'Imminence' Premieres at LaMaMa Feb.15

LaMaMa E.T.C. and the Talking Band present Imminence written and directed by Paul Zimet, with electronic music by Peter Gordon and acoustic music by Ellen Maddow, Friday, February 15 - March 2, 2008 at the LaMaMa Annex (74 East 4th St.) Previews begin Friday, February 15, 2008 with an official opening on Sunday February 17, 2008.

The cast features William Badgett, David Brooks, Kim Gambino, Lula Graves, Kristine Lee, Ellen Maddow, Greg Manley, Steven Rattazzi, Tina Shepard, and the Tony Award nominated Amelia Campbell.

A press release states: "Imminence follows three generations of a family in an exploration of time, and how it shapes our lives from the smallest human instant to the massive geotectonic cycles of the earth.  Following the death of her mother, Simone takes her twenty year old daughter, on a cross-country car trip to visit her parents' first home in Coney Island.  The narrative shifts between the past and present, not only through the generations of Simone's family, but also through the much longer scale of geological time.   Fleeting moments of human interaction -an awkward wedding, a deathbed vigil, an unlikely romance between the family doctor and an eccentric friend - cross paths with the slow, relentless time of the earth itself."

Performances of Imminence are Wed-Sun at 7:30 and Sun at 2:30. Tickets are $18 and can be purchased by calling 212.475.7710 at www.lamama.org or at the box office prior to each performance. The production runs until March 2.

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