Grace Notes
The world premier of Strawberry Dwarfs and Other Lies and Hostage, two short plays by playwright Tom Minter of Amsterdam.
"The two pieces are linked in this way of madness -- how it's perceived -- how it's executed. It's the little obsessions that keep us sane -- even when we're not," says Minter.
Strawberry Dwarfs and Other Lies
Directed by Chance Michaels
A "Brit" piece in its humor and language. By its conclusion, it has the audience surreptitiously horrified for having laughed at the beginning. A dark piece about loneliness, grief and mastery. And it is about how the perceptions of observers can be manipulated. We assume too much, too often, too late.
Hostage
Directed by Kathleen Conklin
Three men in a tiny apartment one evening. One character is the creation of another - a coping mechanism against the horrors inflicted by the third.
Presented by First Banana Productions at Brave Hearts Theatre
September 10-26, 1998 (First weekend is a benefit for Brave Hearts)
Tickets $9. Call 249-9299 for reservations.
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The Author
Tom Minter (of Amsterdam) is currently working on a screenplay for Polygram for another of his plays. Minter will be in New York in June to give an interview during the reading of another of his plays Past is the Present Imperfect, at Henry Street Theatre.
He will visited Madison June 30th through July 2nd to meet the First Banana Productions company and tour Brave Hearts.