MAY 1-19 WEST OF LENIN, FREMONT
Synopsis
On a ship to colonize a newly discovered planet, a soldier, a girl, and a robot find themselves quarantined together in a cabin and are forced to explore their own traumatic pasts and roles in a dying society.
Playwright
Claire Kiechel’s plays include the haunted (upcoming workshop at the City Theatre’s Momentum Festival); Pilgrims (The Gift Theatre; Alley All New Reading Series; The Lark’s Playwrights’ Week 2016; The Kilroys’ The List 2016); Lulu Is Hungry with composer Avi Amon at Ars Nova’s ANT Fest 2016; and Some Dark Places of the Earth at The New School for Drama. She has received commissions from Actors Theatre of Louisville and South Coast Rep, and is currently working on her commission from the Alley Theatre about early Christianity. She currently lives between New York and LA where she also writes for television (Netflix’s The OA, HBO’s Watchmen).
Schedule
MAY 2018
| Su | Mo | Tu | We | Th | Fr | Sa |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| 7:30pm Preview |
7:30pm Preview |
8pm Preview |
8pm Opening |
8pm | ||
| 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| 7:30pm | 8pm | 8pm | ||||
| 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 |
| 7:30pm | 7:30pm | 7:30pm | 8pm | 8pm Closing |
Cast
Meghan Dolbey
as Girl
Alaji Marie
as Jasmine
Chris Shea
as Soldier
Creative
Emily Penick
Director & Set Design
Lily McLeod
Lighting Design
Andy Buffelen
Production Manager
Nova Dobrev
Costume Design
Ryan Scott
Sound Design
Annie & Justin Duffiance
Technical Direction & Set Construction
Natalie H. Berg
Stage Manager
Elizabeth Wu
Assistant Director
Presented By
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Forward Flux Productions is thrilled to present PILGRIMS by Claire Kiechel. This play was workshopped in our Studio for four weeks last year working closely with the playwright, and we are excited to remount it as a full production for its’ West Coast premiere. Emily Penick, Forward Flux’s Creative Director, is returning as director. The cast features Chris Shea and Meghan Dolbey as the Soldier and the Girl, and Alaji Marie returns as Jasmine the Robot.
About the play:
On a ship to colonize a newly discovered planet, a soldier, a girl, and a robot find themselves quarantined together in a cabin and are forced to explore their own traumatic pasts and roles in a dying society.
Thanks to our show sponsor: Board & Vellum.
Sci-Fi Thriller
Run time: 90mins, no intermission
CONTENT WARNING: Nudity and sexual violence.
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