Theatre--Performance

AUI will kick off Theatre 810's 2012 performance calendar with LIVES OF THE SAINTS, an evening of riotously funny one-act comedies by one of the contemporary theatre’s brightest comic playwrights, David Ives.

LIVES OF THE SAINTS is an evening of seven quirky, funny and wildly imaginative one-acts by Ives. In SAINTS, Ives’ comic imagination takes audiences to ancient Mesopotamia for the construction of the Tower of Babel, to a wee British vicarage fora twisted “Masterpiece Theatre” murder mystery, to a quirky souvenir shop where a wildly exotic love blooms, and into a TV set where a couple finds themselves lost in a blur of channels. And that’s just half the evening.

Local audiences have experienced Ives’ work in his other one-act evening ALL IN THE TIMING and in his revisionist take on Don Juan, DON JUAN IN CHICAGO. In LIVES OF THE SAINTS, audiences can expect a playful evening of broad physical comedy, whip-smart jokes and ceaselessly imaginative riffs on contemporary culture. There’s something for everyone in LIVES OF THE SAINTS.

LIVES OF THE SAINTS is directed by Cara Hayden, who co-directed AUI’s summer production of A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM. The production features performances by Erin Segura, Elaine Kibodeaux, Gerard Ducharme, John Snyder, Martha Diaz, Vincent P. Barras, Cindy Hebert, Phillip Spear, Joseph Diaz, Cody Dunstan, Kaan Dere, Nancy Dere, Anne Dronet and Kathy Arceneaux.

The show will open on Thursday, January 12 at 7:30 and run the following days and times:
Friday, January 13th (dinner theatre) at 7:30
Saturday, January 14th at 8:00 (after Artwalk)
Sunday, January 15th at 3:00
Thursday, January 19th at 7:30
Friday, January 20th at 7:30
Saturday, January 21st at 7:30
Sunday, January 22nd at 3:00 (Dessert and a Play)

All tickets are $10.00. Reservations can be made by telephone at (337) 484-0172 or by email at actingunlimitedinc@gmail.com. Online ticket are available here:
http://lives-autohome.eventbrite.com/
Online purchases for the Dinner Theatre can be made here:
http://livesdinnertheatre.eventbrite.com/
Tickets for the dinner theatre can also be purchased at Bonnie Bell's Bistro.
Online tickets for the Dessert and a Play can be purchased here:
http://www.eventbrite.com/event/2703316693/efblike 

Tickets for the Dessert and a Play (only) can be purchased at Carpe Diem Gelato.

For more information, call (337) 484-0172.

NOTE: This show contains adult themes and language. Parental guidance is recommended.