“When You Know, You Know…?”
GEORGIA maneuvers through love after rape. After a young couple survives this quiet violence, the play shows the staggered reality of what happens when our emotional development catches up to the definitive moments in our relationships. GEORGIA shows how a single thrust unlocks different answers to the same question. A one-woman, four-character play, GEORGIA forces an analysis of opposing viewpoints through the vulnerability of the main character; the generational consciousness of her best friend; the matured perspective of an immigrant parent and finally, from the gendered posturing of a young man. GEORGIA investigates the windows of good, evil and the sometimes blurry lines in between.
Wednesday, November 9th
3:00p.m. show
UNITED SOLO THEATRE FESTIVAL
at Theatre ROW
410 West 42nd Street���
New York, NY 10036
$18.00
Tickets are available online at www.telecharge.com and on the phone 212-239-6200, as well as at the Theatre ROW Box Office (410 W 42nd Street, NYC).
http://www.unitedsolo.org/us/archives/216
8:30 p.m. show
Parlé Magazine encore
at The Hidden Room
161 W. 22nd Street
bet. 6th & 7th Avenues
$18.00
www.farisojordan.com
Tickets available at the door.
Discounted online tickets available here:
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/208463
For student discount, email georgiaplay@gmail.com for student code.
Produced by Parlé Entertainment
Written by Fariso Jordan
Directed by Kevin Benoit
Stage Manager & Lighting Director - Marcus Wright
Musical Director Dylan Maida
Choreographed by Prince Riley
Frequently asked questions about Georgia:
Why did you name the play Georgia?
Georgia is the main character’s first name.
How long have you been working on it?
Georgia first came to me as a thought in 2006. I meditated on it for a while. Maybe about a year. I have been writing longer than I have been acting so at first it started in the form as a book. In Fall 2009, I took a solo performance class at Fordham University called “Flying Solo,” and Georgia evolved into a full blown play.
How did the concept for it come about?
I had questions. What happens when you love your enemy? What happens when your enemy loves you? Is there such a thing as both good and evil, or just one and the absence of another? What is truth? Does it exist? If so, how? These are a few of the questions that propelled me to write Georgia.
What makes this story different from others with similiar topics?
Georgia is unique in that it explores the varying perspectives of multiple characters through this one body, one voice, of one actor. There is something very telling about the many stories you can get from one story. I think that usually with serious topics such as this there is an implulse to take a side. Georgia stifles that impulse.
What do you hope people will get from the play?
I hope that Georgia will make people squint a little- to see themselves, and others, more clearly.
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