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CTC Turns Focus Toward Teens: 'Dear Eurydice, I love you. I'm going to find you. I play the saddest music now that you're gone. You know I don't like writing letters. I'll give this letter to a worm. I hope he finds you. Love, Orpheus' 
For Immediate Release: September 26, 2001
The Children's Theatre Company understands the need for theatre directed specifically for a teenage audience. This weekend, CTC fulfills this need with a show produced especially for this group. Eurydice, one of the great love stories of all time, will be presented at Jimmy Jingle. A play by Sarah Ruhl, directed by Darron West and Rebecca Brown this production will be performed by CTC's performing apprentices.
"Today, theater has to compete with so many other interests in teens' lives. But, we feel there are great stories to be told and in ways that only theater can tell them. Teens are a smart, savvy audience. Our artists are thrilled to be creating work that will engage young people of high school age and beyond," stated Elissa Adams, Director of New Play Development for CTC.
Eurydice is a sassy, sensual reinterpretation of the Orpheus and Eurydice myth. Eurydice's boyfriend is the most amazing musician in the world. They're going to get married, if Orpheus can stop thinking about music. After an encounter with an Interesting Man, Eurydice finds herself in Hell. Orpheus loves her so much he will bust open the gates of the underworld to get her back. But, she's not so sure she wants to go...
Playwright Sarah Ruhl is from Chicago. Her plays include: Eurydice, Melancholy Play, Orlando, and Passion Play. Her plays have been commissioned and produced by the Piven Theatre Workshop in Chicago. They have also been seen or heard at theatres including the Ohio Theater and the Flea in New York, the Brown University Theater Department, and Sundance Theatre Laboratory. She has an M.F.A. in playwriting from Brown University.
Director Darron West has worked on a number of CTC shows including Mississippi Panorama, and Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse. He has worked as a resident sound designer for Anne Bogart's SITI Company on many national and international productions. He has also worked on a number of on and off-Broadway productions. His awards and honors include the 1996 Princess Grace Award for work with the SITI Company, 1998 OBIE Award and Drama Desk Nominee for 1999 and 2000. He was the winner of Entertainment Design Magazine EDDY Award and is currently TCG Artist-in-Residence at CTC.
Rebecca Brown is a New York-based director. She has directed productions in Vancouver, Seattle, Baltimore, New York, and England. She has served as the Assistant Director to Ann Bogart for the last two years on productions including Gertrude and Alice: A Likeness to Living and War of the Worlds. She served as Associate Director on the OBIE Award winning And God Created Great Whales at Dance Theatre Workshop. She has held positions at the University of Maryland, Simon Fraser University Theatre and University of Washington School of Drama.
Eurydice is performed by CTC's 2001-2002 performing apprentices. Erik Eagleson, has performed at a number of theaters and attended the Circle in the Square Professional Acting Program. Sarah Eismann, who received her B.F.A. in Drama and Biology from New York University, has performed in a number of theaters and has appeared in You've Got Mail and Persistence of Vision. David Joseph Regelmann's film and television credits include Wayzata, She's So Lame, The Oval, and America's Most Wanted. He has performed at a number of theaters and received his B.A, from Stanford University. Kristen Sevig has performed in a number of shows at CTC and has also performed in several of Bloomington's summer musicals. Brian Winter has performed in a number of plays at the Timber Lake Playhouse and Luther College. He received his B.A. in Music and Theatre-Dance from Luther. Each of the apprentices is also a member of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory now showing at CTC. Reed Sigmund is an Associate Company member for CTC. He has performed in many shows at the University of Minnesota as well as several shows on the CTC stage. He plays Mr. Teavee in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Playing Mrs. Teavee and Mrs. Bucket, Autumn Ness is also in Eurydice. She is an Associate Company Member and has appeared in many shows at CTC, She has also appeared on stages including the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts, University of Minnesota, Schuster Theatre Company, and the Pioneer Theatre Company.
Eurydice will be performed Friday, September 28, at 4:00 p.m.; and Saturday, September 29, at 7:00p.m. Both performances will be at Jimmy Jingle. The cost is $5 at the door.
*Sound Designer Darron L. West serves as Artist-In-Residence to The Children's Theatre Company as part of the National Theatre Residency Program, jointly developed by The Pew Charitable Trust and Theatre Communications Group with major funding from the Trusts in an unprecedented effort to foster artistic partnerships between individual theatre artists and theatre institutions.
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