Signature Theatre Extends Annie Baker's THE FLICK Through 4/24

Due to popular demand Virginia's Signature Theatre announces that Annie Baker's Pulitzer Prize-winning play The Flick is now extended through April 24, 2016. The Flick follows the story of three minimum wage employees at a crumbling Massachusetts movie theatre and was called "the best argument anyone has yet made for the continued necessity, and profound uniqueness, of theater" by New York Magazine. Annie Baker's Pulitzer Prize-winning play, directed by Joe Calarco, runs in Signature Theatre's intimate ARK Theatre, March 1 - April 24.

"Signature Theatre is thrilled to bring Annie Baker's Pulitzer Prize-winning play to Washington," said Eric Schaeffer, Signature Theatre Artistic Director. "We've assembled a top-notch cast for this premiere and are looking forward to sharing this play with our audiences under Joe Calarco's direction."

"Annie Baker's play has been a phenomenon since it first premiered and won the Pulitzer Prize," said Joe Calarco, Signature Theatre Director of New Works. "Her groundbreaking exploration of the everyday, seemingly mundane, details of working class life, has polarized audiences and transformed what we call 'realism' and 'naturalism' into a kind of hilarious and heartbreaking poetry. I couldn't be more excited that Signature is the one to introduce it to DC area audiences especially in the intimacy of the 112-seat ARK theatre, which will only magnify the play's great humor and poignancy."

The production stars Evan Casey (Signature's Sunday in the Park with George, Really Really) as Sam, Laura C. Harris (Signature's Tender Napalm) as Rose, Thaddeus McCants (NYMF's Central Avenue Breakdown) as Avery and William Vaughan (Round House's Ironbound) as Skylar/Dreaming Man.

The creative team includes Scenic Design by James Kronzer; Costume Design by Frank Labovitz; Lighting Design by Andrew Cissna; Sound Design by Eric Shimelonis; Production Stage Manager Julie Meyer; and Production Assistant Sophia Lewin Adams.

Set in the popcorn-strewn, empty aisles of a crumbling Massachusetts movie theater, The Flick exposes the surprising tenderness and comedy in the everyday. Spilled soda on the floor. Leftover food wrappers stashed in the seats. Three minimum wage employees perform the humdrum labor necessary to keep one of the last 35 millimeter projectors running. Through seemingly small conversations about movie actors, broom techniques and weekend plans, the characters divulge heartbreak, hopes and a compelling story all their own.

Photo by Margot Schulman