Hir by Taylor Mac at Defunkt Theatre
" Klaus-Vineyard and the cast have honored Mac’s play, but kicked it up a notch with their with great attention to making the characters’ internal conflicts seem real. Access is a theme around which much of Taylor Mac’s work revolves. Defunkt lets you in for a while to a version of Mac’s past, through a joy ride of the transformative power of play. " -Oregon Artswatch
Defunkt Theatre presents Hir by Taylor Mac
Directed by Andrew Klaus-Vineyard
October 7- November, 12, 2016
Thursdays - Sundays at 7:30 pm (no show Sunday, October 9)
At The Back Door Theater • 4321 SE Hawthorne Blvd. Portland, OR (enter through the Common Grounds Coffee Shop)
Pay-what-you-can Thursdays & Sundays, Sliding Scale $15- $25 Fridays and Saturdays
Defunkt is thrilled to bring one of the most celebrated and exciting plays of the past ten years to Portland. As Charles Isherwood of the New York Times writes “Perhaps no play this year inspired a greater sense of awe than Taylor Mac’s audacious dive into the dysfunctional-family playpen of American theater.…in his depiction of a semi-mad housewife with a transgender son, another son reeling from three years in combat in Afghanistan, and a husband whose disabling stroke has rendered him nearly speechless….”
Defunkt’s own Andrew Klaus -Vineyard directs this Portland Premiere from a unique, exhilarating voice in American theater.
Reservations are encouraged as space is limited
For tickets:
visit defunktheatre.com
or
call 503 974 4938
Hir by Taylor Mac
Directed by Andrew Klaus-Vineyard
October 7-November 12, 2016
CAST:
Paige………….Paige McKinney
Arnold………..Anthony Green
Isaac…………..Jim Vadala
Max…………...Ruth Nardecchia
DESIGN AND PRODUCTION TEAM:
Production Manager: Corey McCarey
Stage Manager: Jake Turner
Scenic Design: Lara A. Klingeman
Lighting Design: Vanessa Janson
Sound Design: Andrew Klaus-Vineyard*
Costumes: Elizabeth Parker
Props: Sarah Andrews
Consultant: Zed Jones
Hair/Makeup Design: Janet Price
Violence Design: David Gregory Bareford
PR and Outreach: Matthew Kern*
Defunkt Theatre Executive Director: Sarah Armitage*
Poster Design by Aldo Perez
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