Stories on Stage - Teetering at the Edge October 25, 2009

STORIES ON STAGE

Teetering at the Edge
DENVER, October 25, 2009 – Stories on Stage presents Teetering on the Edge on Sunday, October 25 in the Stage Theatre at the Denver Performing Arts Complex. Show times are 1:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Single tickets are $25, tickets for groups of 10 or more are $20 per person and LoDough (scholarship) tickets are also available. Tickets are available online at www.storiesonstage.org or by phone at 303-494-0523.

Teetering on the Edge features four incredible stars of stage and screen; Kathleen Chalfant, one of the theatres most celebrated actors, Emmy Award winner Michael Learned who portrayed one of televisions most beloved characters, The Closer’s Robert Gossett who has an enviable career on stage, in film and television and Candy Brown who has made theatre history.

“In Black” by David Schickler, read by Kathy Chalfant

The winds of compassion at hurricane force.

David Schickler is the author of the acclaimed best sellers, Kissing in Manhattan (that includes “In Black”) and Sweet and Vicious. “Schickler pierces straight through the everyday world with his deadpan vision.” - The New York Times.

Award-winning actress Kathy Chalfant has worked on and off-Broadway (Angels in America, Wit), in film (Duplicity, Kinsey) and television (Rescue Me and Mercy). Ms. Chalfant received Tony and Drama Desk Award nominations for Angels in America and the Drama Desk, OBIE and Outer Critics Awards for Wit.

“The Possibility of Evil” by Shirley Jackson, read by Michael Learned

Everybody needs a purpose in life.

Shirley Jackson’s “The Possibility of Evil” concerns itself with the darkness that lies beneath the placid surface of a small American town. It won 1966 Edgar Allan Poe Award for best mystery short story.

“Jackson's work is the single most important mid-20th century body of literary output yet to be critically revalorized in the present day”. - Elaine Showalter.

Michael Learned is best known for her role as Olivia Walton in The Waltons, a show for which she won three Best Actress Emmy Awards and four Golden Globe nominations. She has graced the New York stage in The Three Sisters and The Sisters Rosensweig and toured nationally with On Golden Pond. On television, Ms. Learned made guest appearances on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Scrubs and cameos on All My Children and One Life to Live.

“Silver Bullet” by James Alan McPherson, read by Robert Gossett

Confliction in the grassroots.

James Alan McPherson is one of America's most venerated fiction writers. McPherson has garnered an impressive collection of accolades, including a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1973 and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1978 for his collection of stories, Elbow Room, which includes “Silver Bullet.”

Robert Gossett currently stars in the hit series The Closer and has been seen in episodes of Bones, ER, NYPD Blue, Charmed and Touched by an Angel. Off-Broadway credits include Fences, A Raisin in the Sun and The Last Minstrel Show just to name a few; film credits include Arlington Road, White Man's Burden, The Net and Batman Returns.

“I Hate My Purse” by Nora Ephron, read by Candy Brown

Learning to dramatize while you accessorize.

Nora Ephron Is best known for her romantic comedies and is a triple nominee for the Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay for Silkwood, When Harry Met Sally... and Sleepless in Seattle. In “I Hate My Purse,” Ephron sees her purse as a microcosm of her life.

“Candy Brown, a longtime actor with Denver Center Theatre Company, was performing on Broadway in Pippin in 1974 when Michael Bennett convened 18 dancers at midnight in a New York gym. What happened that night - and into the next morning - became one of the longest-running, most beloved musicals ever – A Chorus Line.” Lisa Bornstein, RMN. Ms. Brown performed with Gwen Verdon in Chicago and Cab Caloway in Hello Dolly. She was seen in the 2001 blockbuster film Ali and has appeared in Six Feet Under, CSI: Miami, NYPD Blue and Chicago Hope.



Stories On Stage, an award winning performing arts organization features some of America's best actors from stage and screen today performing the words of many of the finest contemporary writers.

After the performance stay and enjoy complimentary cookies and milk.

Teetering on the Edge is sponsored by Diana & Mike Kinsey and in part by the SCFD Scientific and Cultural Facilities District Making It Possible.

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Stories on Stage presents

Teetering on the Edge

America's best actors from stage and screen performing the words of the finest contemporary writers.

Sunday, October 25

Stage Theatre at the Denver Performing Arts Complex, Speer and Arapahoe

1:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.

Single tickets are $25

Online at www.storiesonstage.org or by phone at 303-494-0523