The Deep Dish Theater will host a reception for acclaimed playwright, screenwriter and producer Eric Overmyer at 6:30 PM on Saturday, September 11 in the theater's lobby. Overmyer is visiting Chapel Hill in conjunction with the theater's production of his 1990 play Mi Vida Loca, which is the opening production of the theater's 10th Anniversary Season.
"We're very pleased that Eric could make time in his schedule to come out, see the play and meet our audience," said Paul Frellick, founding Artistic Director of the theater. "It's a great way to celebrate the beginning of our tenth year in Chapel Hill."Known best for his work on such television shows such as Law & Order, The Wire, In Treatment, and most recently Treme, Eric Overmyer began his career as a playwright and continues to write for the stage. He is the recipient of two Writers' Guild Awards, a Humanitas Award, an Emmy nomination and a Mystery Writers of America Award, as well numerous grants and fellowships. Some of his plays include: Dark Rapture; In a Pig's Valise; In Perpetuity Throughout the Universe; and adapted classics, like Alki, based on Henrik Ibsen's Peer Gynt.The reception is free and open to the public and takes place prior to the 8 PM performance of Mi Vida Loca. The smart and sexy comic drama revolves around a troubled family reuniting at their home on Washington's Olympic Peninsula following the father's start of treatment for drug addiction. The popular and critically acclaimed production runs through September 18.Videos