally True Story will run April 16 - May 3, 2009 in the Studio Theatre at the Addison Theatre Centre, which is located at 15650 Addison Road in Addison, Texas. Performance times are Thursdays at 7:30 PM, Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 PM, and Sundays at 2:00 PM. Tickets are $20 ($25 on opening night, April 17).

Tickets are available by calling the WTT Box Office at 972.450.6232 or online at www.watertowertheatre.org. Group rates are also available.

For the past twelve years, WaterTower Theatre has proven itself to be on the forefront of both the regional and Dallas theatre communities. WTT has been recognized for artistic excellence by the Dallas Theatre League, Dallas/Fort Worth Theater Critics Forum, The Dallas Morning News, The Dallas Observer, D Magazine and Star‐Telegram, among others. WaterTower Theatre has a subscription base in excess of 2,100 subscribers and serves an audience base of over 35,000 patrons annually. WaterTower Theatre is supported in part by the Town of Addison, TACA, AT&T Yellow Pages and The Texas Commission on the Arts.

Photos by Mike Wang

Jared Eaton and Andrew Phifer

Jared Eaton

Beau Trujillo and Andrew Phifer

Jared Eaton and Andrew Phifer