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Photo Flash: First Look at BLACKBERRY WINTER at Capital Stage

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Capital Stage continues its 2015/16 Season with another National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere. BLACKBERRY WINTER by Steve Yockey will be directed by Capital Stage Co-Founder and Associate Artist Jonathan Williams.

NNPN'S flagship initiative, its Rolling World Premiere Program, supports three or more theaters that choose to mount the same new play within a 12-month period. The result is an NNPN Rolling World Premiere, in which a playwright develops a new work with multiple creative teams in at least three different communities. The playwright is part of the process, working on the script and making adjustments based on what is learned from each production.

The Capital Stage production will be third of seven productions - the largest number of productions the NNPN Rolling World Premiere program has had to date. BLACKBERRY WINTER will run from March 16 through April 17, 2016 with a Press Opening on Saturday, March 19 at 8pm.

BLACKBERRY WINTER will be directed by Co-Founder and Associate Artist, Jonathan Williams (UNCANNY VALLEY, TRIBES, THE ELABORATE ENTRANCE OF CHAD DEITY, DYING CITY, MASTER CLASS, HUNTER GATHERERS, DIRTY STORY, BOY GETS GIRL, THE SHAPE OF THINGS).

The cast will feature Amy Resnick (Capital Stage debut), Jacob Garcia (LOVE AND INFORMATION), and Sara Lynn Wagner (THE BEHAVIOR OF BROADUS).

The production design team will include Jonathan Williams (scenic design), Stephen Decker (lighting design), Gregg Coffin (composer), Gail Russell (costume design), Dan Lydersen (animations designer), and Shaleen Schmutzer-Smith (properties design).

Years of success, meticulous planning, and an eye for detail have in no way prepared Vivienne Avery for her mother's slide into the grip of dementia. Initially hiding behind insomnia-fueled baking and a polite smile, stories about her mother leave Vivienne's inner turmoil quietly laid bare on stage. BLACKBERRY WINTER juxtaposes these stories, large theatrical gestures, and a childlike Alzheimer's "creation myth" to recount one woman's witnessing of the inevitable.

Photos by Charr Crail


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