Undermain Theatre presents Annie Baker's JOHN

Undermain Theatre is proud to present the Dallas premiere of Pulitzer Prize winning Playwright Annie Baker's JOHN. A haunting and haunted meditation set near the site of the bloodiest battle of the Civil War where a young couple, struggling to stay together, are welcomed to an eerie Bed and Breakfast by an eccentric inn keeper on the weekend after Thanksgiving. A story of haunting atmosphere,
peculiar comedy, and deeply touching drama with a top-notch cast combine to make JOHN a unique autumnal performance of major work by an innovative contemporary American dramatist. Undermain is thrilled to return to the work of Annie Baker with her follow-up play to her pulitzer-prize winning The Flick.

Opening night is November 11, 2017 at 7:30 at 3200 Main Street, Dallas, TX 75216.

Undermain's 34th season moves forward with a piece by a groundbreaking female playwright and a predominantly female cast as we continue to explore the rising voices of women.

Undermain Executive Producer *Bruce DuBose directs. He leads an award winning creative team which includes Set Designer *Robert Winn, Lighting by *Steve Woods, Sound Designer Paul Semrad, Costumes by Amanda Capshaw, and Properties by Linda Noland.

Annie Baker grew up in Amherst, Massachusetts. Her full-length plays include the recent The Antipodes and The Flick (Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Susan Smith Blackburn Award, Obie Award for Playwriting) both premiering off Broadway at New York's Signature Theatre, Circle Mirror Transformation (Playwrights Horizons, Obie Award for Best New American Play, Drama Desk nomination for Best New American Play), The Aliens (Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, Obie Award for Best New American Play), Body Awareness (Atlantic Theater Company, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle nominations for Best Play/Emerging Playwright), and an adaptation of Chekhov's Uncle Vanya (Soho Rep, Drama Desk nomination for Best Revival), for which she also designed the costumes. Her plays have been produced at over 150 theaters throughout the U.S. and have been produced internationally in over a dozen countries. Other recent honors include a Guggenheim Fellowship, New York Drama Critics Circle Award, Lilly Award, and Time Warner Storytelling Fellowship. A published anthology of her work, The Vermont Plays, is available from TCG.

This production is directed by *Bruce DuBose, Scenic Design by *Robert Winn, Lighting Design by *Steve Woods, Costume Design by Amanda Capshaw, Sound Design by Paul Semrad, and Properties Design by Linda Noland.

The cast includes: Elly Lindsay, *Rhonda Boutté, Olivia de Guzman, and Scott Zenreich.

Tickets are available at www.undermain.org or by calling the Box Office at 214.747.5515.

 

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