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CATAC presents

New World Performance Lab’s production of

Virginia Woolf’s                                     Orlando

ORLANDO

adapted by Sarah Ruhl

PREMIERE OF AKRON ENSEMBLE’S LATEST WORK IN TIME FOR THE GAY GAMES

Akron, OH–The Center for Applied Theatre and Active Culture (CATAC) is pleased to present the premiere of New World Performance Laboratory’s production of “Virginia Woolf’s ORLANDO adapted by Sarah Ruhl” on August 7, 8, 9, 14, 15, 16 at 8:00 pm and August 10 at 2pm in the Balch Street Theatre, 220 South Balch Street, Akron OH, 44302. Directed by NWPL Co-Artistic Director James Slowiak, costume design by Inda Blatch-Geib, and lighting design by Chris Hariasz, this playful, passionate, and poetic rendering of Virginia Woolf’s gender-bending novel is a fantastic theatrical excursion displaying the physical and vocal versatility of NWPL’s actors in time for the Cleveland-Akron Gay Games 2014. Admission is $15 (2 for 1 on Thursday, August 14 and $10 for students or with a Gay Games ID). Reservations can be made by calling 330-867-3299 or online at: orlando.brownpapertickets.com

NWPL has been presenting world-class ensemble theatre in the Akron area for more than twenty years. This latest work features NWPL long-time company members Jairo Cuesta and Debora Totti and Studio 2 members Rosilyn Jentner and Jeremiah Clapp, with Akron native India Burton as Orlando, an immortal being who spans centuries in his/her search for love. The actors will be accompanied by a music and sound score designed and executed live by Robert Keith.

For more information, call 330-867-3299, email nwplab@gmail.com or visit CATAC/NWPL’s website at www.nwplab.com

New World Performance Laboratory’s production of Virginia Woolf’s ORLANDO adapted by Sarah Ruhl

Produced by Center for Applied Theatre and Active Culture (CATAC) in special arrangement with Bruce Ostler, BRET ADAMS, LTD., 448 West 44th Street, New York, NY 10036. http://www.bretadamsltd.net

Cast: India Burton, Jeremiah Clapp, Jairo Cuesta, Rosilyn Jentner, and Debora Totti

Director: James Slowiak

Costume Designer: Inda Blatch-Geib

Lighting Designer: Chris Hariasz

Music/Sound score: Robert Keith

Opens: Thursday, August 7, 2014 at 8 PM.

Closes: Saturday August 16, 2014 at 8 PM.

Runs: Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 PM. Sunday, August 10, 2014, at 2pm.

Admission: $15 (2-for-1 on Thursday August 14 and $10 for students or with Gay Games ID)

Where: The Balch Street Theatre, 220 South Balch Street, Akron, OH 44302

Info/Reservations: 330-867-3299/Website: www.nwplab.com

To purchase tickets online at:  orlando.brownpapertickets.com