by David Mamet
directed by Aimee Bourget
November 5 - 7 @ 7:30 pm
Mamet's masterful comedy-drama explores the relationship between three women living under one roof. Anna and Claire argue over Claire's new-found "love" while Anna's Scottish maid, Catherine, is brought to tears by her employer's harsh verbal rebukes. Things get tense as Anna, a mistress to a wealthy gentleman, tries to talk Claire out of her profession of love for another. Through humor and nuance, the play explores the negotiation, conflict, compromise and reconciliation that arise in the relationships between three unforgettable characters. Rated PG-13 for adult situations and language.
by Carlos Murillo
directed by Samara Bridwell
February 11 - 13 @ 7:30 pm
The crux of this scathing new drama is the recollection by a California college student of a cruel Internet hoax he perpetrated as a 14-year-old. Dark Play posits that all you need to ruin someone's life - especially someone too naive to handle the more predatory applications of technology - is a keyboard and a user name. Unrelenting in its indictment of the more sinister side of today's youth, the play will leave audiences pondering their own relationships with the World Wide Web...and one another. Rated R for language and some sexual content.
by Jim Leonard
directed by Nich Witham
April 1 - 3 @ 7:30 pm
In Jackson, a small town in rural Indiana, Elizabeth Ann Willow lives with her father and mother. Crippled at birth with polio, Elizabeth Ann is confined to a wheelchair, which cuts her off from the other children. Although she tries to reach out and make friends, Elizabeth Ann is increasingly isolated from and then taunted by the others. Comprised of a brilliantly conceived mosaic of interlocking scenes which move back and forth in time, the play captures not only the moving story of Elizabeth Ann's inexorable descent into madness, but also the unfeeling callousness of her fellow townspeople - whose fear of the unknown or abnormal makes them the unintentional agents of her destruction. Rated PG-13 for adult situations.
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directed by Janet Kelleher
May 20 - 22 @ 7:30 pm
These two short plays will be presented in one evening by a cast of three actors, who demonstrate through their performances two very different pictures of urban isolation. Albee's Zoo Story is a contemporary classic which details a chilling encounter between two strangers - one homeless and one upper-middle class - in New York's Central Park. In Riverside Drive, the action moves to Upper West Side Manhattan's riverfront and involves an adulterous writer and a genius advertising copywriter, who is now a schizophrenic homeless man. At times hilarious, disturbing, and inspiring, this production is guaranteed to be a remarkable tour-de-force and is not to be missed! Rated PG-13 for adult situations and language.
Mesa Experimental Theatre
Moss Performing Arts Center
Mesa State College
Tickets: $10 Adult; $8 Senior; $5 Student
Tickets available at the door or in advance at the Box Office
