Photo Flash: First Look at Green Spark Productions' COPING at Capital Fringe Festival
Coping, produced by Green Spark Productions, opened last night to rave responses as part of the Capital Fringe Festival.
Written by Jacob Marx Rice, winner of the FringeNYC Excellence in Playwriting Award and the Cincinnati Fringe Festival Producer's Pick, Coping is an ink black comedy that won a 2015 New York FringeFAVE Award. Now a team of DC artists led by director Joshua W. Kelley bring this beautiful play to DC audiences in a stunning new production at the Mead Theatre Lab.
In the aftermath of 25-year-old Connor's suicide, his girlfriend, sister, and roommate try desperately to make things right, place blame, and confront their own battles with mental illness. Wickedly funny and shockingly tender, Coping explores and explodes our experience of grief, mental illness, and family.
Green Spark Productions supports and develops new work, focusing primarily on new plays and immersive experiences. We aim to make theater accessible and thought-provoking, and to give opportunities to emerging artists. greensparkproductions.com
At Capital Fringe our focus is on expanding audience's appetites for independent theatre, music, art, dance and unclassifiable forms of live performance and visual art. Capital Fringe is a catalyst for cultural and community development, and a destination that brings artists and audiences together. Capital Fringe thrives on amplifying the vibrancy of DC's independent arts community and enriches the lives of those who reside, work and visit here.
As a non-profit business Capital Fringe is made possible by: Reva and David Logan Foundation, Nora Roberts Foundation, DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, The City Fund, Dallas Morse Coors Foundation, Prince Charitable Trust, Morris & Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation, Share Fund of the Community Foundation for the National Capital Region, MARPAT Foundation, DC Public Library Foundation, PNC Bank, Fringe Board of Directors and Fringe individual donors and members.
Photo Credit: Ryan Maxwell Photography
Rebecca Ballinger, Melissa Hmelnicky, Maggie Robertson, Michelle Hill, Danny Rovin
Melissa Hmelnicky, Rebecca Ballinger, Danny Rovin
Danny Rovin
Rebecca Ballinger, Madelyn Farris
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