Animals out of Paper - ENSEMBLE THEATRE - Play Three - 2010

Australian Premiere
ANIMALS OUT OF PAPER by Rajiv Joseph
Nominated for a Lucille Lortelle award for Outstanding Play 2009
Director: Mark Kilmurry
Designer: Graham Maclean Lighting Designer: Bernie Tan
Cast: Arka Das, Tara Morice, Drayton Morley
A moving and funny play demonstrating that relationships, like the folds in paper, always leave a mark.
Ilana Andrews (Tara Morice), world renowned origami artist, is in a rut. Her husband has left her, her threelegged
dog has run away and she is suffering from a bad case of folders block. She is facing the task of
designing a mesh heart sleeve to aid in the treatment of congestive heart failure when Andy (Drayton Morley),
her biggest fan and Treasurer of American Origami appears looking for her annual dues. Andy also wants
Ilana to tutor one of his students, Suresh (Arka Das) who is brilliant, troubled, annoying as hell and an
instinctive origami genius. As Ilana, Andy and Suresh work together they discover their lives are as fragile as
the paper they manipulate in this fascinating and exhilarating examination of love, loss and art.
New York based playwright Rajiv Joseph will be in Sydney from March 12 to 20 and available for interviews
before travelling to Los Angeles for the opening of his hit new play Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo which
premiered last year in Culver City, California. Animals Out of Paper first premiered in New York in 2008, it had
a season in Idaho last year and is currently playing in San Francisco till March 2010. Ensemble Theatres
Associate Director Mark Kilmurry has assembled a wonderful cast for this Australian Premiere production.
Tara Morice, best known for her roles in Baz Luhrmans Strictly Ballroom, Moulin Rouge, Razzle Dazzle and tvs
Blue Heelers, Grass Roots and McLeods Daughters has appeared at Ensemble Theatre in Abigails Party, Sweet
Road, Mongrels and Spinning into Butter. She is soon to appear in the new ABC TV teen drama series, Dance
Academy. Drayton Morley appeared last year at Ensemble in Little Nell and has appeared at the Railway St
Theatre in Sunday in The Park with George and the NSW tour of the Darlinghurst Theatre production Memory of
Water. Arka Das is making his Ensemble stage debut having appeared at Griffin Theatre last year in
References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot.
incredibly funny and entirely satisfying Joseph is a fascinating voice in the world of theatre
refreshingly genuine NYTheatre.com
alternately wrenching and funny observant, pitch-perfect script The New York Times
delicately explosive, richly satisfying drama Talkin Broadway
SEASON DETAILS:
VENUE: Ensemble Theatre, 78 McDougall Street, Kirribilli, NSW, 2061
DATES: Previews from 18th March, opens Wed 24 March, season to 24 April, 2010
PERFORMANCES: check website for performance times www.ensemble.com.au
PRICES: $39 - $63 (booking charges may apply)
BOOKINGS: 02 9929 0644 or www.ensemble.com.au
FURTHER INFORMATION / INTERVIEWS / IMAGES please contact: Merran Doyle at Merran Doyle Publicity (02) 9905 4644,
mobile: 0419 999 607 or email: merran@merrandoyle.com.au
NB: PRODUCTION PHOTOS DOWNLOADABLE from Ensemble Theatre website from March 22: www.ensemble.com.au - media password
to download images: Emedia

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[kikuyiru]

I understand only very fragmentary what they tell about.

but it´s sooo fine to see great tara morice again!