Photos: MARCUS IS WALKING

City Theatre of Independence invites you to go preview their production of Marcus Is Walking by Joan Ackermann.  There are 3 days open to reviewing: Mon. April 6th, Tues. April 7th or Wed. April 8th.  The dress rehearsals start at 8PM.

The play examines the emotional landscape we roam as we travel in our cars. Control, navigation, love and escape, are some of the themes explored. A protective father shepherds his son through the neighborhood on Halloween; an actor on his way to perform Hamlet provokes a rear-end collision and confrontation with a Czech émigré cab driver; a devastated businessman strikes up an unlikely alliance with a homeless woman who sleeps in his car. This is the landscape of human frailty and vulnerability, charm and strength; a playwright's whimsy combined with a shrewd sense of observation.

Photos by Jack McCord

Victor Hentzen and Sarah Nickerson

Michael 'Mac' Kettner

Aaron Smithson, Jackie Coomes, Kevin Prewitt and Emily Green

Jackie Coomes and Victor Hentzen