THE PAVILION Will Come to 100 Lives Rep in May

100 Lives Repertory has announced its upcoming production of The Pavilion by Craig Wright, a funny, aching, and unexpectedly cosmic meditation on love, time, and the choices that shape us. Performances will run May 15 - June 7.

Returning to the small, imaginary town of Pine City, MN – The Pavilion is the second of Wright's Pine City plays and something of a prequel to Orange Flower Water (produced by 100 Lives last fall). Set at a 20 year high school reunion, the play centers on Kari, a woman confined to a life built by those around her after a traumatic event at the end of high school, and Peter, the man who returns after twenty hoping to rewrite their past. The Pavilion moves fluidly between nostalgia and existential reflection, the air thick with the invisible weight of the paths we didn't take. Can we ever truly let go of the people who change us?

Directed by 100 Lives company member Jonathan Hoonhout, and featuring co-Artistic Directors Brooke Totman & Annie Kehoe with returning artist Alex Lathrop (Orange Flower Water), this production leans into the play's expansiveness while keeping in line with the company's ‘actor-forward' ethos, focusing on the characters' meaty relationships and emotional lives. “At its heart, this is Kari's play,” says Hoonhout, “A play about what it takes to live a life after losing the type of love that fills our total being, a love that so few of us are ever lucky enough to have. It's also about the will to right the wrongs of your life and the refusal to let your past decide your future.” .”