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"The Empire Builders", by Boris Vian

TheatreWorks

April 18-May 4, 2008

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A respectable family flees within the confines of their home, from a strange, unknown and terrifying Noise which pursues them as they move from floor to floor until they reach the attic. This darkly comic play is a deeply disturbing essay on the culture of fear. It exposes how easily a society becomes the prisoner of its own paranoia. This play, written in 1959, is even more relevant today with our society's deep seated fear of the unknown terror waiting to spring forth from any direction.

The Cast: Melissa Briggs Mother (Anna)

Jon Devin Schmirz

Natalie Higdon Zenobia

Don McCarrens Father (Leon)

Mark Rutledge Neighbor (Mr. Garret)

Sylvia Wilson Mug

Directed by Gene Elliott

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  Tickets: $12.50 Adults
  $10 Seniors and student

• Dates & Times

  Dates:
  April 18-May 4, 2008

  Times:
  Show times are Fridays and Saturdays at 8 pm, with one Sunday matin?e, May 4 at 2 pm.

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  TheatreWorks

  2048 Monroe Memphis, TN 38104

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  Parking available in the Overton Square Parking lot in front of the building

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  • Event Name: "The Empire Builders", by Boris Vian
    "Fine Production"
    Comment posted by: Oscar Wilde from Columbia, Missouri, Apr 24, 2008
    

    I just happened to stumble across your theatre while strolling around the Square. The company took a potentially slow-moving, plot less absurdest play and breathed life into it. I liked the trick... Expand

    I just happened to stumble across your theatre while strolling around the Square. The company took a potentially slow-moving, plot less absurdest play and breathed life into it. I liked the trick of rolling in the side seating after each act, thus shrinking the stage (as the cast shrank). The production was, as Mug would say, excellent, blue- ribbon, capital, champion, first-class, prime, superior, tiptop. Great job, guys and gals. Will make it a point to revisit if I get back to Memphis. Collapse