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Love Person is a complex and beautiful story that challenges perceptions of how language shapes our understanding of the world. Told in three languages, English, Sanskrit and American Sign Language, Love Person is accessible to hearing and deaf audiences

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Northwest Premiere!
Love Person
by Aditi Brennan Kapil
Directed by Joy Brooke Fairfield and Dawn Stoyanoff

Oct 24 – Nov 22
Friday and Saturday Nights at 8pm * Sat afternoons at 4pm
Special Monday PWYC show Nov 17th at 8pm
Tickets prices for 8pm Shows- $15 General * $12 Student/Senior
Saturday 4pm shows- HAPPY HOUR All tickets $7 (and $1 PBR at the bar)
Under 18 $5 with ID to any performance

Can you ever truly express love through language?
Can words in any language bridge the gap between two people?

Love Person tackles these questions with a complex and beautiful story that challenges perceptions of how language shapes our fundamental understanding of the world. A love story layered with mistaken identities and miscommunications becomes a “love mystery” that reaches beyond conventional ideas of attraction and sexual orientation. Told in three languages, English, Sanskrit and American Sign Language, Love Person is accessible to both hearing and Deaf audiences through interpretation and projections that are incorporated directly into the play.

" "Love Person" is a fascinating brew of emotion, wit and intellect” a “smart and insightful work”… Minneapolis Star Tribune

This unique and exciting new play by Aditi Brennan Kapil just finished a rolling premiere across the country sponsored by the National New Play Network, and Live Girls! is pleased to be honored with the Northwest Premiere. This production is co-directed by Joy Brooke Fairfield and Dawn Stoyanoff. It features Agastya Kohli, Kelly Johnson, Kim Nungesser and Lisa Reynolds. The production team includes James Frounfelter, Elena Hartwell, Meggan Davis, Jason Gorgen, Beth Hersh, Jen Hurlbert, Joe Moore, Nikki Przasnyski, and Chrystian Shepperd.

More about the playwright-
Aditi Brennan Kapil is a Twin Cities actress, writer, and director, currently residing in Minneapolis, MN. Aditi was a finalist for the 2007 Bush Artist Fellowship in playwriting, and has served as an NEA panelist. Her playwriting credits include a number of plays for youth, including The Deaf Duckling, a bilingual (ASL & English) educational touring show about growing up deaf, created in collaboration with deaf performer Nic Zapko for Mixed Blood Theater, and The Adventures of Hanuman, King of the Monkeys, a Bollywood-style musical inspired by tales from the Ramayana for SteppingStone Theater for Youth Development (March 2006). She has also collaborated on several productions with In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mask Theater, notably Gotama, a play about the early life of the Buddha, and Beneath The Surface, a water circus. Messy Utopia, which she directed and co-wrote with Seema Sueko, Velina Hasu-Houston, Janet Allard, and Naomi Iizuka, received an Ivey Award, and #6 in City Pages' Best of the Twin Cities 2007.

Live Girls! is a Seattle dedicated to producing and developing new work by women since 1999. It is a program of The Shunpike.

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Seattle Times Review by Nancy Worrsam Monday, October 27, 2008 a provocative exploration of human communication (read article)	no reviews submitted Write a review

COMPLETE SCHEDULE

  Friday, October 24, 2008 from 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm   -  
  Saturday, October 25, 2008 from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm   -  
  Saturday, October 25, 2008 from 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm   -  
  Friday, October 31, 2008 from 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm   -  
  Saturday, November 1, 2008 from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm   -  
  Saturday, November 1, 2008 from 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm   -  
  Friday, November 7, 2008 from 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm   -  
  Saturday, November 8, 2008 from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm   -  
  Saturday, November 8, 2008 from 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm   -  
  Friday, November 14, 2008 from 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm   -  
  Saturday, November 15, 2008 from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm   -  
  Saturday, November 15, 2008 from 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm   -  
  Monday, November 17, 2008 from 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm   -     -  
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  Friday, November 21, 2008 from 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm   -  
  Saturday, November 22, 2008 from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm   -  
  Saturday, November 22, 2008 from 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm   -  

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