Chance Theatre Presents WELCOME HOME, JENNY SUTTER Through 5/16

Only three weeks remain to see the Southern California premiere of acclaimed playwright Julie Marie Myatt's intense look at returning home from war, Welcome Home, Jenny Sutter, that runs through May 16 at Chance Theater.

Directed by Chance Theater artistic director Oanh Nguyen, Welcome Home, Jenny Sutter is a present-day story of personal recovery and acceptance. Upon her return to Southern California from a difficult tour of duty in Iraq, wounded Marine Sergeant Jenny Sutter finds herself lost in the California desert, without the body and mind she once knew. The eccentric inhabitants of Slab City give her the homecoming she needs before returning to her previous life. An edgy and poignant drama, Welcome Home, Jenny Sutter brings fascinating insight to a timely theme.

Welcome Home, Jenny Sutter is the second collaboration between playwright Julie Marie Myatt and director Oanh Nguyen. Their working relationship began in 2009 when Nguyen served as the Associate Director for Myatt's The Happy Ones at South Coast Repertory in Costa Mesa (he also directed the staged reading of The Happy Ones at SCR earlier that year). That production was nominated for a Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle (LADCC) Award, and Myatt received The Ted Schmitt Award for the world premiere of an outstanding new play.

While the Chance Theater production of Welcome Home, Jenny Sutter is a Southern California premiere, the play has made an impression on audiences and critics across the country. The play premiered at the Tony-winning Oregon Shakespeare Festival in February 2008 to glowing reviews. The San Francisco Chronicle noted, "[Jenny Sutter] is a powerful drama...with graceful sensitivity." The premiere was shortly followed by a production at the renowned Kennedy Center Theater in Washington D.C.

Performances

Now through May 16
Friday & Saturday evenings at 8 pm
Saturday matinees at 3 pm
Sundays at 2 pm
Thursday evening May 13 at 8 pm

Ticket Prices
$22 to $35
(Discounts for seniors and students)
(2 free tickets for all active military, reservists, and veterans)

Information
(714) 777-3033
www.chancetheater.com
Theatre Address5552 E. La Palma Ave., Anaheim Hills, CA 92807

ABOUT THE CHANCE THEATER
Recently nominated for six Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards and six Los Angeles Stage Alliance Ovation Awards (including Best Season), and named "Outstanding Arts Organization" for the second time in five years by Arts Orange County, the Chance is proud to be one of the leading ensemble based theatre companies in Southern California. Voted "Best Theater Group" by MyFoxLA for two years in a row and "Best Small Theater" by Orange Coast Magazine, the Chance is a recipient of the 2007 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle's (LADCC) Polly Warfield Award for Excellence. Founded in 1999, the Chance Theater's mission has always been to intimately present personally meaningful, uniquely engaging stories that promote dialogue within our community and provide a visceral experience for theatergoers. As a constituent member of Theater Communications Group (TCG), Network of Ensemble Theaters (NET), and the Los Angeles Stage Alliance (LASA), the Chance continues to bring national attention to the Southern California and Orange County theater scene through its recent achievements, which includes a 2006 GLAAD Media Award nomination for Outstanding Los Angeles Theater.

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