Sunday, April 19, 2015

OLEANNA - Mesa Encore Theatre's Second Sunday Play Reading Series - May 10

We're opening a can of worms with David Mamet's provocative riff on sexual harassment characterized by NEWSWEEK as "moral epilepsy."

Sunday, May 10 at 7:30pm

Mesa Encore Theatre
318 E Brown Rd #101, Mesa AZ, Mesa, Arizona 85201

DIRECTOR: Walt Pedano
CAST: Scott Hyder, Alanna Kalbfleisch

Suggested Donation: $5

SYNOPSIS: A college student, Carol, drops by her professor's office in an effort to gain his help to do better in class. John, the professor, in the midst of buying a house to celebrate his nomination for tenure, at first seems distant. As the first meeting progresses the two discuss the nature of understanding and judgment in society, as well as their very own natures and places in our society. It seems as if a bond has been made. When next they meet we find that a report has been filed to the tenure committee. Carol has joined a "group" and has decided that John sexually harassed her during their first meeting. Their second meeting dissects the first; every word, every nuance of the first meeting has been twisted into something else. Or has it? John's unsuccessful attempts to convince Carol to retract her accusation escalate to a more dangerous level. The third meeting, one the court officers warned against, climaxes violently, leaving John and Carol both physically and emotionally devastated.

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