Relative Theaatrics presents a pay-what-you-can preview of THE BIG HEARTLESS by Dale Dunn

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With partial funding by the Wyoming Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts, Relative Theatrics presents a New Play Premiere of THE BIG HEARTLESS by Dale Dunn on the stage of the Laramie Plains Civic Center (LPCC) Gryphon Theatre April 5-7 and 11-14, 2018 with a pay-what-you-can preview night on Wednesday, April 4th. All performances are at 7:30pm and are followed by a chat-back with the actors and design team. Audience seating is on stage and there is a limit of 50 tickets per show so attendees are encouraged to get tickets in advance or arrive early. Warning: The play contains adult themes and language.

Description:
Santa Fe Playwright Dale Dunn's new play, THE BIG HEARTLESS, was included in the 2017 Playwrights Voiced Series and rings true to the Rocky Mountain way of life under the big sky. The production is directed by Blake Watson, and features local actors Lea Bergman, Makayla Buszek, Alison Quaggin Harkin, Kevin Inouye, Alec Shea, and Jaden Sorensen.
On the run after escaping an abusive tough-love reform school, Cliff and Monsoon end up at Uncle Mac’s cabin in the backwoods of Montana. Mac, a retired Animal Control Agent, savors his reclusive lifestyle as a member of the controversial Wolf Reintroduction team. His young neighbor Jean, an orphaned teenager whose only friends are the ones she makes up in a computer game, urges Mac to give solace to the pair, a perfect cure for her desperate loneliness. While Mac is drawn away to try to keep two rogue wolves out of the hands of angry ranchers, Jean’s grandparents wrestle with their own fate and the state police close in on the cabin with clearance to use deadly force to apprehend the runaways. The Big Heartless is a multi-generational confrontation of our tendency to lock-up or kill anything we fear or don't understand.

Tickets: Tickets are $12 in advance or $16 the day of the performance (subject to availability). Student and senior discounted tickets are $10 in advance or $14 the day of the show, with ID. Tickets can be purchased online at www.gryphontheatre.org or at the LPCC office (room 110) during its business hours Monday through Friday 9am to 4pm. For the preview night on April 4th, donations are accepted at the door. Admission is limited to 50 seats per show. Tickets may also be purchased in person at Coal Creek TAP, The Curiosity Shoppe, and Sweet Pickles. Patrons with proof of advance ticket sales can receive a pizza and two beers at Coal Creek TAP for $20.

Relative Theatrics strives to present thought-provoking theatre that examines the joining qualities of the human race. We believe that theatre is a forum with the power to illuminate the binding qualities of humanity and reinforce the ideals that as a society we have values that pose as common ground and emotions that relate us to one another. Taking artistic risk, we provide a community gathering place where thoughts can be exchanged about society, culture, and the power of creativity.