Coming Home May 29, 2008

Coming Home marks LIA's 4th Annual Festival of New One-Act Plays.
Three poignant, powerful and funny plays about the untold experiences of modern American life. Have you ever come back to a home you don't remember? From Hurricane-battered New Orleans to the holding cell of a Women’s Prison to the Jungles of the PI, the characters of these plays struggle, with beauty and humor, to return to a life now unrecognizable.

Sparrow
by Linda Faigao-Hall
Directed by Ian Morgan
New York artist, Tina (the Filipina Georgia O’Keefe) has returned to the Philippines after 10 years,. When her childhood frend Cris arranges a secret meeting, Tina discovers that Chris has become entangled with Maoist extremist organization. Now they must both face the choices that life has forced upon them and the consequences of their lives apart.

Counting
by Maria Gabriele
Directed by Christine Farrell
Wanda is on her way out of prison after six years. Gianna is on her way in. Stuck in the same holding cell, an extraordinary and intense friendship emerges. Wanda,in a moment of selflessness shares with Gianna her secret of how to survive on the inside.

Last Call on Bourbon Street
by William K. Powers
Directed by Alexa Polmer
It’s the first Mardi Gras since Katrina at the Bourbon Street Bar and Grille. The waters have receded and the sound bites have dried up. There ain’t no customers and the Insurance Man is on his way to shut ‘em down. But bar owner Benny and his motley crew of regulars ain't goin' down without a fight. The Insurance Man doesn’t know what he’s in for ‘cuz like Benny says Nawlins ain’t goin’ back to the vines!

Tickets $18 at TicketCentral.com

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