Cast Set for ICC’s Fall Play

News Release
August 20, 2010
Cast Set for ICC’s Fall Play

The Independence Community College Theatre Program has announced the cast of the Fall 2010 staged production of Circle Mirror Transformation by Annie Baker. The show dates are October 7, 8, 9, and 10.
Baker’s play is about four lost New Englanders who enroll in a six-week-long community-center drama class and begin to experiment with harmless games. It is in this class that hearts are quietly torn apart, and tiny wars of epic proportions are waged and won. This beautifully crafted diorama is a Petri dish in which we see, with hilarious detail and clarity, the antic sadness of a motley quintet.
The play will be directed by ICC Theatre Professor Jon Sidoli. The cast of ICC students includes Taryn McAllister, of Bartlesville; Colin Stephens, of Seattle, WA; Asa Walker, of Cherryvale; Jessi Kebert, of Independence; and Paige Almond, of Altamont. Aysha Baros, of Altamont, will be the production stage manager.
“We were so happy to get the rights to produce this play,” said Sidoli. “I believe this will be the first production of this play in the southern mid-west area. Many professional regional theatres have jumped on this play. I think Annie Baker is one of the best new playwrights out there. Her sense of the delicacy yet depth of emotional needs coupled with her playwright’s craft make for a remarkable script.”
The New York Times says: "Annie Baker's play is an absolute feast. CIRCLE MIRROR TRANSFORMATION is the kind of unheralded gem that sends people into the streets babbling and bright-eyed with the desire to spread the word. The play traces the lives of a handful of small-town Vermont residents who gather each week for an acting class taught at the local community center. By the play's end we seem to see to the very bottom of these souls, and feel how the artificial intimacy of the acting class has shaped their lives in substantial ways.”
ICC Theatre will present Circle Mirror Transformation in the William Inge Theatre at 7:30 p.m. on October 7th, 8th, and 9th, and at 2:30 p.m. on October 10th.
For more information about the ICC Theatre Program, contact Sidoli at (620) 332-5422 or by email at: jsidoli@indycc.edu.