Santa Monica Playhouse Presents 'Blue in the Face' 6/12-13

Santa Monica Playhouse is pleased to announce the return to Santa Monica of sister theatre Company Blue in the Face of Italy on the first leg of a three-city tour of the U.S.A. Blue in the Face will perform Enrico Maria Falconi's new play TI RICORDI, AMORE MIO? (Do you remember, my love?) in the original Italian, with a pre-show synopsis provided in English, for three shows only, Saturday, June 12 at 7:00 pm and Sunday, June 13 at 3:00 pm & 7:00 pm.

In Falconi's poetic new play TI RICORDI, AMORE MIO? a group of explorers find what they believe to be an abandoned building. Wandering among the rooms, they eventually find a stage and, on the stage, they meet an old man who starts telling them a story. It is a story about love, about life. But it is a dismantled, reviewed love...like a promise to be maintained...like a dream not yet begun. A story looking for a beginning but not finding (and it probably doesn't want to) an end. "But," Falconi says "if you start listening or living a story, you must be sure you want to know how the story ends..."

Written and directed by company founder Enrico Maria Falconi, TI RICORDI, AMORE MIO? features company members (in alphabetical order): Benedetto Baldini, Silvia Crocchianti, Barbara De Paolis, Enrico Maria Falconi, Emiliano Giammaria. Maria Dolores Mogovero, Attilio Monti, Daniele Petroselli, Daniele Reali, Valentina Simola, Lavinia Trotti, Fabio Trunfio, and Gino Vannicola. With lights and music by Angela Donetti and Giordano Bonifazi.

Blue in the Face theatre company (http://www.BlueInTheFace.net)
was founded in 2003 in Civitavecchia ( Rome ) by Enrico Maria Falconi. Blue in the Face looks at theatre as a form of ethic-Art which centers on the idea of recitation as a personal strong tool for growth. The Company motto "We live in dreams, like others, only that we live our own" is the testimony of an art-conception as a "sweet revolution" of the way to do culture. Since 2005 the company has offered training courses for actors, directors, make-up artists, lighting designers, art directors, and WEB designers of all ages. During 2008 the company's cultural promotion has seen a strong increase, besides an acting-training program; a new youth initiative: Blue In the Face EXP; it has pursued collaboration as cultural exchanges with public and private theatrical societies such as BLACKBOX, Liverpool, England; Santa Fe Playhouse, New Mexico; and the Artistic Specialist of the Cirque du Soleil, Las Vegas. This tour marks its third visit to Santa Monica Playhouse and its first to Santa Fe and New York .

Tickets are $15.00, with discounts available for students and educators and groups of 8 or more, and include a post-show reception with the cast. Advance reservations are recommended. For tickets and further information please call The Playhouse box office at 310-394-9779 ext 1.

TI RICORDI, AMORE MIO? plays Saturday, June 12 at 7:00 pm and June 13 at 3:00 pm & 7:00 pm on The Main Stage at Santa Monica Playhouse 1211 4th Street (1 block east of the Third Street Promenade) Santa Monica , CA. 90401. By public transportation: take the Santa Monica Blue Bus or the LA Metro Rapid #720 and exit at 4th and Wilshire. Convenient parking is located directly across the street in municipal lot #1.

Santa Monica Playhouse (http://SantaMonicaPlayhouse.com) a not-for-profit theatre and education al conservatory program currently celebrating its 50th year of continuous service to the community is renowned for its work with artists domestically and internationally. The Playhouse has made cultural exchange a top priority, hosting companies from or traveling to Canada , Cuba , England , Hong Kong , Ireland , Italy , Japan , Sweden , and The Netherlands as part of its belief in the power of theatre to make a difference in people's lives.