February 2 | 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Cost:
$12 in advance; $16 day of performance; student and senior prices $10 in advance or $14 the day of the show with ID
LPCC Gryphon Theatre - seating on stage
710 E. Garfield, Laramie, 82070 United States

Additional Information

With partial funding by the Wyoming Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts, Relative Theatrics presents the Wyoming Premiere of REALLY by Jackie Sibblies Drury, a stylishly contemplative play about mourning, intimacy, and the conflict between goodness and greatness as seen through the lens of photography. Performances are on the stage of the LPCC Gryphon Theatre January 30 through February 1 and February 5-8 at 7:30pm with a matinee on Sunday February 2 at 3:00pm. REALLY is directed by Nathaniel Quinn, featuring local actors Olivia Cole, Justen Glover, and Alison Quaggin Harkin. Relative Theatrics is excited to partner with the UW MLK Days of Dialogue programming to contribute to the conversation about Afrofuturism in a Rural Context. All performances 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. The play contains mature themes and language.

Description: In this play about photography and value, the “themes aren’t immediately or even explicitly declared. Like prized negatives, they gradually develop in the darkroom of our mind.” When a grieving mother visits her late son’s girlfriend, the two women look back at the man they both loved, each jockeying for a claim to his legacy as a son, lover, and artist. “As the vacant niceties pile up, we come to realize that “polite” conversation…has been designed explicitly to silence the opinions and marginalize the experiences of women, African Americans, and especially African American women.” Playwright Jackie Sibblies Drury’s beautifully refined language creates “an unnerving study of art as pollution, distraction from a world fast evolving beyond aesthetics.”

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. Admission is limited to 50 seats per show. Tickets may also be purchased in person at Coal Creek TAP for the fixed price of $12 plus a nominal ticketing fee. 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.