Hedwig and the Angry Inch
06/22/2008 - 07/26/2008
Playwright: James Cameron Mitchell and Stephen Trask
Director: Freddie Ashley
About the play
Closing out the Actor’s Express Twentieth Anniversary Season is the brand new production of the AE favorite Hedwig and the Angry Inch.
The show centers on Hedwig, a would-be rock star who fled East Berlin with an American GI following her botched sex change surgery. She now follows a pop star, Tommy Gnosis, on his blockbuster tour. Hedwig plays in dive bars adjacent to his concert venues, claiming a relationship with the star and that she wrote all the music that made him famous. Throughout the evening, she performs the music and tells of her journey to self-actualization and completion.
Cast & Creative - Hedwig and the Angry Inch
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Performance times
Preview Performances: Thursday 6/19 – Saturday 6/21 @ 8 p.m.
Gala Opening: Sunday 6/22 @ 5 p.m.
Regular Performances: Wednesdays – Saturdays 6/25 – 7/26 @ 8 p.m. Sundays @ 7 p.m.
No performances: June 28 and July 6 |
Ticket pricing
Previews: $11.00
Gala Opening: $35, includes reception
Wed., Thurs., Sun.: Adult (Gen. Admission) $22.00, Student with ID/Senior (60+): $16.00
Fridays: Adult (Gen. Admission) $25.00, Student with ID / Senior (60+): $16.00
Saturdays: Adult $27.00, Student with ID / Senior (60+): $22.00
Groups of 9 or more receive $5 off General Admission per ticket
“Hedwig’s Fan Club VIP Section”: $35.00 per person all shows. No discounts apply.
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About the Playwright
John Cameron Mitchell was born in El Paso, Texas, in 1963. He developed Hedwig and the Angry Inch with composer/lyricist Stephen Trask. The show opened off-Broadway in 1998 and quickly became a box-office hit. Following the show’s smash New York run, Mitchell directed and starred in the film version, which garnered him a Golden Globe nomination for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy. The film went on to a sizeable cult following and has since established itself as a genuine pop culture phenomenon. In 2007, Mitchell wrote and directed the critically acclaimed Shortbus, which won numerous awards on the international film festival circuit. He has appeared in Broadway productions of Big River, Six Degrees of Separation and The Secret Garden.
About the Director
Freddie Ashley was appointed AE’s fifth Artistic Director in July 2007. He has directed AE productions of When Something Wonderful Ends, dark play or stories for boys, The Great American Trailer Park Musical, I Am My Own Wife and The Last Sunday in June. Other directing credits include The Last Schwartz (Jewish Theatre of the South); A Man of No Importance (Theatre Gael, Atlanta Journal-Constitution Best Musical Revival of 2004); Lawrenceburg (World Premiere - Dad’s Garage, AJC Top Ten of 2006); and Camelot, Glorious, Wait Until Dark, Waving Goodbye, Moon Over Buffalo, Lend Me a Tenor and As It Is In Heaven (Aurora Theatre). Prior to joining AE, Ashley served as Literary Manager of the Alliance Theatre (recipient of the 2007 Regional Theatre Tony Award). He has developed new plays with the New Group and Page 73 Productions, both in New York. He has received the Elliot Hayes Award for Dramaturgy from the Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas and in 2007 was awarded an Arts Encouragement Award from the Charles Loridans Foundation. He serves on the faculty of Kennesaw State University and holds degrees from Shorter College and the University of Southern Mississippi.
Audience Advisory: Contains adult content and strong language and an angry inch.
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