NOW PLAYING: Permanent Transient Productions presents THE ZOO STORY - thru 4/8

Permanent Transient Productions presents Edward Albee's classic THE ZOO STORY playing now through April 8th at Spark Theater.  On a seemingly innocuous park bench on a sun-drenched Sunday afternoon, Peter, anuptight family man, meets Jerry, a garrulous brute. Forty-five minutes later,an unimaginable crime transpires.  Full of savagery and wit, Albee’s very first play is laden with twists, turns, and bite. 

Permanent Transient Productions is a newly formed company in Denver, founded by members of the Visionbox Ensemble, Anthony Bianco and Kevin Lowry. Bianco has worked atthe Denver Center and Colorado Shakespeare Festival, and Lowry is a member of Hot Nap, one of Denver’s hottest improv troupes. Director Margaret Whittum, also a Visionbox Ensemble member, has directed in Edinburgh, Seoul, and across Canada. The Zoo Story is Permanent Transient’s inaugural production.

Edward Albee is a distinguished American Playwright, best known for Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Albee has won three Pulitzer Prizes for drama — for A Delicate Balance (1967), Seascape (1975), and Three Tall Women (1994). He received the Kennedy Center Honors and the National Medal of Arts in 1996, and a Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2005. THE ZOO STORY was written in 1958, and was Albee’s first play, premiering in Berlin, and later in New York City.

Permanent Transient Productions presents THE ZOO STORY running now through April 8th at SparkTheater, 240 South Broadway, Denver, CO.  Performances are Fridays at 7:00 & 9:00pm, Saturdays at 7:00 & 9:00pm, and Sundays at 2:00pm with an Industry Night on Monday, April 2nd at 7:00pm.  For Tickets or more information, contact Spark Theater at www.sparktheater.org.  Spark Theater is a small, flexible loft-style space on the 2nd floor of the Imperial Building at the intersection of South Broadway and Alameda in Denver. Spark Theater is not handicapped accessible.