TAPE by Stephen Belber
“Some things can’t be erased.”
Produced/Directed by
Elliot Weiner at Asheville Community Theatre’s 35below
March 6th - 22nd *
Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30pm; Sundays at 2:30pm
35below 35 E. Walnut St. Asheville, NC
28801
ACT is pleased to announce the upcoming production and WNC debut
of TAPE by Stephen Belber. TAPE was first produced at the Actors
Theatre of Louisville — Humana Festival of New American Plays and
was later a film starring Ethan Hawke, Robert Sean Leonard, and Uma Thurman.
The issues raised in TAPE
are very timely, given the sexual abuse questions raised daily in sports, on
college campuses and the entertainment industry, from Ray Rice to Bill Cosby.
PLOT: In a cheap
Lansing, MI, motel room, Jon shares his feelings with Vince, his high school
best friend, about
a long-ago event with Vince’s former girlfriend, Amy. Vince pulls out a tape and tells Jon that he
just recorded Jon’s admission of that horrific date rape
evening. Vince has also invited Amy, THE
girl in both their pasts, to meet them in the motel room. The clock is ticking, and Jon must decide
whether to run or stay and face Amy, who is now an Assistant District Attorney.
TAPE examines
that confrontation and their shared perceptions of betrayal and anger; memory
and motives. The cast delves into the
incident that occurred their last night of high school and to what extent it
was rape, Josiah McManus (Vince) has his Drama BFA from UNCA and plans
to pursue his MFA. Anthony Abraira
(Jon) returns to the stage after playing Richard Roma in Mamet’s
“Glengarry Glen Ross.” Amanda
Shive (Amy) teaches at Key School at Carolina Day and is a friend to all
animals great and small. Stage Manager Kathy
Ferrell has sound designed and been stage manager for several area
productions.
TAPE
producer/director Elliot Weiner, says, “Belber’s
intriguing script lets the relationships of these three wonderful characters
come through. Beneath the ‘Did
he or didn’t he?’ question, the play distills into a
darkly humorous, always powerful examination of friendship, loyalties, and at
what price one can find redemption.” Weiner
recently moved to Asheville from Tacoma, WA and has been involved in all
aspects of theatre, professional and community, for many years.
REVIEWS: "…TAPE
is terrific…Belber has expert fun torturing his characters with the
things that never get said…”
—The New Yorker.
“Fascinating
and entertaining…a terrific play…Real talk, real
characters, real situations—a real play." —NY
Post.
“…when
it comes to reminding us just why we leave our homes on a cold winter's night
and seek the special joys of a live theatrical performance, Belber has the big
guys beat…" —WSJ.
“TAPE
is a sordid and beautiful take on human relationships." —Show
Business Weekly.
TAPE
opens Friday, March 6th and run through Sunday, March 22, 2015 with performances
Friday and Saturday nights at 7:30 pm and Sunday afternoons at 2:30 pm. Tickets are available online, over
the phone, or in person at the Asheville Community Theatre Box Office. All tickets are $15.00.
For more information about TAPE
or about Asheville Community Theatre, please visit www.ashevilletheatre.org.
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