Diversionary Theatre Presents FAIR USE, 2/24-3/13

Laws of Attraction! Sexual politics and legal brinksmanship collide in this whip-smart romantic comedy making its West Coast Premiere at Diversionary Theatre. Directed by James Vasquez (2010 Craig Noel Award Winner for Best Direction) and featuring Amanda Sitton, Jacque Wilke, Wendy Maples, Wyatt Ellison and Stephen Schmitz, Fair Use will run from February 24 through March 13. Sy (Amanda Sitton) is in love with her co-counsel Madi (Jacque Wilke), who in turn is involved with Chris (Wyatt Ellison). While in the midst of a high-profile legal case, the love triangle gets complicated by a series of seductive, eloquent love letters, echoing Cyrano de Bergerac.

Fair Use was developed at the Steppenwolf Theatre Company as part of their First Look Repertory of New Plays during the summer of 2008 and had its world premiere at Actor's Express in Atlanta, Georgia. "The play savors the pleasures of language, sensuality and rich debate over such elusive concepts as intellectual property." - Creative Loafing/Atlanta, Top 10 Plays of 2009.

Sarah Gubbins has previously worked at Steppenwolf as a dramaturg on new plays including We All Went Down to Amsterdam, Men of Tortuga, The Butcher of Baraboo, and Gary. Sarah recently completed an MFA in Writing for the Screen and Stage at Northwestern University. Fair Use was a Finalist in the Kendeda Graduate Playwriting Competition and won the Agnes Nixon Playwriting Award at Northwestern.

Fair Use previews Thursday and Friday, February 24 and 25, opens on Saturday, February 26 and runs through Sunday, March 13. Food for the opening night party will be provided by Soltan Banoo. Performance times are: Thursday at 7:30pm, Friday at 8:00pm, Saturday at 3:00 and 8:00pm, Sunday at 2:00pm, with a pay-what-you-can performance on Monday, March 7 at 7:30pm. Single tickets are $31-$33 with discounts available for students, seniors (60+), military and groups (10 or more). Three show Winter/Spring season subscriptions are also available for the remaining main stage season. For information, call the box office at 619.220.0097 or visit www.diversionary.org.

The featured neighborhood restaurant during the run is Soltan Banoo.
The play is underwritten in part by Ree & Maurice Miller.

Diversionary Theatre was started in 1986. The mission of the theatre is to produce plays with gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender themes that portray characters in their complexity and diversity both historically and contemporarily.