PhotosAnnie Parisse and the Cast of Antlia Pneumatica Celebrates Opening NightThe world premiere of Antlia Pneumatica by Anne Washburn, officially opened April 4 at Playwrights Horizons.
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Monica Simoes
April 05, 2016
The cast includes Rob Campbell (Small Tragedy), Nat DeWolf (Betty’s Summer Vacation ), Crystal Finn (Pocatello), April Matthis (Iowa), Annie Parisse (Clybourne Park) and Maria Striar (The Ladies). Performances take place at Playwrights Horizons' Peter Jay Sharp Theater, for a run scheduled to play through April 24.
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Annie Parisse and the Cast of Antlia Pneumatica Celebrates Opening Night
As a teacher, Mr. Waddell coached Brandon Victor Dixon, Jessica Vosk, Robert Fowler, Felicia P. Fields, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Angela Robinson, Soara-Joye Ross, and more.
Partially inspired by Sophocles' Antigone, the show is an intimate exploration of love that goes beyond faith between a queer Pakistani-American man and his deeply devout mother.
The work centers on a truck driver named Larry Walters, who uses a lawn chair and 42 helium-filled weather balloons to fly nearly 16,000 feet above Los Angeles.