Apollinaire Presents FIRST LOVE IS THE REVOLUTION

Apollinaire Theatre Company presents the US Premiere of this viciously funny and unforgettable play about first love, teenage lust, and nature vs nurture.

Rdeca is a young fox keen to test boundaries, whose curiosity lands her in a makeshift trap set by lonely 14-year-old Basti. When their paths cross, the sparks fly and an impossible bond spirals dangerously out of control.

First Love starts Hayley Spivey as the young fox Rdeca. Hayley recently appeared in SpeakEasy Stage's Men on Boats and Lyric Stage Company's Orlando. She is a graduate of Boston University with a BFA in Theatre Arts. She is joined by some Apollinaire regulars including Armando Rivera (Thoreau) and Dale J. Young (Gregor Mole), both most recently seen in Everyman, and exciting newcomers to Apollinaire including Bridgette Hayes and Khloe Alice Lin completing our fox family.

Performances of First Love is the Revolution are April 13-May 5, 2018

Fri. & Sat. at 8:00, Thurs. April 26, & May 3 at 8:00, Sun. April 22 & 29 at 3:00

Performances are at the Chelsea Theatre Works, 189 Winnisimmet St., Chelsea, MA

Tickets are $30, $25 seniors, $15 students

Tickets can be purchased by calling (617) 887-2336 or on-line at www.apollinairetheatre.com
Information and directions at www.apollinairetheatre.com

Performances will be followed by a Reception with the actors.

First Love is the Revolution

by Rita Kalnejais

April 13-May 5, 2018
Chelsea Theatre Works, 189 Winnisimmet St., Chelsea, MA
(617) 887-2336 • www.apollinairetheatre.com

Featuring: Liz Adams, Rob Cope, Bridgette Hayes, Caroline Keeler, MacMillan Leslie,

Khloe Alice Lin, John Manning, Armando Rivera, Zaida Ramos, Hayley Spivey,

Nicole Ventura, Dale J. Young

Directed by Danielle Fauteux Jacques

Movement/Fight Director: Angie Jepson

Scenic Design: Nathan Lee

Costumes: Elizabeth Cole Sheehan

Sound: Jennifer Timms

Scenic Creations: Elizabeth Rocha

Props Master: John Cadiz

Stage Manager: Vijaya Sundaram

Running Time: apx. 90 minutes

Rita Kalnejais is an Australian writer based in London. Her work has been performed extensively in Australia and she was a resident playwright at Sydney Theatre Company in 2011/12. Rita's first play, BC, was nominated for three Greenroom Awards including Best New Australian Play. Rita has developed new work at the National Theatre Studio and her Soho Six commission First Love is the Revolution premiered at Soho Theatre in 2015. Her critically-acclaimed play This Beautiful Future was a 2017 spring hit at London's Yard Theatre where it received a second run this November.

Apollinaire Theatre Company stages passionate plays at their elegantly restored theater in the Chelsea Theatre Works, as well as free summer theater in the park. Recently Apollinaire opened two new theaters at the Chelsea Theatre Works, the Riseman Family Theatre that houses their Apollinaire Play Lab program for children and youth, and the new BlackBox Theatre, a rental house for Greater Boston's performing arts community.

Recent Apollinaire productions include Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov, Stupid F**king Bird by Aaron Posner, A Beautiful Day in November on the Banks of the Greatest of the Great Lakes by Kate Benson, Songs of the Dragons Flying to Heaven by Young Jean Lee, and Everyman by Carol Ann Duffy.

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