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A Drama For Our Times
Contact: (917) 397-0978 Email: [email protected] This world premiere adaptation of ANIMAL FARM Website: www.seeingplacetheater.com marks the 75th Anniversary of the book’s publishing in 1944.
Producing Artistic Staff
Producing Artistic Director Brandon Walker ANIMAL FARM: A new and modern adaptation of the classic novel Executive Artistic Director
Erin Cronican th To kick off its landmark 10 Season, The Seeing Place announces its world premiere adaptation of George Orwell’s dystopian novel, ANIMAL FARM. This play is being performed by an
Board Of Directors ensemble of just four actors, which results in a fast-paced, tightly drawn interpretation of this
timely story. Erin Cronican , President Brandon Walker, Vice President Tere Petersen, Secretary “With the political climate as it is today, we felt that ANIMAL FARM would be a appropriate Jeff Krasner, Treasurer Kelley Elizabeth Henry, Member catalyst for a community conversation about autonomy versus group think,” says Executive Artistic Director, Erin Cronican. “By creating this play for just four actors playing 28 characters,
we shine a spotlight on the malleability of people’s opinions and desires, which often depend Our name "The Seeing Place" is the upon who is in charge and what is promised to them.” literal translation of the Greek word theatron: ". . . the place where we go to With an emphasis on the organic, edgy American style of acting developed by the Group see ourselves." The Seeing Place is an Theatre, TSP allows audiences to experience modern classics with deeper understanding of how actor-driven company dedicated to exploring the intersection between the they relate to the struggles we face today. With that, tickets are as low as $10 as a part of TSP’s actor's voice and the playwright's words, Affordable Theater Initiative, making theater accessible for all. by reinterpreting masterful works live and in the moment to make them relevant, visceral, truthful, and accessible ANIMAL FARM plays for a limited engagement February 13-23, 2020 to a modern audience. GENERAL ADMISSION - $20 (Premium tickets $30) We live up to our name by engaging our community in a vivid conversation about www.TheSeeingPlace.com what makes us human. Connection. The Seeing Place @ the Paradise Factory Learning. Humanity. That's what theater th is all about. 64 East 4 Street, NYC
ANIMAL FARM features Laura Clare Browne, Erin Cronican (“Veronica Mars” and Off Broadway’s
THIS ONE’S FOR THE GIRLS, SISTAS!, and DANNY AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA), William Ketter (THE LITTLE PRINCE) and Brandon Walker (Off Broadway’s DANNY AND THE DEEP The Seeing Place: The Place We Go To See Ourselves BLUE SEA.) The play is co-directed by Erin Cronican and Brandon Walker.
The Seeing Place celebrates its 10th Anniversary with a dedication to stories about the Body Politic.
The 2020 season includes the world premiere of ANIMAL FARM, Eugene Ionesco’s EXIT THE KING, Margaret Edson’s Pulitzer Prize winner, WIT, and Anna Ziegler’s BOY.
Press Opening: Saturday, February 15 (3pm)
If unavailable, alternate review dates are Sat 2/15 @ 7pm | Sun 2/16 @ 3pm | Sun 2/16 @ 7pm
The Seeing Place Theater – The Place We Go To Understand Ourselves. For more information about our company, visit www.seeingplacetheater.com.
About The Play, ANIMAL FARM:
World Premiere Adaptation by Brandon Walker.
The animals on a farm drive out their master and take over and run the farm for themselves. The experiment is successful, except that someone has to take the deposed farmer's place. Leadership devolves upon the pigs, which are cleverer than the rest of the animals. Unfortunately, their character is not equal to their intelligence. This dramatization remains faithful to the book's plot and intent and retains both its affection for the animals and the incisiveness of its message.
About the writer of the novel, George Orwell:
Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950), better known by his pen name George Orwell, was an English novelist and essayist, journalist and critic. His work is characterized by lucid prose, awareness of social injustice, opposition to totalitarianism, and outspoken support of democratic socialism. He’s best known for his novels Animal Farm (1945) and 1984 (1949.)
About The Seeing Place:
Our name "The Seeing Place" is the literal translation of the Greek word for theater (theatron): ". . . the place where we go to see ourselves." The Seeing Place is an actor-driven company dedicated to exploring the intersection between the actor's voice and the playwright's words, by reinterpreting masterful works live and in the moment to make them relevant, visceral, truthful, and accessible to a modern audience. We live up to our name by engaging our community in a vivid conversation about what makes us human. Connection. Learning. Humanity. That's what theater is all about.
The Seeing Place Theater website: www.seeingplacetheater.com
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