Six Characters Opens Friday

TCR - This Friday, TCR will present an adaptation of Luigi Pirandello's modernist classic Six Characters in Search of an Author. A group of actors are rehearsing a play (Mixing It Up) when they are ambushed by the fictional subjects of an unfinished play. Director Jason Alberty has specially adapted the play, modernizing the language of the cast of Mixing It Up while keeping the dialogue of the fictional characters in an archaic tone.

The play is an interesting theatrical experiment and plays with some interesting philosophical ideas, while the story itself is dark and gripping. From the director:

"Six Characters is not an easy play. It’s an emotional and philosophical workout. It’s difficult to direct. It’s difficult to perform. Which, in my mind, makes it a delicious artistic endeavor...It is almost Greek in its tragic possibility. By the end of this fascinating and difficult show both actors and audience should be spent. It’s like the emotional equivalent of a good workout in the gym.”



Six Characters in Search of an Author will be performed Oct. 15-30, with shows at 7:30 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays and one matinee at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 24. Tickets are $20-25 for adults and $15 for youth. $12 rush tickets are available at the door one half hour before every performance. For tickets, call (319) 366-8591, visit the box office at 102 Third St. SE or TCR's website.