Comedy
Arborophilia
By Jacob M. Appel
Director: Danielle Mari
Cast: Krista Threadgill as Judge Gwendolyn Gage, Mary-Aileen St. Cyr as Lily, Dale DeWood as Republican, Alexis Moberger as Laurel, Rudy Frias as Jimmy Duckfoot, Anne Grove as Dame Lucretia, and Jill Ceneskie as The Poplar.
This August, Raconteur Theatre Company will share two tales of love with a little circus twist in Jacob M. Appel's comedy Arborophilia.
Judge Gwendolyn Gage (Krista Threadgill) is displeased with both of her daughters' choices of mates. The older daughter, Lily (Mary-Aileen St. Cyr) is involved in an unacceptable engagement with a Republican (Dale DeWood) while Laurel (Alexis Moberger) is mixed up in an unrequited infatuation with a poplar tree. Against his nature, garden-shop owner Jimmy Duckfoot (Rudy Frias) develops great hatred for the poplar as his love for Laurel grows. An additional snag is pulled when the very rich and influential Dame Lucretia (Anne Grove) decides the poplar must be cut down for the sake of her next business venture.
"Not only does Appel manage to tease everyone from leftie liberals to ticked off tea-baggers and all species in between," director Daniele Mari says, "but underneath the wackiness his smart script deftly satirizes the absurdity coloring our cultural assumptions about gender, love, race, money, and of course... tree hugging."
Among all these knots and tangles, Raconteur will also tie in aerial silks with the help of Eoin O'Brien, director of the Dr. Danga Grimaldi Circus in Columbus, and aerial artist Kyra Wagner.
General Audience
Location: Columbus Civic Theater, 3837 Indianola Ave
Thursday, August 12 - Saturday August 14 at 8pm
Thursday, August 19 - Saturday August 21 at 8pm
Sunday, August 22 at 3pm
Thursday, August 26 - Saturday August 28 at 8pm
Schurrell Williams (Graphic Designer), and Sam Blythe (Photographer)
Arborophilia can be seen at Columbus Civic Space, 3738 Indianola.
Thursday through Saturday August 12- August 28, 2010
Please visit tickets@raconteurtheatre.com for showtime information.
Tickets are $10 for students, $15 for adults
Tickets are available online at tickets@raconteurtheatre.com
For additional information, call 614.495.7946 or email info@raconteurtheatre.com.
Photo credit: Sam Blythe