Dissonance

Tricia returns home to the Berkshires in Western Massachusetts to deal with her mother's death after a battle with Alzheimer’s. But at the funeral home she collides with Fitz, a prodigy and former piano student of her mother's, with secrets of his own, who challenges her loyalty and choices.

Taylor Gilbert & Sam Anderson present
the 2011 Summer Playwright Festival

Dissonance

Written by
Craig Pospisil

Directed by
Scott Alan Smith

CAST
Matthew Arkin*, Erika Varela

Sunday - July 17th - after "Fair Harbor" - In the Theatre

About the Playwright
CRAIG POSPISIL is the award-winning author of Months on End, which premiered at Jeff Daniels’ Purple Rose Theater Company; Somewhere in Between; Life Is Short; and the collection Choosing Sides—all published by Dramatists Play Service. He also wrote the book for the musical Drift, which will be produced in Kansas City in September, and his play The Dunes just finished a run at the Gallery Players in Brooklyn. Craig was head writer for Atrainplays, and of his sixteen Atrainplays, It’s Not You, Tourist Attraction and The Best Way to Go are published by Playscripts. His plays have been seen at Ensemble Studio Theatre, New World Stages, Bay Street Theatre and NYMF, performed on four continents and translated into Chinese, Danish and French. Dissonance is dedicated to my father. www.CraigPospisil.com

About the Playwright

CRAIG POSPISIL is the award-winning author of Months on End, which premiered at Jeff Daniels’ Purple Rose Theater Company; Somewhere in Between; Life Is Short; and the collection Choosing Sides—all published by Dramatists Play Service. He also wrote the book for the musical Drift, which will be produced in Kansas City in September, and his play The Dunes just finished a run at the Gallery Players in Brooklyn. Craig was head writer for Atrainplays, and of his sixteen Atrainplays, It’s Not You, Tourist Attraction and The Best Way to Go are published by Playscripts. His plays have been seen at Ensemble Studio Theatre, New World Stages, Bay Street Theatre and NYMF, performed on four continents and translated into Chinese, Danish and French. Dissonance is dedicated to my father. www.CraigPospisil.com

* denotes member of Actors' Equity Association

This project is supported in part, by a grant from the City of Los Angeles, Department of Cultural Affairs and also supported, in part, by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Los Angeles County Arts Commission.