APF Announces 2019-2020 Season

A Public Fit (APF), Southern Nevada’s professional theatre company, is proud to announce its 2019-20 season.  The season consists of four free staged readings, three mainstage productions, three Outburst storytelling events, and three SlapDasheries – improv events with the High School Jesters. For tickets for mainstage productions, Outbursts, and SlapDasheries, please visit www.apublicfit.org.

 

The Ghosts of Lote Bravo by Hilary Bettis
September 20, 2019
Staged Reading
Clark County Library, 1401 E. Flamingo Rd., Las Vegas, NV 89119

The City of Juarez has become infamous for the femicide of hundreds of women.  In Lote Bravo, the body of Juanda’s daughter, Raquel, is found.  While praying to La Santa Muerte, Juanda is shown other-wordly visions of Raquel’s life and death, challenging her own deeply-held beliefs.

August: Osage County by Tracy Letts
October 25-November 17, 2019
Mainstage Production
The Usual Place, 100 So. Maryland Pkwy., Las Vegas, NV 89101

Beverly Weston is missing.  His children descend upon the family home to help support their acerbic, pill-popping mother while they search for the once-famous poet.  Tempers are high, secrets are revealed and a family does everything it can to avoid healing in Lett’s hysterically touching portrait of life in the Midwest.

The SlapDashery: A night of improv with the High School Jesters based on the themes of August: Osage County.
October 30, 2019
The Usual Place, 100 So. Maryland Pkwy., Las Vegas, NV 89101

The Outburst: Youth Will Be Served
November 6, 2019
An Evening of Storytelling
The Usual Place, 100 So. Maryland Pkwy., Las Vegas, NV 89101

 Cry It Out by Molly Smith Metzler
January 31, 2020
Staged Reading
Clark County Library, 1401 E. Flamingo Rd., Las Vegas, NV 89119

Despite their vastly different backgrounds, neighbors (and new mothers!) Jessie and Lina, become fast friends during their daily naptime/coffee breaks in their respective backyards.  Their intimate discussions change dramatically when a man from “the mansion up the way” inserts himself and his wife into their on-going dialogue.

A Steady Rain, by Keith Huff
February 7-23, 2020
Mainstage Production
The Usual Place, 100 So. Maryland Pkwy., Las Vegas, NV 89101

Friends since childhood, Joey and Denny have grown to become policemen in Chicago.  Together they face domestic affairs, violence, and the mean streets. Their loyalty, friendship and trust are tested when a domestic disturbance call takes a turn for the worse.

The SlapDashery: A night of improv with the High School Jesters based on the themes of A Steady Rain.
February 12, 2020
The Usual Place, 100 So. Maryland Pkwy., Las Vegas, NV 89101

The Outburst: Missionaries, Emissaries, and Ambassadors
February 19, 2020
An Evening of Storytelling
The Usual Place, 100 So. Maryland Pkwy., Las Vegas, NV 89101

The Children by Lucy Kirkwood
March 27, 2020
Staged Reading
Clark County Library, 1401 E. Flamingo Rd., Las Vegas, NV 89119

The world is dealing with a nuclear disaster.  A married couple, Robin and Hazel, are physicists living just outside the exclusion zone.  Their future consists of solitude, yoga, and yogurt until an old “friend” shows up and makes a frightening request.

Sense and Sensibility, by Kate Hamill
May 1-24, 2020
The Usual Place, 100 So. Maryland Pkwy., Las Vegas, NV 89101

This hilariously updated adaption of Jane Austen’s classic novel follows Elinor and Marianne Dashwood, forced to leave their family home and relocate to a small cottage in the English countryside.  When a handsome stranger rescues Marianne, the sisters are swept up in romance, disappointment and the machinations of love.

The SlapDashery: A night of improv with the High School Jesters based on the themes of Sense and Sensibility.
May 6    
The Usual Place, 100 So. Maryland Pkwy., Las Vegas, NV 89101

Outburst: Brush with Greatness
May 13, 2020
An Evening of Storytelling
The Usual Place, 100 So. Maryland Pkwy., Las Vegas, NV 89101

 

Last Night and The Night Before by Donnetta Lavinia Grays
June 26, 2020
Staged Reading
Clark County Library, 1401 E. Flamingo Rd., Las Vegas, NV 89119

Rachel and her partner Nadima have their lives turned upside down when Rachel’s sister and her daughter show up on their doorstep unannounced.  This poetic, dark and sharply funny drama explores the loss and devastation of the heroin epidemic and the dearth of opportunity in so many small towns across the US.

APF continues the tradition of using theatre to build community through great stories, dramatic ideas, and on-going conversations. Great theatre always has something to say, moving the audience to a richer understanding of the world around them.  APF continues this tradition through quality productions and with The Buzzz following every performance. The Buzzz brings the community together to create on-going conservations about the issues discovered in the play, exploring the work with the actors and production staff.

For more information regarding A Public Fit, tickets, and season tickets, please visit www.apublicfit.org.

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