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2nd and charles tuscaloosa opening date12/4/2023 “As a huge sci-fi fan myself, working with my production team to imagine the future has been a dream come true.” “This is the first time I’ve directed a futuristic show,” said Turley. ![]() The cast includes Margaret Carr, Gabriel Carden, Amaria Jackson, Ebony Wesley, Jessica Briana Kelly, DeAnthony Mays, Sam Hodo, Brandy Johnson, Kazarious Brown, Mileidy Crespo-Jones, Hallie Grace Hamner, Steven Yates, and understudy Gracie Price. Higgins is a former legal affairs reporter for the Chicago Tribune and has a law degree from the University of Pennsylvania. His play Tracy and Her Dream Guys was published in The Best New Ten-Minute Plays 2019. Higgins’ play The Chip has been produced in New York and Chicago. Although the official world premiere is occurring in Tuscaloosa, portions of Launch Day (Love Stories from the Year 2108) have received staged readings at Benchmark Theatre in Denver, Capital Stage in Sacramento, and Chicago Dramatists in Chicago. A Cleveland-area native, Higgins is a Chicago writer and playwright, whose work has been performed around the country. Higgins attended early rehearsals in Tuscaloosa and will return to attend opening night of the show. ![]() “We are excited to produce the world premiere of this show here in Tuscaloosa! Working with the cast has been a blast, and I can’t wait for the public to experience Michael Higgins’ brand new work,” said Director Tina Turley. As the launch clock ticks down, love strives to overcome the complexities of post-modern life. In a series of connected stories, the couples encounter spiteful computers, brain-controlling advertisements, bizarre new animals, and more. Jada and Zegg are among six couples navigating a high-tech, perilous future in this science-fiction comedy. Zegg strives to convince Jada to stay, but his new robotic arm has its own plans. Ex-boyfriend Zegg, however, believes the Earth and their relationship can be saved. In Launch Day (Love Stories from the Year 2108), eager to escape our troubled planet, brilliant engineer Jada is blasting off on a risky mission to colonize another world. Theatre Tuscaloosa was selected along with five other theatres from across the country to produce one of the winning plays. NewPlayFest exists to foster the creation of new plays for American community theatres. Launch Day (Love Stories from the Year 2108) is one of six winning plays selected for production as part of the American Association of Community Theatres (AACT) NewPlayFest 2022 program. Octo– Theatre Tuscaloosa will open its season with the world premiere of Launch Day (Love Stories from the Year 2108) October 21-30, 2022 in the Bean-Brown Theatre on the Martin Campus of Shelton State Community College.
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