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<FONT FACE="Verdana"><U>Note from the director of <FONT COLOR="#000080"><FONT SIZE="5"><B><I>Sight Unseen<BR>
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As a director for <I>Sirius Idaho Theatre</I>, I love waking up to mornings like this. It’s the second week of the run of our latest play, <I>Sight Unseen</I>, by Donald Margulies. Although last night’s performance was attended by very few audience members, they were wonderfully responsive. One audience member, Jim Prall, called me on the phone this morning to tell me about his experience. Here’s what I found out:<BR>
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Jim Prall, who rarely manages to get out for an evening, woke up several times in the middle of the night with “giggles of moral outrage.” Jim was excited that he had lost sleep after seeing the performance, that he woke up thinking about the issues raised by the play. He spoke with me about the ambiguity of moral dilemmas and told me that <I>Sight Unseen</I> brings up the ambiguity of ethics better than anything he’s seen the past year.<BR>
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Prall shared these observations about the play. He recognized the decade of the 70's so well. “It is precisely a rehash of the politics then, when women were ignored. All of the women's issues are so clear in that play. <I>Sight Unseen</I> revisits the hot button issues of the 70's, if not now, in terms of who we were and who we are and who we claim we want to be. It’s explores the moral and ethical dilemmas, focusing more on the personal than political.”<BR>
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As many of you have probably read by now, I cast a non-actor into the lead role of Jonathan Waxman. Wonder how’s he’s doing now that the play is in its second week? According to Prall, if he saw the actor on the street, he would definitely call him Jonathan, the name of the artist in the play. Jim says the truth teller in the play is Grete, the German woman interviewing Jonathan Waxman about his art. It is through her probing questions that we begin to explore our own understanding of Art.<BR>
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Hope to see you after the play!<BR>
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Pam Palmer, Director<BR>
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<B><I>Sirius Idaho Theatre<BR>
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Moscow, Idaho 83843<BR>
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http://www.SiriusIdahoTheatre.com/<BR>
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PAMELA PALMER, Managing Artistic Director<BR>
Mailto:siriusidahotheatre@gmail.com<BR>
phone 208-596-2270<BR>
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Sirius Idaho Theatre is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.<BR>
Tax-deductible donations are appreciated!<BR>
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“<I>Let the beauty you love, be what you do.”<BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#800000"><FONT SIZE="5"><B><I>Sirius Idaho Theatre</I></B></FONT></FONT><FONT SIZE="5"><B><I> </I></B>presents <BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#000080"><H2><I>Sight Unseen<BR>
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Three more performances!<BR>
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Friday, February10 at 7:30 PM<BR>
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Saturday, February 11 at 2:00 PM<BR>
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Saturday, February 11 at 7:30 PM<BR>
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<U>Tickets available at BookPeople of Moscow</U><B> </B>(521 S. Main St.)<BR>
<B>$15 Adults, $10 Seniors, $5 Students<BR>
</B>Tickets also available an hour before each performance at the Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre box office. <BR>
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<U>CAST<BR>
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Jonathan - Donal Wilkinson<BR>
Nick - Peter Aylward<BR>
Patricia - Sally Eames-Harlan<BR>
Grete - Anna Cottle<BR>
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Directed by Pam Palmer<BR>
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<I>Sight Unseen</I> is the story of an American mega-artist so successful he's had the obligatory profile in Vanity Fair and can claim astronomical prices for his works sight unseen from a waiting list of wealthy patrons. In England for a retrospective of his paintings, the artist goes into the countryside to visit his original muse and lover, the "sacrificial shiksa" whom he abandoned in his quest for the opulent life which now devours him. Donald Margulies won the Pulitzer Prize in 2000 and <I>Sight Unseen</I> won the Obie Award for best new American Play in 1992.<BR>
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"<I>…you can tell when a play has gripped its audience, for no one seems to breathe, let alone shift in his seat. This phenomenon can be observed…at Sight Unseen....</I>" —NY Times.<BR>
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<I>Sight Unseen </I>contains language that may offend some audience members.<BR>
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For more information, call or email Pam Palmer, Managing Artistic Director, at 208-596-2270 <<FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><U>siriusidahotheatre@gmail.com<BR>
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