The Afterlife of the Mind Comes to Virago Theatre Company
By: Robert Diamond Oct. 02, 2009
Virago Theatre Company presents the WORLD PREMIERE of THE AFTERLIFE OF THE MIND, Written by WILLIAM BIVINS and Directed by LAURA LUNDY-PAINE and featuring Elias Escobedo*, MEGAN KILIAN*, LOL LEVY*, BRITTANY KILCOYNE MCGREGOR, DENNIS MCINTYRE, GEORGE MCRAE*, TRACEY RHYS, and PAUL STOUT *Member, Actors Equity Association
Can Lydia find a body for Harry's brain? Can she use her body to get Todd to donate his body? Is there such thing as sex without a body? For answers to these and other pressing questions about neuroscience, metaphysics and the search for the perfect mate see The Afterlife of the Mind, the hilarious and shocking world premiere by William Bivins. The most talked about reading of the 2008 Last Frontier Theatre Conference in Alaska.Lydia's husband, famous philosopher Harry Pengrove, is dying of a rare illness. Unwilling to accept his fate, Lydia enlists the help of Ulrich Hoffsteadler, a brilliant but illegal neurosurgeon who operates out of the back of a bar and who, medical legend has it, once transplanted a human brain. After a botched transplant, Lydia embarks on a journey pushing the limits of love, the human body and medical science to save Harry's extraordinary mind.For more information, click here.
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URINETOWN (Ghostlight Theatre Ensemble)
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