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the Video Teaser for The Dragon Play! "The Dragon Play: Fantastical, yet rustic look at
sacrifice and rebirth" On a lonely farm in northern Minnesota, a husband and
wife's peaceful existence is shattered by the appearance of an unexpected
visitor. On a hot stretch of highway in central Texas, a boy befriends
a wounded dragon. Spanning two moments in time and space and blurring
the lines between each, The Dragon Play explores what happens when reality
and fantasy converge, when desire and duty conflict, and when our deepest
secrets show up breathing fire. Shrewd Productions is proud to present the first-ever production
of Jenny Connell‘s The Dragon Play, presented
with the assistance of Script Works through their Finer Point Fund for
New Play Production. Listen
to the KUT Arts eclectic feature View production
photos of The Dragon Play
read the Austin Theater Examiner review
About
the Playwright
Jenny Connell is a Brooklyn-based playwright and teacher, a member of
Austin Script Works, Ars Nova's Play Group, The Dramatists Guild, The
Playwrights Center of Minneapolis, and a graduate of UT's MFA Theater
program. Her plays have been produced in New York, Chicago, and Austin,
and have been finalists for BAPF, the Heideman, Seven Devils, and the
O'Neill conference.
About the Cast & Crew
Directed by Shrewd Artistic Director, Shannon Grounds, The Dragon Play
stars Liz Fisher (Uncle Vanya), Rommel Sulit (Big Love),
Joseph Garlock (Servant of Two Masters), Amelia Turner (LEAR)
and Xander Slay-Tamkin (The Physicists), with set design by Shrewd
company member and Trouble Puppet Artistic Director, Connor Hopkins (Civilization),
lights by Patrick Anthony (Big Love), video design by Lowell
Bartholomee (The Method Gun), sound by the Gunn Brothers (Man
of Tortuga) and original compositions by founding Shrewd T. Lynn
Mikeska (The Long Now).
The Dragon Play
by Jenny Connell
March 22 through April 14
Industry Night Performance, March 28th
Thursdays - Saturdays at 8pm
The BLUE Theatre: 916 Springdale Rd., Austin, TX
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