Admissions at Players Circle Theater
Players Circle Theater tackles Joshua Harmon’s award-winning play, Admissions, running Jan. 10 – Jan. 26 with previews Jan. 7 – 9.
Ripped from the pages of today’s headlines, Admissions is a dramedy about liberal parents desperate to get their children into an Ivy League school. A no-holds-barred look at privilege, power, and the perils of hypocrisy, Admissions features razor-sharp dialogue and hard-hitting laughs.
“This play examines what it means to be white in America today, as well as white guilt, white anxiety, and the privileges we have with being white,” says Players Circle’s artistic director Robert Cacioppo.
“The subject matter may be edgy. Yet, Harmon’s dramas are often referred to by reviewers as comedies because they are incredibly funny! At its heart, Admissions is about family.”
Admissions follows Sherri Rosen-Mason, the head of the admissions department at a New England prep school, as she fights to diversify the student body. Alongside her husband, the school’s headmaster, they’ve largely succeeded in bringing a stodgy institution into the twenty-first century. But when their only son sets his sights on an Ivy League university, personal ambition collides with progressive values, with convulsive results.
“Harmon’s work is known for being edgy, topical, and downright brilliant. But what I love most about the play is the three-dimensional characters he has created. They are not evil people, nor are they saints. Like us, they live in a gray area,” added Cacioppo.
Admissions received the 2018 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play and the 2018 Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play. The New York Times hailed it as “Astonishing and daring. An extraordinarily useful and excruciating satire – of the left, by the left, for the left – for today.”
The production welcomes back several of Players Circle Theater’s ensemble members to the stage, including producing director Carrie Lund Cacioppo (Greetings, Bedroom Farce, Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks, Butterflies Are Free), Harvey Evans (Greetings, Butterflies Are Free, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time), Bill Mahone (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time) and Betty Nordstrom (The Lady with all the Answers, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time), as well as introducing Players Circle’s director of volunteers to the stage, Kelly Jo Madoian.
The cast is joined by an expert team of behind the scenes, including set design by Steven McLean, sound design by Tyler Omundsen, costume design by Sallyanne Bianchetta, technical direction by Gavin White and production stage management by Meaghan Daley. The production will also feature a 20-minute post-performance talkback following the Saturday, Jan. 18 3 p.m. performance. The Talkback will feature exclusive discussions with the entire cast and creative team behind the production, as well as field questions from the audience.
“We love to give our audiences something hip and new that they can only see by flying to New York – Admissions is one of the hottest plays available in America today and you can experience it right here in Fort Myers,” concludes Cacioppo.
For tickets and more information, visit PlayersCircleTheater.com or call 239-800-3292. The theater is located at 13211 McGregor Blvd. in Fort Myers.
Players Circle Theater is located at 13211 McGregor Blvd, Fort Myers. For more information, call 239-800-3292.
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