Transactors Improv
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Love, euphoria, love, misery, music, love, kissing, love? February brings a focus on love and ?The Love Show,? Transactors improvised exploration of the joys and sorrows of amour! This year?s edition at The ArtsCenter in Carrboro is at 8pm on February 1st. Tickets range from $7 to $14 and can be purchased at www.artscenterlive.org, at The ArtsCenter box office, or by phone at (919) 929-2787.
?The Love Show? is comprised of two acts. First is a series of scenes focusing on the theme of romantic love, specifically barriers to it. The second act is a musical version of ?Gender Bender,? a spontaneous play in which four actors (two men and two women) each play two primary characters (a man and a woman). This frequently hilarious and occasionally poignant piece may leave you confused about what gender really means.
As always, this Transactors performance, including the characters, story, music, and lyrics, is made up on the spot and based on audience suggestions. ?The Love Show? will feature guest artists including Jane Allen Wilson and pianist Glenn Mehrbach.
?Love is probably Transactors? favorite theme to explore,? says director Greg Hohn. ?The stakes are so high and I think it?s a topic that taps into a lot of deep yearning and powerful memories for most of us. Jean-Paul Sartre said, ?comedy is pain,? and so, counter-intuitively, this serious subject matter makes great fodder for comedy, as well as some more profound moments.?
??Gender Bender,? is a particularly fun and challenging form,? Hohn adds. ?The women of Transactors (the Transisters) devised this form for a show they did several years ago. Playing a main female and a main male character can be confusing and surprising. Having to sing as each of those characters only adds to the level of difficulty. It?s hard but it?s also exhilarating and it seems to thrill audiences too.?
The cast for ?the Love Show? includes regular Transactors members Anoo Brod, Greg Hohn, Steven Warnock, and Annie Zipper with Mike Beard improvising technical effects.
Show time is 8:00 p.m. General tickets are $14 in advance or $10 day-of ($12 for ArtsCenter Friends); student/senior tickets are $7 in advance or $9 day-of. The ArtsCenter is located at 300-G E. Main St. in Carrboro. Call (919) 929-2787 or visit http://artscenterlive.org/event/performance/1637 for tickets and directions.
For more information on Transactors Improv, please visit http://transactors.org or call (919) 824-0937.
Theater programs at The ArtsCenter are supported in part by Chapel Hill Restaurant Group, Giorgios Hospitality Group, The North Carolina Arts Council, The Orange County Arts Comission, and Tony Hall and Associates.
The ArtsCenter is a non-profit teaching and presenting organization founded in 1974. The largest employer of artists in Orange County, NC, it serves nearly 60,000 people annually, through classes, studios, concerts, theatre, spoken word, gallery displays, more than 80 school shows, and more. The ArtsCenter exerts a local economic impact of almost $2,900,000 which generates the equivalent of 78 full time jobs and $231,000 in state and local tax revenue.
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