Pipeline-Collective presents the Nashville premiere of BRILLIANT TRACES

Pipeline-Collective presents the final production of its inaugural season - the Nashville premiere of Brilliant Traces, a two-person play by Cindy Lou Johnson, directed by frequent Pipeline collaborator Laramie Hearn and starring Amanda Card and Taylor Novak - at Belmont Little Theatre on the Belmont University campus June 16-18.

In the middle of a blizzard, a young woman appears at a remote cabin in the Alaskan wilderness wearing a tattered wedding dress and satin shoes. Rosannah and Henry, the cabin's reclusive owner, get more than they bargained for - but maybe just what they need - in drama, described as "funny and compelling."

According to the New York Times: "Ms. Johnson has spun an alternately comic and anguished fable about contemporary men and women who run away from home."

"This play is a beautiful look at the heart: its complexities, irrationalities, and its yearning to reach out to other hearts regardless of circumstance and no matter the cost," says director Laramie Hearn. "It's also a reminder: sometimes the thing we need the most is just the thing we weren't looking for."

Brilliant Tracers premiered in 1989 at New York's Cherry Lane Theatre in a Circle Repertory Company production. This will be its first full production in Nashville.

"One of the best parts of producing is getting to work with great people to tell thought-provoking stories," says Karen Sternberg, Pipeline producer and founding member. "Laramie Hearn worked with us throughout our first season, and she's a whip-smart director. I've seen Amanda Card show a tremendous range in her work at the Nashville Repertory Theatre and the Nashville Children's Theatre. She's a supernova in this town. And I had the good fortune to watch Taylor Novak's astonishing work, from rehearsal through performance, in Studio Tenn's The Elephant Man. With these three collaborating on this beautiful play, I can't wait to share this show with Nashville!"

Brilliant Traces is being presented under the auspices of the Actors' Equity Association Members' Project Code. Founding Members of Pipeline-Collective include Lauren Berst, David Ian Lee, Karen Sternberg, and Cheryl White.

Performances are set for June 16, 17, and 18 at 7:30 p.m.in the Belmont Little Theatre on the Belmont University Campus. All tickets will be $10. For reservations or more information, visit www.pipeline-collective.com.

About the cast and crew

Laramie Hearn (Director) is a recent graduate of Belmont University's BFA Directing program and a frequent Pipeline collaborator. Previous projects include Woven Theatre and Verge Theater's Decision Height, the Sideshow Fringe hosted reading of Reservoir Dogs: A Play for Seven Women, Belmont's Julius Caesar and Skin Tight. Additionally, she has assistant directed for both Nashville Shakespeare Festival and Verge Theater Company. Next up, Laramie will direct Silent Sky for Woven Theatre.

Amanda Card (Rosannah): Credits include: The Ice Treatment (Actors Bridge Ensemble), King Lear, As You Like It (Nashville Shakespeare Festival), Rapture Blister Burn, The Larries, The Columnist, A Behanding in Spokane and Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (Nashville Rep); Junie B. Jones Is Not a Crook, Allicted, Charlotte's Web, Elephant & Piggie's We Are in a Play!, Number the Stars and Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse (Nashville Children's Theatre), A Christmas Carol (Studio Tenn), Roger's Version, Amadeus, Magic and Arcadia (Blackbird Theater). She received her B.A. in Theatre Arts from The University of the South.

Taylor Novak (Henry Harry) is a Nashville native who has performed with several local companies, such as Studio Tenn, Nashville Shakespeare Festival, Music City Theatre Company, Nashville Opera, Circle Players and ACT 1, among many others. He is extremely excited to make his Pipeline Collective debut. He studied at The University of the Arts in Philadelphia. Credits include: John Merrick, The Elephant Man; Leo, 4000 Miles; Little Charles August: Osage County; Tunny, American Idiot; Biff Loman, Death of a Salesman; and Hal Carter, Picnic.