Ongoing: Hurricane Season by G. Flores, Palace Theatre, Seguin, May 24 - 27

A second run:

TripWire Theatre 

presents

 

 Hurricane Season

an original play by G. Flores

directed by Laura T. Garza

May 24 - May 27, 2012

Thursday, Friday, and Saturday at 8:00 p.m. - Sunday at 2:30 p.m.

at The Palace Theatre, 314 S. Austin Street, Seguin (click for map)

Tickets: $12 General Admission - $10 Child, Senior Citizen, Student, Military & SATCO

Tickets available at: The Box Office / www.dreamalittleproductions.com 

For More Information: (210) 789-3048 or (210) 854-1610

*For mature audiences - some explicit language*

Love & Pain vs. Past & Present

When a beloved World War I Veteran is forced to confront his son in law, a Viet Nam Veteran, about the horrors witnessed in combat he is reminded of his own reoccurring nightmares.  Coming face to face with their own terrors and each other, the two men must find common ground before irreparable damage is done to those they love most.

Hurricane Season is a gripping story of grief, compassion, and finding a way to move on.  Set in the Rio Grande Valley in 1970, the play explores Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, before its official diagnosis, and its effects on a multi-cultural family infected by war and their struggle to love through their grief. But at what cost?

Hurricane Season was a nominee for the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival’s David Mark Cohen award, as well as the National Partners American Theatre Playwriting award.

Cast: Keith Paxton ~ Gabriella Bustamante ~ James Robinson ~ Alexandra White ~ Corbin Paulino ~ Eric Meo ~ Kayce Kuntz ~ Stage Managers: Deanna Belardinelli & Sarah Heintz ~ Set Designer: Geoffrey Douglas, Costume Designer: Julia Chinnock-Howze, Lighting Design: Roy Mora, Sound Design: G. Flores

The playwright, a military veteran himself, will be graduating this spring from Texas State University San Marcos with a master's degree in Playwriting. Flores's plays are already receiving National awards and recognition, as well as being published.

Hurricane Season was a nominee for the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival's David Mark Cohen award, as well as the National Partners American Theatre Playwriting award. Down By The Highway Side is a John Cauble Short Play award national finalist, and his 10-minute  play The Coyote Stratagem will be published in Applause Books' The Best American short Plays 2010-2011.

The director is a master's candidate for Directing at Texas State University. Garza is an SDC Associate Member, and an alumnus of San Antonio College and The University of Incarnate Word in San Antonio, Texas. She won the Region 6 KCACTF Stage Directors and Choreographer's Society directing competition and went on to be recognized in the nation. In addition to studying abroad with the Royal Shakespeare Festival, Garza was invited to return to Washington DC where she worked alongside both Simon Levy (Artistic Director - Fountain Theatre, LA) and Tina Parker (Co-Artistic Director - Kitchen Dog Theatre, Dallas TX) at the MFA Playwriting workshop at the Kennedy Center.