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Odysseus D.O.A.

February 23 – March 4, 2012

By Stephen Svoboda
Regional Premiere
Nafe Katter Theatre

Experience the Odyssey re-imagined: a magical place where the blind see, the sick love and drag queens become goddesses. As the final stages of his disease bend his vivid imagination, Elliot becomes the legendary hero Odysseus determined to bring his crew-his fellow patients on the AIDS ward-home despite all the obstacles the gods throw in his way. This wise, heartfelt drama charts one man's heroic quest for Kleos - Glory, to live a life worthy of being remembered. Playwright Stephen Svoboda will direct his work in its regional premiere. Critic Martin Denton calls this a "majestic play… poetic, surreal and wonderfully humorous."

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Featuring Daytime TV Star Kim Zimmer Kim Zimmer is best known for her years as Reva Shayne on Guiding Light where she earned four Outstanding Lead Actress Emmys. Kim started her career in Chicago, appearing in several shows at the Drury Lane and across the city, most notably The Big Knife, Accent of Youth with Ricardo Montalban and Godspell. Her career in daytime started in 1979 when she assumed the role of Nola Dancy on The Doctors for four years, then on to two stints on One Life to Live. Next up was Guiding Light, ending in 2009 with the show's cancellation. Other regional theatre highlights include Curtains, Lost Boy Found In Whole Foods, Blood Brothers, Gypsy, Dirty Blonde, Shirley Valentine and off-Broadway in Two Dogs and a Bone and Love, Loss And What I Wore. Film credits include Body Heat and The Big Bowling Ball. Other television credits include Designing Women, Seinfeld and many more. When not treading the boards, Kim stays busy trying to keep her three grown children "young," and maintaining a successful thirty year marriage to actor/director A.C. Weary. She also is the best-selling author of I'm Just Sayin! a memoir of her experiences and lessons learned throughout her 30 year career.

February - March 2012
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thur
Fri
Sat
23
Preview
7:30 pm
24
Opening
Night
8 pm
25
8 pm
26
2 pm
27
28
7:30 pm
29
7:30 pm
1
7:30 pm
2
8 pm
3
2 pm &
8 pm
4
2 pm
Closing
2010 – 2011 Season

Vincent J. Cardinal - Artistic director letter
"And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time."
- T. S. Eliot, "Four Quartets"

In the new play I'm Connecticut by Mike Reiss, the main character observes, "The water that currently flows through your brain is exactly the same water that was there when you were born. So even though I've been in New York for ten years, I'm still walking around with a brain full of Connecticut water." As Reiss suggests, no matter how far we journey we carry an essential part of home with us. Conversely, those who stay home must still take life's journey. This season we explore the human journey – both far away and close to home. ... Full Article
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