Event

TheatreLAB Presents: CLOSER by Patrick Marber

CLOSER by Patrick Marber
directed by Chanelle Vigue

May 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, and 10*
at RVA Event Space
[0 East 4th Street, RVA 23224]

*All performances will be at 8pm

A writer, a photographer, an enigmatic young woman, and a doctor get caught up in an unusual set of cross-relationships that move across blind dates, internet chat rooms, and high end strip clubs. In CLOSER, Patrick Marber has created a brilliant exploration into the brutal anatomy of modern romance, where a quartet of strangers meet, fall in love, and become caught up in a web of sexual desire and betrayal. Winner of the 1998 Olivier Award for Best Play and the 1999 New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Foreign Play. It was later adapted into an Oscar-nominated film with Julia Roberts, Clive Owen, Jude Law, and Natalie Portman, directed by Mike Nichols.

"In its cutting contemporary picture of sexual desire and emotional failure, CLOSER is a brilliantly unusual virtual reality that rings true." - NY Observer

**CLOSER contains adult themes and language and is recommended for mature audiences only.

CAST-
Alice..........Theresa Mantiply
Anna...........Liz Earnest
Dan............Thomas Cunningham
Larry..........Evan Nasteff

Assistant Direction by Joe Toscano
Stage Management and Assistant Direction by Chelsea Burke
Properties Design and Assistant Stage Management by Maggie Bavolack
Scenic Design by Deejay Gray
Costume Design by Mckenzie
Sound Design by Greg Elingburg
Promotional Photography by Lucy Dacus
Promotional Videography by Annie Colpitts

Tickets available now:
Regular - $25
Senior (65+) - $20
Student - $15
Group (10 or more) - $12

CLOSER is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc., New York.