Echo Theatre Company Presents GOD'S EAR 7/30-8/15

Echo Theatre Company presents the regional premiere of God's Ear by Jenny Schwartz from July 30-August 15. The production will be held in Echo's performance venue, Theatre 134, in the ArtSpace at Crestwood Court. The theater is located in the Crestwood Court shopping center at the corner of Watson and Sappington Roads.

When a couple's son drowns, their marriage begins to dissolve under the weight of grief that follows his death. As they grow farther and farther apart, their daughter is emotionally abandoned. Can the Tooth Fairy, a life-size G.I. Joe doll and a cross-dressing flight attendant help them discover solace? God's Ear is an unfolding of the human heart told through a poignant and hilarious look at the language we use when we cannot bear to speak.

Jenny Schwartz is a New York-based playwright and a graduate of Juilliard, where she received a fellowship in the Lila Acheson Wallace Playwriting Program. God's Ear was premiered by New Georges under the direction of Anne Kauffman, was published by Faber & Faber, and was a finalist for the Susan Smith Blackburn Award. Ms. Schwartz is an Associate Artist with The Civilians and a member of New Dramatists.

God's Ear will be directed by Echo's Artistic Director Eric Little, with original music composed by Victoria Meyer, lighting design by Maureen Hanratty and costume design by Sarah Woodworth. The cast of God's Ear features Michelle Hand as Mel, Martin Fox as Ted, 12-year old Cameron Kopsky as Lanie, Donna Weinsting as the Tooth Fairy, Justin Ivan Brown as the Flight Attendant and G.I. Joe, Kelly Schnider as Lenora, and Tom Kopp as Guy.

Echo Theatre Company is an artist-driven company whose mission is to champion bold, contemporary works that provoke, excite and entertain. In addition to professional productions, Echo develops and nurtures new theatre audiences and artists through the Imagination over Limitations children's hospital outreach, a free play reading series and their Next Generation educational programs.

Opens Friday, July 30. Runs Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 8PM and Sunday at 3PM through August 15, 2010

Single tickets are $25 general admission and $20 for senior adults and students. Tickets for students with a valid ID are 2/$20 at the door.

Tickets are available through Brown Paper Tickets at 1.800.838.3006 and on-line through Echo's website at www.echotheatrecompany.org. For more information, call 314.225.4329.