Echo Theatre Presents: A Celebration of Lauren Gunderson!
A mini festival featuring two plays from America’s most produced playwright.
Natural Shocks: A One-Woman Play in a Tornado by Lauren Gunderson
Directed by Sasha Maya Ada
Featuring Liz Sankarsingh (Leslie Patrick as Understudy)
An insurance agent, a gun, and a tornado walk into a basement. It’s a comedy…until it isn’t.
Insurance agents aren’t supposed to be funny, but what can you do except crack jokes when you’re trapped in your basement with a gun and an impending tornado? Angela is a fast-talking woman filled with mostly-true stories about her mother, her husband, and how likely you are to actually die in a tornado. Based on Hamlet's “To be or not to be,” Natural Shocks is a 60-minute, one-woman tour-de-force that is part confessional, part stand up, and part reckoning, spiraling towards a conclusion you’ll never forget.
Content warnings for language, blood, gun violence, and discussions of domestic violence.
LIVE PERFORMANCES
Live Performances at the Bath House Cultural Center (521 E Lawther Dr, Dallas, TX 75218)
Natural Shocks Pay-What-You-Can Preview May 4 at 7:30pm CST
Natural Shocks Performances May 5 – 13 on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays
Thursdays at 7:30pm CST, Fridays at 8:00pm CST, and Saturdays at 2:30pm CST and 8:00pm CST* * Saturday, April 6 will only have an 8:00pm CST performance.
* Sunday, April 7 will have an additional 2:30pm CST performance.
Natural Shocks Understudy Performance May 12 at 8:00pm CST
I and You by Lauren Gunderson
Directed by Eric Berg
Featuring Olivia Cinquepalmi and Tyler Lang (Carrie Viera and Reginald Keith Dunlap II as Understudies) A classic boy-meets-girl-meets-Walt Whitman story.
Caroline doesn’t do school. And she HATES poetry. Home-bound due to a life-threatening illness, Caroline has isolated herself in her room as she awaits an organ transplant, which seems fated to never arrive. But then classmate Anthony, a devoted Walt Whitman enthusiast, bursts into her life armed with an urgent homework assignment, waffle fries, and his own vivacious love of life. A play about life, love, and how a mundane school project on "Leaves of Grass" can grow into a life-altering event.
LIVE PERFORMANCES
Live Performances at the Bath House Cultural Center (521 E Lawther Dr, Dallas, TX 75218)
I and You Pay-What-You-Can Preview May 18 at 7:30pm CST
I and You Performances May 19 – June 3 on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays
Thursdays at 7:30pm CST, Fridays at 8:00pm CST, and Saturdays at 2:30pm CST and 8:00pm CST I and You Understudy Performance May 20 at 2:30pm.
TICKET INFORMATION
Tickets are available starting April 8th at EchoTheatre.org. Processing fees apply for all credit card orders. Season subscribers and Echo 100 Members may request “reserved” seats by emailing reservations@echotheatre.org and pay online or at the door.
General Admission: $25 per Adult
All Opening Night Tickets are $30 (Save with a Season Subscription!)
Previews are Pay-What-You-Can ($10 Donation Suggested)
Students and Seniors are $15
Free live admission for active/retired military and first responders.
ANNOUNCING SEASON SUBSCRIPTIONS
Give yourself the gift of live theatre all year long with a season subscription! Subscribers pay less per ticket for multiple productions and can reserve their seats ahead of showtime. It’s the VIP experience you’ve been dreaming of while supporting the women+ artists you love. Purchase yours starting April 8th at EchoTheatre.org or email mail@echotheatre.org for more information.
PRICING: $60 per Individual Subscription
$100 per Couples Subscription
"ADMIT ALL" FREE TICKET PROGRAM
Up to 10 Free tickets will be set aside at every performance, first come first served. To reserve seats, patrons must email the Box Office directly at reservations@echotheatre.org with their name and requested number of tickets. If the date requested is already sold out, we'll offer an alternate date. When Admit All Patrons arrive, we ask that they share their zip code and demographic information. (Only zip codes and demographics will be shared with granting organizations.) In return, we ask that patrons tell their family and friends about our shows. Open to all military (active or retired), first responders, teachers, nurses, and anyone who otherwise could not afford a ticket.
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