'Blue Door' Opens 1/18 with Emigrant Theater at Guthrie

The Guthrie is pleased to announce that David Wiles and Eric Avery will star in Emigrant Theater's upcoming production of Blue Door by Tanya Barfield. The regional premiere, directed by Emigrant Theater Producing Director Jessica Finney, runs January 17 - 27 in the Dowling Studio. Tickets are priced from $18 to $34 and are now on sale through the Guthrie Box Office at 612.377.2224, toll-free 877.44.STAGE and online at www.guthrietheater.org.

"A successful African-American mathematics professor has tried to ignore racism and its implications for his life. After being left by his wife for refusing to join the Million Man March, Lewis (Wiles) is visited by his ancestors during a sleepless night, shattering the silence of his insomnia, drawing him into a spiral of history, a crisis of identity and culture, and fueling the exploration of what it means to be black. Blue Door is a dialogue between then and now, between cultural amnesia and memory. From slavery to the Black Power movement, men of the past force Lewis to confront a man of the present - himself," explain press notes.

The artistic staff for Blue Door includes Erica Zaffarano (Scenery) and Geoff Wold (Lighting). For more information on Blue Door, visit www.emigranttheater.org.

Emigrant Theater was founded in 2004 to explore perspectives of the American identity, foster the ingenuity of the American voice and champion living playwrights.

Blue Door by Tanya Barfield and directed by Jessica Finney begins previews January 17 at 7:30PM; Opening Night is January 18 at 7:30PM with performances through January 27 at 1PM.

Guthrie Theater is located at 818 South 2nd Street, Minneapolis, MN 55415

Tickets ($18-$34) are available at Guthrie Box Office: 612.377.2224 or TOLL FREE 877.44.STAGE.  Box Office hours are 10AM-8PM daily. Tickets may be purchased online at www.guthrietheater.org.