FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Cindy Moran, Public Relations Director, 414-224-1761 January 12, 2007 UNFORGETTABLE, AWARD-WINNING PLAY Stiemke Theater The disappearance of a ten-year-old girl brings three people together for a journey into the mysteries of human behavior and the limits of forgiveness. One of the most shattering and unforgettable plays of recent years finds hope in the most tragic of circumstances. Please note:This production contains adult language and situations. Tickets can be purchased in person at The Rep Ticket Office at 108 East Wells Street, or by telephone at 414-224-9490. Tickets can also be purchased online 24/7 at milwaukeerep.com. Set in modern-day England, FROZEN tells the story about three strangers – a mother, a disturbed drifter and a psychiatric researcher – who are brought together through the death of a young girl. The mother, Nancy, struggles to let go of years of sorrow of hoping for her daughter’s return. The psychiatrist, Agnetha, explores the haunting inner workings of a killer’s mind and tries to explain his criminal behavior. The serial killer, Ralph, seems remorseless for his crimes and completely unaware of the effects of his actions on others. FROZEN raises profound questions on love, loss and the nature of forgiveness. How does a mother deal with the loss of a daughter? How does a killer deal with their actions? What is the nature of evil? Is it possible to forgive the unforgivable? Playwright Bryony Lavery’s plays include FROZEN, BAG, ORIGIN OF THE SPECIES, WITCHCRAZE, WICKED KITCHEN MATTERS, NOTHING COMPARES TO YOU, OPHELIA, A WEDDING STORY and the award-winning HER ACHING HEART. Her plays for young people include MORE LIGHT and ILLYRIA . Her extensive work for BBC Radio includes NO JOAN OF ARC, VELMA AND THERESE, THE SMELL OF HIM, REQUIEM and adaptations of WUTHERING HEIGHTS, HIGH WIND IN JAMAICA and LADY AUDLEY’S SECRET for the Classic Serial. She has adapted BEHIND THE SCENES AT THE MUSEUM for York Theatre Royal and Angela Carter’s THE MAGIC TOYSHOP for Shared Experience. She is an honorary Doctor of Arts at De Montfort University. FROZEN was the TMA Best Play Award 1998 and the Eileen Anderson Central Television Award for Best Play in 1998. It was a hit in both London and New York, and was a finalist for the 2004 Pulitzer Prize, and was nominated for five Tony Awards, including best new play. She has just completed her first screenplay FROZEN marks director Kate Buckley’s debut with Milwaukee Repertory Theater. She is a founding member of Chicago Shakespeare Theater and four-year Artistic Director of The Next Theatre and has been a Guest Lecturer on Shakespeare at universities and arts organizations nationally and abroad. She received four Best Director nominations from the Joseph Jefferson Committee and has won four consecutive Jefferson Awards for Best Ensemble and two After Dark Awards for Outstanding Direction. In addition to Chicago Shakespeare, she has also directed regionally for: The Goodman Theatre, American Players Theatre, Utah Shakespearean Festival, Kansas City Repertory Theatre, Northlight Theatre, Writer’s Theatre, Madison Repertory Theatre, Renaissance Theaterworks, Milwaukee Shakespeare Theatre and Peninsula Players Theatre. Her upcoming projects include: THE COLLA MACBETH (Chicago Shakespeare Theater); THE TAMING OF THE SHREW (Oregon Shakespeare Festival); and TIMON OF ATHENS (American Players Theatre). Kate Buckley recently commented on the play: “FROZEN is a play that will make you think. It’s not an easy play. It is dark, disturbing and upsetting on many levels, but I would be remiss if I didn’t say that it is also about human resiliency, our capacity to go on living while experiencing so much pain. It is a play that tackles big questions. It is a play that should be presented.” Included in the cast of FROZEN are Resident Acting Company Members: Jonathan Gillard Daly (Voice of David); Lee E. Ernst (Ralph); Laura Gordon (Agnetha); and Deborah Staples (Nancy). The member of The Rep’s 2006/07 Acting Intern Company who also appear in this production is: Eric Parks (Prison Guard). (To learn more about our Resident Acting Company, Guest Actors, or our Intern Company, please visit milwaukeerep.com). The production/design team for FROZEN includes: Jack Magaw (Scenic Designer); Rachel Laritz (Costume Designer); Jason Fassl (Lighting Designer); Lindsay Jones (Sound Designer); Anna Bate (Assistant Lighting Designer); Whitney Frazier (Stage Manager); and Margo Gray (Assistant Director). Tickets to FROZEN are $22.50 and $32.50 on weekdays and Sundays and $32.50 and $42.50 on Fridays and Saturdays. Students and senior citizens may purchase half-price RUSH TICKETS with proper identification 60 minutes before curtain time for all Stiemke Theater performances at The Rep Ticket Office. For more information or to charge tickets, call 414-224-9490. Tickets can be purchased online 24/7 at milwaukeerep.com. For group sales of 20 or more, call The Rep Ticket Office at 414-224-9490. For production shots, please go to this link: Special Events for FROZEN
For more information about The Rep’s Access Services, please contact The Rep’s Ticket Office at 414-224-9490. UNFORGETTABLE, AWARD-WINNING PLAY Directed by Kate Buckley FACT SHEET THEATER: Stiemke Theater DATES: January 19, 2007 – February 18, 2007 DESCRIPTION: The disappearance of a ten-year-old girl brings three people together for a journey into the mysteries of human behavior and the limits of forgiveness. One of the most shattering and unforgettable plays of recent years finds hope in the most tragic of circumstances. Contains adult language and situations. PERFORMANCES: Tuesday 1/30/07 - 6:30 p.m. - Early Bird/Talkback Tuesday 2/13/07 - 7:30 p.m. - Talkback TICKET OFFICE LOCATION: TICKET PRICES: TICKETS/INFORMATION: 414-224-9490 or buy tickets online at milwaukeerep.com NEW TICKET OFFICE HOURS: ### Open to the public before and after all evening performances, Milwaukee Repertory Theater’s newly-remodeled Stackner Cabaret, located on the second floor of the Milwaukee Center, is our own full-service bar and restaurant. Featuring delicious dinners, as well as late night cocktails, coffee, and desserts, the Cabaret is the ideal meeting place for patrons attending Rep performances. For dinner reservations, call 414-224-9490. The Stackner Cabaret is now smoke-free. Milwaukee Repertory Theater is a nationally recognized theater company that presents a critically-acclaimed selection of compelling dramas, powerful classics, award-winning contemporary works and lively Cabaret shows on three stages from September through May. The Rep also produces an annual production of A CHRISTMAS CAROL. The Rep’s home, the Patty and Jay Baker Theater Complex, contains the Quadracci Powerhouse Theater, the Stiemke Theater and the Stackner Cabaret. The Rep is also “home” to a Resident Acting Company of 11 actors who perform with The Rep throughout the season. The Rep is proud to be a cornerstone member of the United Performing Arts Fund (UPAF), which provides major annual financial support. The Rep is a member of the League of Resident Theatres (LORT), a management association of some of the nation’s largest non-profit professional theaters that collectively bargains with the unions that represent the actors, directors and designers that work at The Rep; a constituent of Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for the nonprofit professional theater; and a member of Theatre Wisconsin, the statewide association of non-profit professional theaters. This theater operates under an agreement between the League of Resident Theatres and Actors' Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States. The set, costume and lighting designers are members of United Scenic Artists, a national labor union. This theater is an equal opportunity employer. Except in plays where race itself is an issue, casting is decided based on ability, not race. Milwaukee Repertory Theater |
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