I'm glad I got to put this concept to use! These are postcards I made for Alley Repertory Theater.
I think the event sounds really interesting too– I wouldn't miss it.
ABOUT THE PLAYS:
Head explores the aftermath of a beheading in modern-day Iraq. A mix of touching, tragic drama and dark, irreverent comedy, Head explores how societal beliefs and tribal rituals dictate actions that often have resounding, rippling effects on a worldwide scope. Two men—one American, one Iraqi—come head to head to face the consequences of their actions. With the aid of a self-help group in the afterlife made up of famous beheadees from history, an unlikely but just God, and the finding of a lost body, Head takes us on a contemporary journey through the warring of religion to the kind of forgiveness that can only come from owning up to the truth.
She was a child bride married to the heir to the throne of Russia and destined to live in his shadow. How she changed that destiny, taking the throne for herself, and how she herself changed—from a charming, obedient girl into a lusty, strong willed monarch—is the story of Catherine. It’s also the story of Russia, of its gilded aristocrats and impoverished masses, its stunted dreams and stillborn hopes.
Inflection Point takes place in a town where time goes backwards, where people start out dead and then progress toward birth. In this place, people fear birth, the elderly are considered cute beings full of promise, infants are relegated to hospice care and mothers dread pregnancy. Emitt, a man from our own world, is suddenly thrust into this new world upon a family that thinks they recognize him as their long lost cousin. As the family’s daughter begins to fall for him, Emitt becomes more convinced that there’s an electrode in his head and a voice only he can hear urging him to return to the place where time moves forward. Ultimately, he must choose which life to pursue.
Vardis Fisher, though obscure to many, is considered by some to be Idaho's greatest writer. One of the most prolific writers of his or any generation, Fisher is best known for his historical novels of the old West, including Mountain Man (on which the film Jeremiah Johnson is based) and his 12-volume Testament of Man series of novels, depicting the history of humans from cave to modern civilization. Based on real events in Fisher’s life, Cocktails at the Fisher’s invites us to be a fly on the wall for an evening of drinks, discussions and a bit of debauchery with the great Idaho writer and several colorful, historical, literary guests at his house.
