Last year, New Rep sadly said goodbye to Joan Parker, former five-year-member of our Board of Directors, who continued her support by joining the Advisory Council. Joan strongly felt that New Rep’s programming gave young people the opportunity to experience what she called “the transformative power of theatre.”
Our inaugural Next Rep Black Box Festival is dedicated to Joan and demonstrates the kind of theatre she was passionate about.
TONGUE OF A BIRD
Directed by Emily Ranii
MAR 8 - 30/2014
Black Box Theater
1 hour, 50 minutes with one 15-minute intermission.
A story of lost mothers and daughters, TONGUE OF A BIRD follows Maxine, an emotionally wounded young search-and-rescue pilot, who returns to her childhood home in the Adirondacks to search for Charlotte, a missing 12-year-old girl. During the search, Maxine reconnects with her Polish refugee grandmother, and through her dreams, is forced to confront her memories of her mother, who committed suicide, abandoning her.
“Wonderful free-flowing skeins of imagery.”
The Village Voice
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New Rep's NEXT REP BLACK BOX FESTIVAL is Dedicated to Our Friend, Joan Parker