Different Stages San Diego Presents BURN THIS August 16 - 31

San Diego's newest theatrical group will open the Lanford Wilson dramedy- "Burn This" on August 16 and playing Friday and Saturday through August 31 at 8pm in The Swedenborg Hall in San Diego. Produced by Jerry Pilato and directed by guest director James P. Darvas. The play takes place in a Manhattan loft shared by Anna, dancer-choreographer, and her two gay roommates-her collaborator, Robby, who has just been killed in a freak boating accident, and Larry, a world-weary, caustically funny young advertising executive. As the play begins Anna is recovering from attending Robby's funeral, comforted by her wealthy, well-meaning boyfriend, Burton, a sci-fi screenwriter whose persistent proposals of marriage Anna finds herself unable to accept. Then, with sudden, unexpected explosiveness, Robby's older brother, Pale, bursts on the scene. He has come to collect his brother's belongings-but stays on to transform the action of the play and the lives of those in it. Menacing, profane, dangerous and yet oddly sensitive, Pale is both terrifying and fascinating and, in the end, the one who brings to Anna the unsettling but compelling love that, despite her fears and doubts, she cannot turn away.