28th Season Launch

Tonight begins my second full season as Artistic Director at Actors Guild, and the theatre's 28th anniversary. I'm proud to be here, because there was a time when it was unsure if there would still be an Actors Guild. But here we are; we fought hard, worked hard, and never gave up on this organization.

We found a new home, and put on what turned out to be a hugely successful season for AGL: - Dead Man's Cell Phone, Glengarry Glen Ross, A Very Merry Unauthorized Children's Scientology Pageant, Belle Brezing and End Days. It was a hell of a year of late nights and hurried meals, paint covered clothes and disappointed pets waiting at home. But from January to August we produced eight separate shows, and improved our new home along the way.

Well, there is just no rest for the wicked...

So here we are with Season 28 and a fantastic production of Breathing Corpses by Laura Wade to start things off right.

The Story: A teenage chambermaid, Amy, has discovered a body in a hotel room, again. Over at the Green Door Storage Company Jim is dealing with a strange smell coming from B16. And on the hottest day of the year Kate is losing her mind after spending all day being questioned by the police. Each of them has seen something they wish they hadn't, there's no going back for any of them now.

"When a man has lost all happiness, he's not alive. Call him a breathing corpse." -Sophocles.

Playwright Laura Wade crafts the story of Breathing Corpses in a clever, time bending circular nature. The seemingly unconnected characters, and multiple storylines, are in fact all part of a greater narrative.

"Laura Wade's play is like a crossword puzzle where all the clues have to do with death. Wade uses the play's shifting structure to make you feel disorientated, almost scared…The tension, the emotions and the sense of absurdity and fear are brilliantly handled…A terrifying tour de force." —The Sunday Times (London)

Part comedy, part drama, and part time bending mystery Breathing Corpses launches what should be a stellar season here at AGL.

For me this has been a great cast to work with in creating such an interesting piece of theatre. Back again is the ever popular Alex Maddox recently of End Days as Charlie the mysterious hotel guest along with Bethany Finley who appeared in last season's smash hit Belle Brezing playing the fragile and much put upon hotel maid Amy. (Bethany also recently did amazing work in One Flea Spare for Balagula Theatre just in case you missed it.) Sarah Tackett and Zack Hightower who last appeared for AGL back in our Shakespeare series at Equus Run absolutely rock the house as the dysfunctional couple Ben and Kate who are falling apart in the sweltering heat after a day of police interrogation. And then we have some wonderful newcomers to Actors Guild - Eddie Salone, Liz Telling, and Tanner Gray as the owners and staff of The Green Door Storage Company.

And THERE'S MUCH MUCH MORE!

Tony Haigh of Centre college is already beginning rehearsals for this December's The Seafarer by Conor McPherson, and we'll be announcing some exciting information about that as well as some big news on our second stage season in the next few days. So stay tuned to our website, or sign up for our newsletter over on our homepage so you never miss out on what's happening here at AGL.

There's also still plenty of time to pick up a subscription for season 28. We offer two great packages; a full season pass or a show show pass. Both are designed for ultimate flexibility so you can use them for every show in the main stage season, or just a select few based on your schedule. To learn more visit our website.

We hope to see you for Breathing Corpses as well as all of the exciting shows this season.

Cheers,
Eric Seale