{"id":34491,"date":"2023-04-23T18:50:13","date_gmt":"2023-04-24T00:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/sunflower-troupes-two-one-act-comedies-open-may-12\/"},"modified":"2023-04-24T00:50:13","modified_gmt":"2023-04-24T00:50:13","slug":"sunflower-troupes-two-one-act-comedies-open-may-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/sunflower-troupes-two-one-act-comedies-open-may-12\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunflower Troupe\u2019s two one-act comedies open May 12"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Rehearsal
Rehearsal scene from \u201cThe Actor\u2019s Nightmare\u201d \u2013 left to right \u2013 Silvia Fleitz, Terri Helm, Steven Free, Jinx Citrine, and Gene Reininger. Courtesy Kirbi Foster<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n

\u201cJust who is that mystery man? What is my name, who are you, why am I here?\u201d<\/p>\n

These are questions in the Sunflower Troupe\u2019s production of two one-act comedies, \u201cThe Man of Infinite Sadness\u201d by Brian Tanen and \u201cThe Actor\u2019s Nightmare\u201d by Christopher Durang.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Man of Infinite Sadness\u201d is a story of blurred reality, projected desires and conflicting emotions, all of which carry two women on a roller-coaster ride of imaginative and often humorous daydreams.<\/p>\n

\"Abraham
Abraham Proffitt and Daymeon Smith in rehearsal for \u201cA Man of Infinite Sadness.\u201d Courtesy Read Brugger<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

In \u201cThe Actor\u2019s Nightmare,\u201d the main character is faced with a performer\u2019s consuming anxiety.<\/p>\n

\u201cI assume that most people who are in theater, or even have just dabbled in it may have had these \u2018actors\u2019 nightmares\u2019 \u2013 you dream that you have to go onstage, but for some reason you\u2019ve never attended rehearsal, and you don\u2019t know a single line,\u201d Durang says.<\/p>\n

And so it goes for the character George Spelvin as he finds himself on stage with no idea where he is or how he got there and is confronted by a stage manager and actors that assume he knows who he is and why he is there. Hilarity ensues as the nightmare progresses.<\/p>\n

The cast includes veteran Troupe members Steven Free, Jinx Citrine, Silvia Fleitz, Terri Helm, Caro Gomez, Daymeon Smith and understudies Evelyn Caciagli and Rebecca Story. They are joined by newcomers Gene Reininger, Molly Christensen and Abraham Proffitt. All are under the direction of Hattie Miller, who has spent much of her life on stage and has appeared in many local shows in Durango and at the Fort Lewis Theater. Recently she played Sally in the Sunflower Troupe\u2019s production of \u201cDrinking Habits\u201d last May.<\/p>\n

Performances are at the Sunflower Theatre at 8 E. Main St. on Friday and Saturday, May 12 and 13, at 7 p.m. The show will run again the following Friday and Saturday, May 19 and 20 at 7 p.m. and a 2 p.m. matinee on Sunday, May 21.<\/p>\n

For tickets go to www.sunflowertheatre.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Sunflower Troupe is a volunteer-run, community theater group in Cortez. The Sunflower Theatre is a program of Community Radio Project Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that is also the licensee for KSJD Community Radio. KSJD is a public radio service serving the Four Corners region of Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and Utah, including the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe and Navajo Nation.<\/p>\n

Kim Welty is head of the steering committee for the Sunflower Troupe. She can be reached at<\/em> sunflowersteering@gmail.com. <\/em><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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