Poor Choice Theatre presents Salt Water, by local musician and playwright Gina Young of Team Gina and directed by Nikki Przasnyski. It also features performances by local artists Your Heart Breaks, Lesli Wood, The Preons and more, making it an unconventional evening of rock, theatre and activism. No two performances will be the same. Sets by local musicians are followed immediately by a performance of Salt Water.
Sybil and Alison are the kind of friends who can finish each other’s sentences. But when the two young women trespass on a New Jersey beach after dark one night, their friendship unravels and ultimately self-destructs– with the help of a pimply lifeguard, a giant frog, a stray asteroid and a deliciously manipulative mermaid. Salt Water is a play about the death of a friendship and the sacrifices we make for the people we love.
And the other half of Team Gina, Gina Bling, plays the mermaid.
Go here to read Miryam Gordon’s fascinating interview with Gina Young.
Salt Water opens today at Live Girls! Theater, 2220 NW Market St, Lower Level, and runs February 19 – March 7, 2009. Tickets are available at www.brownpapertickets.com for just $10-$15.
