SYNOPSIS/INFO
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ANIMA will be produced as a part of the 2007-2008 Mead Theatre Lab Program at Flashpoint. The Washington DC Premiere |
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ANIMA by Christiaan Greer directed by Patrick Torres produced by Claire Myles Critiques Choice: Theater "Anima" (Doorway/Flashpoint), Best Acting: Dixon/Molnar/Talero "Anima" -Bob Anthony, AllArtsReview4U.com ANIMA offers a gritty depiction of an interdependent and ultimately destructive relationship by illustrating the poisonous results of living one's life for someone else. Ella struggles to free herself from a volatile relationship with Vlad, a parasite reliant on her for his emotional survival. When James, a shaken Iraq war veteran arrives at Ella and Vlad's apartment needing a place to stay, a bloody power struggle explodes on stage.
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Performance Dates:
April 24 through May 11, 2008 Pay-What-You-Can-Performance Thursday 5/8/08 and Sunday 5/11/08
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Mead Theatre Lab Acknowledgement
The Mead Theatre Lab Program at Flashpoint, a Cultural Development Corporation project, is made possible by the generous support of the Morris & Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation, the DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities, the Max & Victoria Dreyfus Foundation, the Aaron & Cecile Goldman Foundation, the Jovid Foundation, Mary & Daniel Loughran Foundation, the MARPAT Foundation, Jaylee & the late Gilbert Mead, the Eugene & Agnes E. Meyer Foundation, Prince Charitable Trusts Jon and NoraLee Sedmak and many other sponsors. Hotel Helix is Flashpoint’s 2007-2008 Hotel Partner. Barefoot Wines is Flashpoint’s 2007-2008 Wine Partner.
THE PLAYWRIGHT
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Playwright Christiaan Greer, a native Washingtonian, was the recipient of a Maryland State Arts Council grant for his one-act play Attica’s Waiting that was produced at Colgate University where he received his B.A. in English Literature. Upon moving to New York in 2000, he became the resident playwright for the Bobik Arts Ensemble, which produced Coming and Going at The Independent Theater and The Great Reawakening at The Phil Bosakowski Theater. He is currently finishing a prequel to ANIMA tentatively titled Splitting. Christiaan resides in Queens, NY. |
THE DIRECTOR
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Patrick Torres [Artistic Director, ANIMA] is currently the Program Manager at Young Playwrights' Theater (YPT) and a freelance director in Washington, DC. Recent directing credits include: Rorschach Theatre's 1st annual myth appropriations Festival (The Boy Who Knew No Fear), The Kennedy Center Page to Stage New Play Festival (staged readings of ANIMA and Soft Cover Hard Core) Round House Theatre (The Tale of Jumping Mouse) The Madcap Players (Nietzsche Ate Here, The First Day of School, and Surprise), The Riot Actors of Washington at the Capitol Fringe Festival (Two of Mee), Assistant Director, The Kennedy Center (The Glass Menagerie). Patrick is a Drama League Directing Fellow, SSDC Foundation Observer, a former Directing Fellow at The Shakespeare Theatre Company, and holds an MFA in Directing from University of Southern Mississippi. |
THE CAST
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Parker Dixon [Vlad] Credits include: The Kennedy Center (Citizen 13559), Arena Stage (Passion Play, a cycle), Theater J (Either Or), Forum Theatre and Dance (Valparaiso), and American Century Theatre (Desire Under the Elms), among others. Upcoming: Studio Theatre's Secondstage All That I Will Ever Be by Alan Ball. Parker holds a BS degree in theater from Davidson College and received the Rawley P. Turner award in Drama (best actor) in 2002 and 2003. |
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Marissa Molnar [Ella] Credits include: Rorschach Theatre (Birds), Synetic Theater (The Fall of the House of Usher, Animal Farm), Natural Theatricals (Phoenician Women), Spooky Action Theatre (Alice in Wonderland), Didactic Theatre Company (Bright Ideas, Moonchildren), Classika Theatre (Grimm Brothers’ Tales), among others. Marissa holds a B.A. in Music from American University. |
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Andres Talero [James] Credits include: The Riot Actors of Washington: (Two of Mee) GALA Hispanic Theatre (Elliot: A Soldier's Fugue; Valor, Agravio y Mujer and a staged reading of Jornada Escondida), Eden Productions (This is Our Youth and The Cassandra Project), Woolly/University of Maryland (Savage in Limbo [u/s]), University of Maryland (Again for Cydnus, and Romeo and Juliet), among others. Andres holds a BS degree in theater from the University of Maryland. |