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Marija's Pictures Press Release
(press photos available in the Gallery)
Virginia Braxs
Managing Director
PRESS RELEASE
For immediate release
September 9, 2006
Upstream Theater, a professional company dedicated to bringing an international perspective to local stages, is pleased to present the US professional premiere of Marija's Pictures by Croatian playwright Lydia Scheuermann Hodak, translated by Nina H. Antoljak.
Performances are Oct. 27-29 and Nov. 2-5 at the Forsyth School Theater, 305 S. Skinker Blvd., between Clayton and Wydown, 8 PM except Sundays at 7 PM. Set in May 1992, Marija's Pictures is a poignant account of one woman's suffering as a victim of the war that devastated the town she once called home, her coming to terms with the violence and violation inflicted upon herself and her loved ones, and her summoning the strength to move into a future consisting of more than mere survival. Directed by Philip Boehm and starring Linda Kennedy, Jane Paradise, and Elizabeth Birkenmeier, with live music by Farshid Soltanshahi.
Tickets $18 or $12 for students and seniors. Special group discounts available. For reservations please call 314-863-4999 or email upstreamtheater@sbcglobal.net.
Audience members will also have a special chance to meet the playwright, who will be part of a panel at Washington University on Thursday, Oct. 26th (please contact the theater for more details or visit www.upstreamtheater.org).
Upstream Theater is a professional production company dedicated to presenting new works and inventive stagings of classical plays, with a special focus on joint ventures involving artists from other countries. We operate under a full contract with Actors' Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States.
PLEASE NOTE: While this play has neither nudity nor profanity, due to the nature of the historical events depicted parental guidance is strongly suggested. Children under 13 will not be admitted.
Funded in part by the Regional Arts Commission.
Playwright's appearance sponsored in part by the Committee on Comparative Literature, the Dept. of Germanic Languages and Literatures, the Dept. of Romance Languages and Literatures, and the Women and Gender Studies Program at Washington University in St. Louis.
For more information, click here.
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