The University of Toledo

Glacity Theatre Collective will present the U.S. premiere of a new one-woman play, “fig.1,” featuring former UT administrator and faculty member Sue Ott Rowlands.

A modern adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s short story, “The Kiss,” “fig.1” follows Eugenie (Ott Rowlands), an academic of a certain age who finds herself on the receiving end of a mysterious kiss. She soon is experiencing a roller-coaster ride of fantasies, desires and long-dormant fears, dominating her scientifically disciplined mind with thoughts exquisitely fevered and tragically fearful.

“What do we do with our youthful memories of love and lust, of physical pleasure and connection, when nature has its way with us? What happens when we let ourselves believe we are aging gracefully, yet we still hear a knock at our heart’s door? ‘fig.1’ engages us in an intensely poetic exploration of the terrain between body and soul,” said director Bruce Hermann, assistant professor of theatre at Texas Tech University.

Ott Rowlands, Glacity Theatre Collective founding artistic director and dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, commissioned Ohio playwright Mark Evans Bryan, associate professor of theatre at Denison University, to create this new piece for the stage.

The play premiered at the Prague Fringe Theatre Festival in the Czech Republic May 28 and ran through June 5.

“fig.1” is designed by the legendary Czech scenographer Jaroslav Malina. Lighting for this production is by Donald Robert Fox, a visiting assistant professor in the UT Department of Theatre and Film.

The play will open at 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 24, in Studio A at the Valentine Theatre, 410 Adams St. It continues with performances Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 25 and 26, and Friday through Sunday, Oct. 1-3. All Friday and Saturday performances will be at 8 p.m., and both Sunday performances will be at 2 p.m.

Doors open one half hour prior to curtain. Studio A features club-style seating and a cash bar for patrons.

Ticket prices are $20 and are available in person at the Valentine Theatre Box Office, online at www.valentinetheatre.com/boxoffice.html or by phone at 419.242.2787.

The Sunday matinees will be “pay what you can” matinees, and tickets will be available at the door only.

Go to www.glacity.org for more information.

This entry was posted  on  Thursday, September 23rd, 2010 at  5:32 am and is filed under  Arts, UToday.
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