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<p class="MsoNormal">Anyone in the mood for an audio described play this fall? Here are some options.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">1st State Tysons theater — a small professional theater off of Spring Hill Road in Tysons. I thought you all might enjoy performances that are audio described. They have scheduled description for the season. . A couple of enticing things
about 1st Stage are:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">= Pretty close to the Spring Hill Metro stop<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">= Less expensive taxi/Uber/Lyft rides than going all the way downtown<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">= Free parking<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">=. Low ticket cost (under $40)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Below are titles, descriptions, and dates for the plays this season. The describer is from Washington Ear. If you have further questions, you can contact the box office at <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.1ststagetysons.org&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cf443a86006d2431703dd08d6052ae19b%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636702079062622925&sdata=tHyjjYtIKaxv%2B1qwJ%2BXh%2FXPMZjHLJ1BskvNKIS%2Bl0ts%3D&reserved=0">http://www.1ststagetysons.org</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Let me know if anyone would be interested in a chapter outing to a local play. Possibly the one with a Christmas theme.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">John Bailey<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:John_bailey17@hotmail.com">John_bailey17@hotmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background:white">September 6-October 7, 2018</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background:white">HERO’S WELCOME by Alan Ayckbourn</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background:white">Directed by Alex Levy </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">In this regional premiere of the play by one of Britain’s most celebrated playwrights, a decorated military hero returns home after 17 years to a town he left amidst rumors
of arson, infidelity, and abandonment. With his new wife in tow, secrets and old scores emerge and are settled in bedrooms, town halls, and on the shooting range. Tony Award winner Alan Ayckbourn’s dark comedy gives us “warm characters and crafty storytelling”
(<i>Daily Mail, UK</i>) as it hurtles toward a shocking and poignant conclusion. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Audio Described Performance: Saturday, September 15 at 2pm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">November 29-December 23, 2018</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">A CIVIL WAR CHRISTMAS by Paula Vogel<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Directed by Deidra LaWan Starnes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">It’s 1864 and <span style="background:white">Washington, D.C. is settling down to the coldest Christmas Eve in years. “History lessons and holiday warmth sit cozily alongside
each other” (<i>The New York Times</i>) in </span>t<span style="background:white">his pageant of carols by Paula Vogel, the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer of <i>Indecent</i>. Stories of many intertwining lives– spanning from the battlegrounds of Northern Virginia
to the halls of the White House– demonstrate that the gladness of one's heart is the best gift of all. This </span>“rich and moving play with music” (<i>Variety</i>) is a treat the whole family will enjoy. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Audio Described Performance: Saturday, December 8 at 2pm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">January 31-February 24, 2019</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">THE BROTHERS SIZE by Tarell Alvin McCraney<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background:white">Directed by José Carrasquillo</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">From the co-creator of the Academy Award-winning film <i>Moonlight</i> comes a profoundly compelling story of family, devotion, and belonging. Deep
in the Louisiana bayou, the hardworking and steady, Ogun Size, is reunited with his aimless younger brother recently released from prison. Flights of poetry, music, and West African mythology combine in a one-of-a-kind experience that delivers “the greatest
piece of writing by an American playwright under 30 in a generation or more.” (<i>The Chicago Tribune</i>).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Audio Described Performance: Saturday, February 9 at 2pm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">March 28-April 20, 2019</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">COLUMBINUS by Stephen Karam and PJ Paparelli<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Directed by Alex Levy and Juan Francisco Villa<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background:white">Coinciding with the 20<sup>th</sup> anniversary of the tragic 1999 massacre at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, this docudrama combines fact
and fiction to illuminate the dark realities of adolescence. Weaving together excerpts of real interviews with parents, survivors, and community leaders and powerful characterizations of contemporary teens, <i>columbinus </i>thoughtfully explores the Columbine
shooting and the conversations that continue to this day. <i>The New York Post</i> hailed <i>columbinus</i> as </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">“a powerful and important piece about the churning rage that's all too
likely to bubble over again.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Audio Described Performance: Saturday, April 6 at 2pm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">May 9-June 2, 2019</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">THE MEMBER OF THE WEDDING by Carson McCullers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Directed by Cara Gabriel<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background:white">In 1946 rural Georgia, the long, hot days of summer bring struggle, longing, and opportunity for 12-year-old Frankie Addams and her family’s housekeeper
Bernice Sadie Brown. Frankie longs to escape with her newlywed brother on adventures in the Alaskan wilderness. Bernice struggles to balance enduring the deeply entrenched racism of the rural South with her role as surrogate mother to Frankie and her 6-year-old
cousin. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Adapted from the beloved novel of the same name, this evocative, poetic coming of age drama explores the pains of youth and the meaning of family.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Audio Described Performance: Saturday, May 18 at 2pm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">July 11-21, 2019<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">3<sup>rd</sup> Annual Logan Festival of Solo Performance<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">This one-of-a-kind festival features national, award-winning solo performers for two weeks of outstanding performances. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Audio Described Performance(s): TBA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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