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How to Keep an Alien

New Expressive Works
Portland, OR

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by Sonya Kelly
Directed by Gemma Whelan~

with Sara Hennessy* and Amy Katrina Bryan

Stage Manager: Amy Katrina Bryan, Set and Light Design: Trevor Sargent, Sound Design: Phillip Johnson, Costume Design: Summer Olsson, Props Design: Chanell Magee

Irish Sonya and Australian Kate meet and fall in love, while working on a Russian play with English accents in an Irish castle. Together, they embark on a global odyssey to prove that they have a right to live together in Ireland. How to Keep an Alien is a tender and hilarious story attesting to the perils and obstacles of emigration, and the transformation that Irish society has undergone in recent times. This is a story about falling in love and proving it to the government.

* Member of Actors Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers
~ Member of Stage Directors and Choreographers Society

Talkbacks with director, actors, and designers after shows April 14, 18, 26, 27, and May 3.

LGBTQ pre-show reception Friday May 3 @ 6:30pm

ASL Interpreted Performance and talkback: Saturday, April 27 @ 7:30pm

Running time is approx 75 minutes with no intermission.