GEEZER GALLERY IS HOSTING ORA ARTISTS FOR A MONTH LONG EXHIBIT THAT
coincides with the staging of AMy Herzog's play 4000 miles! (April 28-May 2, 2015)
A.R.T. is a wonderful theater with a long history of staging high quality theater.
ORA is honored to be included in this wonderful event.
*THERE WILL BE SEVERAL GEEZER HOSTED EVENTS. WE'LL ANNOUNCE THESE SOON.
.........MEANWHILE...... here's some useful information from A.R.T's website
BEHIND THE SCENES:
Join the cast and crew for a post-show discussion after the 2pm matinees on May 3, 10, 13, 17, 24. There will be an ASL-interpreted post-show discussion on May 23.
PRODUCTION HISTORY: 4000 Miles premiered as part of Lincoln Center Theater’s new works initiative LCT2 in 2011 and became the first play from LCT3 to graduate to a full Off-Broadway run at Lincoln Center Theater in 2012. The production won the Obie Award for Best New Play, the New York Times Outstanding Playwright Award, and Times Magazine’s #1 Play or Musical in 2012. Herzog’s play was also a Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 2013.
ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT: Amy Herzog graduated with an MFA in playwriting from Yale School of Drama. Only a few years after her graduation, Herzog’s career as a playwright took off. Her plays include After The Revolution (Williamstown Theater Festival; Playwrights Horizons; Lilly Award), 4000 Miles (Lincoln Center; Obie Award for Best New American Play, Pulitzer Prize Finalist), The Great God Plan (Playwrights Horizons), and Belleville (Yale Rep; New York Theatre Workshop; Susan Smith Blackburn Prize Finalist, Drama Desk Nomination). Herzog is also the recipient of the Whiting Writers Award, the Benjamin H. Danks Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the Helen Merrill , the Joan and Joseph Cullman Award for Extraordinary Creativity, and the New York Times Outstanding Playwright Award.
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR:
Alana came to Portland in 1979 to become a member of The New Rose Theatre, founded by friends she knew from her undergraduate years at the University of Minnesota. Some favorite shows from that era include Hay Fever, Design for Living, Hedda Gabler, Crimes of the Heart,Talley’s Folly, She Stoops to Conquer, A Moon for the Misbegotten and Long Day’s Journey into Night.
She soon began to work at other theatres in town and her history with Artists Rep goes back (almost) to its very beginning. She directed The Mound Builders, the theatre’s second show, followed by Angels Fall, and Toys in the Attic in the next two seasons. Alana then attended graduate school at Ohio University, where she earned an MFA in Directing; spending her summers at The Monomoy Theatre on Cape Cod.
Upon returning to Portland she directed Ten November and A Lie of the Mind for Storefront Theatre. She became the Associate Artistic Director of The Oregon Stage Company, where she directed The Heidi Chronicles, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Misanthrope and Smoke on the Mountain (where she met her husband, Grant Byington).
She returned to Artists Rep several times over the years, as an actor and director, most recently directing Enchanted April and String of Pearls. Other recent credits include several shows at Northwest Classical Theatre Company, among them Bloody Poetry, Arms and the Man and Hamlet.
PERFORMANCE DATES & TIMES:Dates: April 28 - May 24Performances: Wednesday - Sunday @ 7:30pm; Sunday @ 2pm; 4th week Saturday @ 2pm
Opening Night is Saturday, May 2
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