A community gathering to explore classic and/or provocative plays and share live music. Held in APL’s Downstairs Studio, each Salon is a unique and engaging assembly of Artists, Intellectuals, Provocateurs, Friends, and Family. We read, drink, eat, and let the discussion go where it will.
Details for April 19. Guest Curator: Jose Amador
THE PLAY
The Plague, an adaptation for the stage of the novel by Albert Camus
THE PLAYWRIGHT
Maurine Heberden
CAST: TBA
READERS
We distribute the play digitally. For the Salon, please bring your own printed copy or a device to view the file. We have wifi.
FOOD is potluck. Please bring a dish and/or drink to share. Theme according to the play… or not!
SEATING is ample, but feel free to bring a cushion if you prefer the floor (it is carpeted).
LOCATION NOTE: Our location has a lot of stairs to navigate (15 just to enter) and, unfortunately, no current access options to avoid them.
SCHEDULE
4:00pm Arrivals. Mingling and food/drinks.
5:15-5:30pm Reading begins, to be followed by discussion.
10:00pm End time is a best guess. Leave when you need to; we allow the discussion to run its course.
2015 Salon Playwrights: Stacy D. Flood, Pattie Miles Van Beuzekom, and John Longenbaugh
In 2015, Akropolis Performance Lab’s Sunday Salons will be a celebration of the work of local playwrights!
- January | Stacy D. Flood
The Pleasure and Sorrow of Your Company
This piece was selected through a competitive submission process for this year’s New Year New Play Development Program.
- April | Pattie Miles Van Beuzekom
Blood Orange Bakersfield
This Salon is guest curated by Jose Amador.
- July | John Longenbaugh
The Sound in the Next Room
Hell with Drinks Afterwards
Thank You
That’s right: 3 by John in an evening promising intrigue and surprise!
Learn more about about each of these wonderful plays and playwrights via the links above.
Each Salon is a unique, dynamic assembly of artists, intellectuals, provocateurs, friends, and family. We read, drink, eat, and — with minimal moderation — let discussion go where it will. As always, there is no charge to attend. But the event is potluck, so bring food or drink to share as you are able. RSVP requested.
We hope you will join us and contribute to the discussion at a Salon this year!
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L-R: Zhenya Lavy, Aimée Bruneau, and Lola Peters | Photo: Margaretta Campagna
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Andrew Ross Litzky and Annie Paladino | Photo: Margaretta Campagna
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Clockwise from back: Jose Amador, Aimée Bruneau, and Zachary Hewell | Photo: Margaretta Campagna
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Valerie Curtis-Newton and Andrew Ross Litzky | Photo: Margaretta Campagna
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Joseph Lavy and Annie Paladino | Photo: Margaretta Campagna
For our October 12 Sunday Salon reading of Howard Barker’s The Fence in it’s Thousandth Year, we filled the house with a fantastic group of artists and intellectuals who really dug in to investigate the play’s meaning, reverberations, and implications for performance today. We were fortunate to snag time with Valerie Curtis-Newton in what turned out to be a monumental week for her: winning The Stranger’s 2014 Genius Award for Theater and Crosscut’s 2014 Courage Award in Culture. And we owe special thanks to Andrew Ross Litzsky for saving the day when one of our originally scheduled reader fell ill.
The entire cast knocked this reading out of the park:
PHOTO, a Blind Adolescent – Zachary Hewell
ALGERIA, A Duchess – Aimée Bruneau
ISTORIA, Friend to Algeria – Valerie Curtis-Newton
DOORWAY, A Suitor – Joseph Lavy
LOU, A Young Woman – Annie Paladino
KIDNEY, A Servant – Andrew Ross Litzky
YOUTERUS, A Blind Thief – Jose Amador
CAMERA, A Blind Child – Margaretta Campagna
NARRATOR – Zhenya Lavy
We are beyond excited about our autumn Sunday Salon!
Every Salon presents a careful selection of artists and intellectuals to read a great play and dive into deep discussion, and our October 12 reading of The Fence in its Thousandth Year is no exception. You will want to be in the room with this incredibly talented and erudite group when we take on Howard Barker’s epic story of a blind boy on a quest to understand his true identity in a world of forced segregation, illegal immigration, and shifting sands of Truth:
The US-Mexico Border at Tijuana
PHOTO, a Blind Adolescent – Zachary Hewell
ALGERIA, A Duchess – Aimée Bruneau
ISTORIA, Friend to Algeria – Valerie Curtis-Newton
DOORWAY, A Suitor – Joseph Lavy
LOU, A Young Woman – Annie Paladino
KIDNEY, A Servant – Paul Budraitis
YOUTERUS, A Blind Thief – Jose Amador
CAMERA, A Blind Child – Margaretta Campagna
NARRATOR – Zhenya Lavy
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Note: RSVP required — claim your spot now!
