OCEAN CITY — The Brown Box Theatre Project will resurrect Craig Lucas’ 1985 Off-Broadway hit “Blue Window” in a four-show run at the Ocean City Center for the Arts from Nov. 14-17.
Before, during and after a Manhattan dinner party, the guests are revealed with touching comic irony as a cross-section of modern day humanity. The colorful cast includes a narcissistic actor, a parachute instructor, an aspiring songwriter, a secretary and a lesbian couple.
Anna Trachtman, associate producer for Brown Box Theatre Project, will helm the project.
“Blue Window beautifully highlights the ways in which human beings can succeed or fail in their attempts to share experiences with one another,” said Trachtman. “This play shows us how each person experiences the world differently, and the only way we can share our experiences is to try, as eloquently as possible, to describe them to each other.”
Kyler Taustin, an Eastern Shore native, founded Brown Box in 2010 with the goal of enlivening the region’s theatre scene by bringing the performing arts to audiences who ordinarily lack access to live theatre.
“After great support and enthusiasm from the Delmarva community over the past three years, we realized it was time to expand our programming and add a fall production to our year,” said Taustin.
Blue Window, the fourth production in Brown Box’s fourth season, will continue the mission of bringing accessible theatre to the Delmarva community.
The vibrant cast includes Avery Bargar, David Berger-Jones, Erin Eva Butcher, Jordan Clark, Cameron Gosselin, Margarita Martinez and Erica Simpson. The design team features Megan Kinneen (scenic), Emily Woods Hogue (costumes) and Joey Guthman (lighting). Katie Kierstead will serve as dramaturg. The production stage manager is Abby Beggs.
The Brown Box Theatre Project is able to present Delmarva communities with affordable theatre thanks to the generous support of the Art League of Ocean City and the Maryland State Arts Council.
Tickets are $25 apiece. For more information about the upcoming production or to purchase tickets, visit www.brownboxtheatre.org/blue.html