Ann Randolph is an
award-winning playwright and performer who has been "compared to Gilda
Radner," (The San Francisco Examiner) and hailed as "a genius"
by comedy master Mel Brooks. In her award-winning show Loveland, she combines absurd
humor and aching emotion to create a performance that has been heralded as
unforgettable, fearless, and not to be missed. And local theatre audiences are
in luck; NYS3/LEAD Productions has partnered with Asheville Community Theatre to
present Loveland on Thursday, October 13, 2016. Tickets are $25.00
and are available online at www.ashevilletheatre.org, over the phone at 828-254-1320,
or in person at the Asheville Community Theatre Box Office.
Written and performed
by Ann Randolph, Loveland follows the journey of irreverent oddball, Frannie
Potts, as she flies cross-country to attend a family member's funeral. She
breaks down while soaring over the nation's heartland and Randolph brilliantly
portrays a plane full of hilarious characters in a show that is both achingly
funny and achingly poignant. Randolph's fearless performance exposes the
laugh-out-loud combination of absurdity and wrenching emotion that results when
grief strips us of our inhibitions.
“Loveland is inappropriate
in all the right ways. [Its] zaniest moments always seem to bend inexorably
toward heart-wrenching epiphany. Devastating. Outrageous. Hugely moving.
Cathartic. Tour de force.” – Celia Wren, The Washington Post
Loveland played for two years straight in San Francisco where it won the
SF Weekly Award for “Best Solo Show” and garnered the SF Bay Critic’s Award for
“Best Original Script.” Loveland also played to sell out
audiences in LA and won the LA Weekly award for “Best Solo Show.” Her previous
solo show, Squeeze Box was produced
by Mel Brooks and the late Anne Bancroft and enjoyed a successful Off-Broadway
run before touring the United States and headlining at the Edinburgh Fringe
Festival.
NYS3 will offer Write Your Life, a 2 day writing
workshop with Ann Randolph in connection with her visit. For more information
about the workshop, please visit: http://nys3.com/writeyourlifeworkshop/
AT A GLANCE
What: Ann Randolph’s Loveland,
presented by NYS3 / LEAD Productions in partnership with Asheville Community
Theatre
When: Thursday,
October 13, 2016 at 7:30 pm
Where: Asheville
Community Theatre, 35 East Walnut St., Asheville, NC 28801
Tickets: $25.00
Asheville Community
Theatre Box Office
35 East Walnut
Street
Downtown Asheville
828.254.1320
Or online at www.ashevilletheatre.org
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