Synchronicity Theatre has announced its 2015-16 season, including a topical world premiere by Decatur playwright Lee Nowell based on the Troy Davis case and a new play by Lauren Gunderson, which the San Francisco playwright (and former Atlantan) describes as a "banjo memory musical."
The lineup for Synchronicity’s second season in the troupe’s first permanent home, in Midtown’s Peachtree Pointe:
Sept. 25-Oct. 19: "In the Next Room, or The Vibrator Play." Sarah Ruhl's comedy about sex, intimacy and equality, first staged by Synchronicity in 2011, returns.
Dec. 4-27: "A Year with Frog and Toad." Synchronicity remounts its play about friendship, based on the classic children's books by Arnold Lobel, which nabbed the 2007 Suzi Bass Award for outstanding production-musical.
Feb. 19-Mar. 19, 2016: "Fancy Nancy the Musical." Based on Jane O'Connor's series of children's books about a girl drawn to extravagant clothes and all other things posh.
April 8-May 1, 2016: "Beyond Reasonable Doubt: The Troy Davis Project." Commissioned and developed by Synchronicity, Nowell's world premiere is described as "an investigation of our divergent and deeply-held beliefs on the death penalty" as expressed by her characters of diverse experience.
May 20-21, 2016: "The Heath." Gunderson tracks the life and lineage of her a grandfather, a World War II veteran who battled dementia, alongside the myth of King Lear, who went mad and wandered out onto the heath. "The Heath," according to Synchronicity's announcement, "grapples with mortality, madness and regret while celebrating life, memory, music and the power of a good story."
For tickets or more information on Synchronicity's programming and events: 404-484-8636, www.synchrotheatre.com.
THEATER
Changes ahead for Fabrefaction
After spending its first five years at 999 Brady Ave. on the fashionable Westside, Fabrefaction Theatre Company, a teaching troupe uniting student and professional talent, has notified patrons that it will give up its space and will spend the summer considering its next move.
A 3 p.m. May 10 performance of “Peter Pan” and a Junior Company showcase at 7 p.m. May 15 mark the final bow in the building it shares with Miller Union restaurant and Kai Lin Art gallery.
“We will be taking the summer to revise our business plan and are seeking partners and financial investors willing to donate to our annual fund and/or donate performance, class, shop, and storage space,” artistic director Christina Hoff wrote. “The mission of Fabrefaction is greater than any building, and we are excited to greet the next stage of our company with promise and possibility.”
More: fabrefaction.org.
VISUAL ART
Hear Hudgens Prize finalists speak
The "2015 Hudgens Prize Finalists' Exhibit," featuring works by four Georgia artists in the running for one of the largest prizes ($50,000) awarded to an individual artist anywhere in the U.S., continues through June 27 at Duluth's Hudgens Center for the Arts.
And now you can hear some of the ideas behind the art on view, with all four finalists soon to give artist talks: Bethany Collins and Rylan Steele will speak at 11 a.m. May 16; and Scott Ingram and Orion Wertz talk at 11 a.m. May 30.
The Hudgens Prize Awards Ceremony will be at 7:30 p.m. June 13. 6400 Sugarloaf Parkway, Bldg. 300 (in Gwinnett Center complex), Duluth. 770-623-6002, www.thehudgens.org.
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