Photo Flash: Second Thought Theatre Announces Regional Premiere of REVOLT. SHE SAID. REVOLT AGAIN.

Second Thought Theatre closes their 2018 season with the regional premiere of Revolt. She said. Revolt again. by British playwright and winner of the 2018 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, Alice Birch. In the dual role of director and actor, Christie Vela returns to Second Thought after portraying Mercedes Arranda in Enemies/People. Through a series of vignettes, the play explores gender politics, power dynamics, societal expectations, and the ways women continue to be stereotyped in the 21st century. Revolt. She said. Revolt again. begins with previews on Wednesday, August 22 and runs through Saturday, September 15. All performances of Revolt. She said. Revolt again. will take place at Bryant Hall on the Kalita Humphreys Campus; 3636 Turtle Creek Blvd. Tickets to Revolt. She said. Revolt again. can be purchased online at secondthoughttheatre.com.

Discussing her plans for creating the world of the play, Director Vela says Revolt. She said. Revolt again. is not a traditional play and will not look like anything most audiences have seen before. "Quite the opposite," said Vela. "We're all (the cast/crew/design team) both terrified and thrilled to see what's going to happen in the room once we get up on our feet. This piece is not thought-provoking. It's thought-changing, in terms of culture, in terms of sex, gender and the act, in terms of what it means to go to the theatre. We're all excited to get inside it and come out changed.

Artistic Director Alex Organ agreed. "This play confronts the complexities of living as a woman in a world built largely by and for men," he said. "Those frustrations seem to have reached a boiling point in 2018, so it felt like the right moment to give those voices a megaphone. Our community has such a wealth of fearless female theater makers - this was also an opportunity to get several of them in the same room and let them wrestle with a play that is at once shocking, irreverent, hilarious, and groundbreaking."

To be a woman in the twenty-first century is to experience - and to embody - a world of contradictions. To express them all in one play is impossible. But, Second Thought Theatre is going to do it anyway. Work, relationships, family, sex, and power intersect as one daring group of actors turns everything you thought you knew directly on its head. Language is inverted, bodies are distorted, men are banished, and nothing is sacred in a bold, provocative, riotous play like nothing Dallas has ever seen before. Helmed by STT Artistic Associate Christie Vela (director of Bull and Straight White Men), Revolt. She said. Revolt again. is nothing short of revolutionary.

The ensemble cast consists of five actors playing a multitude of roles. In addition to Vela, Jenny Ledel returns to the Second Thought stage after a heart-wrenching performance in this season's Empathitrax, and Lydia Mackay also returns for the first time since Hunter Gatherers in 2010. Max Hartman was last seen on the Second Thought Stage in Othello, and Tia Laulusa makes her Second Thought debut.

Aaron Johansen (Enemies/People, Empathitrax, The Necessities) will design lights, and John Flores (Straight White Men, Bull) returns to design sound. Laura Colleluori returns as assistant director and dramaturg after directing season opener Hillary and Clinton.

Revolt. She said. Revolt again. opens with previews on Wednesday, August 22 and Thursday, August 23 at 7:30pm. Opening and press night is Friday, August 24 at 8:00pm. The PWYC performances of Revolt. She said. Revolt again. will take place on Wednesday, August 22; Thursday, August 23; Monday, August 27; Monday, September 3; and Monday, September 10 at 7:30p. PWYC tickets are available at the box office one hour prior to the start of the performance and are subject to availability. Revolt. She said. Revolt again. runs through September 15. Tickets to Revolt. She said. Revolt again. are on sale now at secondthoughttheatre.com and can be purchased for $25.

Photo Credit: Evan Michael Woods

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