Upcoming: House of Several Stories, Imagine That Productions at Austin Playhouse, August 6 - 23

Click for ALT review of August 7

UPDATE: Jeanne Claire van Ryzin's interview of playwright John Boulanger, Statesman's Austin 360 "Seeing Things" blog, August 6

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Imagine That Productions
presents its inaugural production

House of Several Stories: a tragedy in two acts of nonsense
winner of the 2009 Kennedy Center Student Playwriting Award
written and directed by A. John Boulanger

August 6-23, 2009
Thur-Sat, 8 p.m., Sundays. 5 p.m.
Austin Playhouse at Penn Field
3601 S. Congress

$20 general admission, $15 students,
special champagne opening Friday August 7--$30
tickets available through www.austinplayhouse.com
Media Contacts: www.it-productions.org or (512) 476-0084

Thanksgiving isn’t what it used to be in the absurdist play about an eccentric family and their unusual guests. House of Several Stories explores how stories (whether true, false, or borrowed) help fill the vacuum in our lives caused by death, loss, and dysfunction.

House of Several Stories won the honor of this year’s National Student Playwriting Award from the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival. The Austin professional premiere stars the Lauren Lane (CBS's The Nanny, Zach Scott's The Clean House), Martin Burke (Take Me Out, The Santaland Diaries) Meredith McCall (Caroline or Change, Urinetown) , Adam Pearson and Kelli Schultz (High School Musical) with lighting by Jason Amato, costumes by Jillan Hanel, and set by Griffon Ramsey.

John Boulanger received his BFA in directing from Texas State in 2005 and his MA in playwriting in 2009. House Of Several Stories was originally selected as one of seven productions presented at the regional American College Theatre Festival held at Texas State this past January. It was then chosen as one of four to make it all the way to the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington D.C. This marked the first time a Texas State production had advanced to the national festival and the first time a Texas State student received the National Student Playwriting Award. Past award recipients include Paula Vogel, James Leonard, and Lee Blessing.