Apollinaire Theatre Presents POOL (NO WATER), Now thru 5/4

Apollinaire Theatre Company presents pool (no water) by Mark Ravenhill, a play about the perils of making art and/or making friends.

A famous artist invites old friends to her luxurious new home for a long awaited reunion. But the celebration comes to an abrupt end when the host suffers a horrific accident. An almost unthinkable plan starts to take shape: could her suffering be the group's next work of art?

Published 10 years after his critically-acclaimed Shopping and f-ing, this piece by Mark Ravenhill is an unflinching look at the vulnerability of friendship, the power of resentment, and a deep-seated yearning to create something truly memorable.

pool (no water) is staged in an intimate studio setting. Seating limited to 18 per performance. Recommended for mature audiences: language & partial nudity.

Performances of pool (no water) by Mark Ravenhill are tonight, April 13-May 4, 2013: Sat. April 13 at 8:00 & 10:00, Sat. April 20, 27, & May 4 at 9:30; Sun. April 14-28 at 6:30; Wed. April 17-May 1 at 7:30; Thurs. April 25 & May 2 at 7:30; Fri. April 19 at 8:00. Performances are at the Chelsea Theatre Works, 189 Winnisimmet St., Chelsea.

Tickets are $25. pool (no water) is being performed in rep with Luther by Ethan Lipton. Combo tickets are $35. Tickets can be purchased by calling (617) 887-2336 or on-line at www.apollinairetheatre.com. For information and directions, visit the website.

Performances will be followed by a Reception with the actors in the Gallery at Chelsea Theatre Works, 189 Winnisimmet St., Chelsea.

Starring: Ronald Lacey, Chris LaVoie, Brian McCarthy, Alison McFadden, Lorna Nogueira

Directed by Danielle Fauteux Jacques
Stage Manager: Veronica Morales
Sound Design: Edward Young
Set Design: Shelley Helene Barish
Costume Design: Julie Dauber

Apollinaire Theatre Company stages passionate plays at their elegantly restored theater in the Chelsea Theatre Works, as well as New England's only bilingual free summer theater in the park. Less than five miles from downtown Boston, our historic building is at the center of the burgeoning Chelsea arts community. Recent productions include Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov, Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead by Tom Stoppard, The Wedding on the Eiffel Tower by Jean Cocteau, dark play or stories for boys by Carlos Murillo, Arabian Night by Roland Schimmelpfennig and East of Berlin by Hannah Moscovitch.

Mark Ravenhill is an internationally acclaimed playwright whose first full-length play, Shopping and f-ing, opened at The Royal Court Theatre Upstairs in 1996. His more recent works include Product (Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, 2005); The Cut (Donmar Warehouse, London, 2006); Citizenship (National Theatre, 2006); pool (no water) (Lyric Hammersmith, 2006); Shoot/Get Treasure/Repeat (Edinburgh Festival, 2007); Over There (Royal Court / Schaubühne, Berlin, 2009); A Life in Three Acts co-written and performed with Bette Bourne (Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh / Konninklijke Schouwburg, The Hague / Soho Theatre, London, 2009 and St Ann's Warehouse, New York, 2010); Nationadapt. from the Terry Pratchett novel (National Theatre, 2009); Ten Plagues, a liberetto for a new opera by Conor Mitchell (Royal Court, 2010 / Traverse Theatre 2011); Ghost Story (Playhouse: Live, Sky Arts, Riverside Studios 2010); The Coronation of Poppea a liberetto co-written with Alex Silverman (OperaUpClose, Kings Head Theatre, 2011). Mark is currently under commission to the RSC and Hampstead Theatre and is writing a new libretto for the Norwegian National Opera. His plays are performed all over the world.

Pictured: Chris LaVoie, Lorna Nogueira, Brian McCarthy, Alison McFadden and Ronald Lacey. Photo Credit: Danielle Fauteux Jacques.