Venice
A Kansas City Rep/Center Theatre Group World Premiere!
Venice Calendar
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Dates and Plays are Subject to Change
Part of the Sprint Series at
Apr. 9-May 9, 2010
Written by Matt Sax & Eric Rosen
Directed by Eric Rosen
A Co-Production with Center Theatre Group
Matt Sax and Eric Rosen, creators of the phenomenal Clay, join forces again to tell a new story of struggle and redemption. Set in the not-too-distant future, Venice tells the story of two brothers who must lead a city out of a terrorist war. Though both are haunted by the memory of their mother, a leader of Venice whose call for peace was silenced in a massive attack on the city, one brother chooses to follow in his mother’s footsteps and the other sets out to see his brother’s plans undone. An operatic story of war, love, treachery and the quest for peace, Venice boasts a powerful and highly original score of hip hop music, R & B, art song and opera that will make your heart pound.
Strong language and situations. Recommended for high school age and up.
MEET THE DIRECTOR
ERIC ROSEN, KC Rep's new Artistic Director, is a nationally recognized playwright, director and dramaturg with a passion for new work. Rep patrons will know the caliber of his work from the Rep's critically acclaimed productions of Metamorphoses and The Trip to Bountiful. Rosen has fostered invigorating new projects from some of the country’s top theatre artists whose works have brought new life to the American stage, including Emily Mann, Mary Zimmerman, Moisés Kaufman, Doug Wright, Stephen Flaherty, Frank Galati and Gary Griffin. Rosen earned his M.A. and Ph.D. in performance studies from Northwestern University.
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