Photo Flash: First Look at A TREE, FALLING at Kranzberg Arts Center
Octogenarian Lenny was once a busy physician at the epicenter of a vibrant family who now has no recollection whatever of his earlier life. These days his chief adventure is the daily tracking down of the remote control-at least until a friendly social worker named Lola shows up. Try as she might to help Lenny recover his memory, though, he continues to live within the moment, and the poignancy of his plight forces Lola to question the meaning of her own past as well as her future.
Award-winning playwright Ron Elisha captures the everyday moments of humor as well as sadness that result from Alzheimer's or dementia, while gently reminding us of our own fragility as we try to maintain our balance on the tightrope between night and day, between yesterday and tomorrow, between meaning and meaninglessness.
Michael Dorsey directs Jerry Vogel and Kari Ely in this "witty, moving, and beautifully observed" piece (Kate Herbert, Melbourne Herald Sun).
Apr 19-22, Apr 26-29
Thur-Sat 8 PM
Sundays at 7pm (except Apr 29 at 2pm)
Kranzberg Arts Center
(501 N. Grand at Olive, 63103)
Tickets:
$35 general admission
$30 seniors 65+
$25 for full-time students with valid ID
Photo Credit: Virginia Harold
"A Tree, Falling" directed by Michael Dorsey and played by Jerry Vogel and Kari Ely, presented by Upstream Theater at Kranzberg Arts Center in St. Louis, Missouri on April 12, 2018.
"A Tree, Falling" directed by Michael Dorsey and played by Jerry Vogel and Kari Ely, presented by Upstream Theater at Kranzberg Arts Center in St. Louis, Missouri on April 12, 2018.
"A Tree, Falling" directed by Michael Dorsey and played by Jerry Vogel and Kari Ely, presented by Upstream Theater at Kranzberg Arts Center in St. Louis, Missouri on April 12, 2018.
"A Tree, Falling" directed by Michael Dorsey and played by Jerry Vogel and Kari Ely, presented by Upstream Theater at Kranzberg Arts Center in St. Louis, Missouri on April 12, 2018.
"A Tree, Falling" directed by Michael Dorsey and played by Jerry Vogel and Kari Ely, presented by Upstream Theater at Kranzberg Arts Center in St. Louis, Missouri on April 12, 2018.
"A Tree, Falling" directed by Michael Dorsey and played by Jerry Vogel and Kari Ely, presented by Upstream Theater at Kranzberg Arts Center in St. Louis, Missouri on April 12, 2018.
"A Tree, Falling" directed by Michael Dorsey and played by Jerry Vogel and Kari Ely, presented by Upstream Theater at Kranzberg Arts Center in St. Louis, Missouri on April 12, 2018.
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