Monday, January 24, 2005

Plugging my show...

DREAMWELL PRESENTS SOMEONE WHO’LL WATCH OVER ME

If you enjoyed the drama of Glengarry Glen Ross and the humor of The Book of Liz, you will love Someone Who'll Watch Over Me, which has both drama and humor to spare.

Performances of Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me will be held February 4, 5, 11, 12, 18, and 19 at 8 PM in the Wesley Center, 120 North Dubuque Street in downtown Iowa City. Tickets are $10 for the general public, $8 for seniors, and $7 for students. There will be a discussion with the actors and director immediately following the February 11th performance. For more information or to reserve tickets, please call (319) 541-0140 or go to www.dreamwell.com. We recommend you reserve tickets in advance as many performances of our fall shows, The Book of Liz and Glengarry Glen Ross, were sold out.

For more about the show, read on...

A play that is perhaps more relevant today than when it was first produced, Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me explores the daily crises of three hostages, an Englishman, an Irishman and an American, who are imprisoned in the Middle East. Chained to a wall, with only the Bible and the Koran to read, a bottle of water to drink, and gruel to eat, these men fight each other fiercely, believing that if they attack each other with psychological warfare, they might avoid giving in to their captors. As their isolation from the outside world increases and their hope of ever being released diminishes, they find caring for each other, even in the face of death, gives them the strength they need to survive.

The play is based in part upon the experiences of Brian Keenan, an Irishman who was kidnapped and held hostage for four years in Beirut by fundamentalist Shiite militiamen. Keenan, after seeing the play, wrote, “There were more than a few moments when I choked back intense realization as Someone Who'll Watch Over Me touched wellsprings that moved the drama out from its vague topicality and sang to Everyman. In these star-bright moments McGuinness hit on, with a playwright's subtlety, guilt, love, loneliness and all the gamut of emotions that make us, break us and remake us."

The original 1998 cast (Matthew Falduto, Thomas Williams, and Matthew Brewbaker) as well as original director Gerry Roe return to re-imagine this thought provoking show.

“We’re bringing this show back because we believe it will spark discussions about the hostage crisis we have right now in Iraq and other places,” said Matthew Falduto, who portrays Irishman Edward Sheridan. “It is also a tribute to hostages past, present and future.”

While the subject matter is dark, the play is surprisingly funny. “One of the tools these men use to survive is their sense of humor,” said Matthew Brewbaker, who portrays Englishman Michael Watters. “Consequently, there are many humorous aspects to the show.”

For more information or to reserve tickets, please call (319) 541-0140 or go to www.dreamwell.com.

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