Apollinaire Theatre Company Presents LUTHER, 4/5-5/4
By: Kelsey Denette Mar. 12, 2013
A ferocious satire in which a society dealing with its own form of PTSD adopts out traumatized veterans in a manner somewhere between the ASPCA and the Foster Parents Plan.
Well-intentioned, high-strung parents Walter and Marjorie love Luther to a fault. But should they have brought him to the office party?
"Lipton's brilliant, unsettling conceit anatomizes liberal America's squeamishness about soldiers. Often, we either patronize them, paying lip service to the value of military service while secretly deploring the violence they've been trained to commit, or we infantilize them, seeing them as helpless victims of poverty and policy. Either way, they're both an abstract quantity and somewhat less than autonomous adults." -The Village Voice
Performances of Luther by Ethan Lipton are April 5-May 4, 2013
Fri. April 5, 12, 26, and May 3 at 8:00
Sat. April 6 at 8:00, Sat. April 20, 27, & May 4 at 7:00
Sun. April 14-28 at 3:00
Thurs. April 18 at 7:30
Performances are at the Chelsea Theatre Works, 189 Winnisimmet St., Chelsea.
Luther is being performed in rep with pool (no water) by Mark Ravenhill. Combo tickets are $35.
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 in the Gallery.
Chelsea Theatre Works, 189 Winnisimmet St., Chelsea.
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