Upcoming Events
Dreams Take Flight with Lawnchair Man
Thursday, May 21st, 23rd and May 28th - 30th, 2009 - 8 p.m.
The Evergreen State College Experimental Theater
Tickets
Gen. Adm. $8; Seniors $5; Students $5
Available through Rainy Day Records, Evergreen Bookstore, BuyOlympia.com, Communications Building Box Office daily from 12-3 pm or call 867-6833 to order by phone
A limited number of $50 front row seats are available for the patrons of Evergreen's Orissi Dance program.
For these seats, please contact John Robbins at (360) 867-6651.
Parking: $2.00
More Information
Evergreen Expressions (360) 867-6833
The Evergreen State College performing arts students will present the school’s first on-campus musical with its production of Flight of the Lawnchair Man, book by Peter Ullian, music and concept by Robert Lindsey-Nassif. Opening May 21st-23rd and spanning a second weekend through the 30th, students will literally take to the air in the college’s Experimental Theater. Sponsored by the Evergreen program, Theatre Intensive: Musical Theatre, general admission tickets are $8, $5 for seniors, faculty, staff, and students, and can be bought at Rainy Day Records, the Evergreen Bookstore, online at BuyOlympia.com, the Communications Building box office, from 12 to 3pm daily, or by placing a phone order at (360) 867-6833.
Inspired by the true story of Larry Walters and his 1982 flight, Flight of the Lawnchair Man was presented at the National Alliance for Musical Theatre’s Festival of New Musicals in 2004. The Evergreen production will be the Washington premiere. Our story follows a fictional New Jerseyan, Jerry Gorman, in his attempt to make history and follow his dreams to fly away from the life he leads at a Walmart snack stand. Will he succeed? Can he overcome his dyslexia and fear of failure? Will the New Jersey Turnpike ever be the same? Answers to these questions and much more come from this energetic, heart-warming, and soaring (literally!) musical.
Directed by faculty member Dr. Walter Grodzik and musically directed by Josh Anderson, Grodzik joined Evergreen in 2002 after getting his doctorate at the University of Washington and his masters in directing from the Wayne State University in Detroit. A native of Cleveland, Grodzik was also the co-founder and artistic director of a stage company for three seasons called Working Theatre. Anderson has been active in the local community, including the Capitol Theater and Family Theater since 2004. Anderson graduated with his bachelors in theatre from The Evergreen State College in 2005. He has since performed in New York City and the northwest circuit and is also the president of the Theater Artists Olympia. For more information, contact John S. Robbins, Performing and Media Arts Manager, at (360) 867-6651 or go to www.evergreen.edu/expressions.