VERNAL & SERE THEATRE
presents
HURRICANE SEASON
by
Sawyer Estes
Vernal and Sere Theatre is delighted to return to Atlanta for a LIMITED, 1 WEEKEND ONLY engagement of Hurricane Season following their successful off-broadway debut in New York City. Originally premiering at Windmill Arts in 2022, the company spent this past summer sharpening every element of the production which critics called "a surrealist two-act marvel," "an undefinable piece of innovative art," and "a play for both your mind and your senses; something you won’t easily forget."
Hurricane Season positions itself between opposing forces of erotic desire and national anxiety, delivering a startling portrait of American life in the process. Set against a backdrop of news headlines and pornography, a husband and wife each become entangled in extra-marital affairs with young people eerily resembling their own likeness. This chance encounter leads the couple to opposite ends of the earth in search of love and meaning in their doppelgängers.
In Hurricane Season, Vernal & Sere Theatre delivers an immersive performance which experiments with language, movement, video, light, and sound design for a story teeming with sexual energy, melancholy, and whimsy.
Hurricane Season features: Erin Boswell, Pascal Portney, Melissa Rainey, and Sam R Ross with Kathrine Barnes as Hurricane/Tree.
Written and Directed by: Sawyer Estes
Movement Direction, Choreography, Assistant Director: Erin O'Connor
Scenic Design: Josh Oberlander
Scenic Construction: Monty Wilson
Scenic Artist: Wanda Creech
Lighting Design: Lindsey Sharpless
Projection Design: Matthew Shively
Sound Design: Zach Halaby and Kacie Willis
Sound Engineer: Mitch Butler
Original Music by: The Conditions
SENSORY ADVISORY:
This production utilizes strobe lights and projection which might cause motion sickness.
CONTENT ADVISORY:
This play includes themes and elements that may be difficult, including: suicidal ideation, self-mutilation, violent imagery, simulated consensual sexual acts, and discussion of incest.
For more information, please contact us directly at vernalseretheatre@gmail.com and we will be happy to discuss the show in further detail with you.
RUN TIME:
120 minutes including one intermission.
LESS-IF-YOU-NEED / MORE-IF-YOU-WANT:
We've had many people ask how they can do and give more in support of our work, our livelihoods, and keep the cost of tickets affordable to all.
Keeping theatre accessible and sustainable is a difficult balance to strike. To achieve that end, we are proud to offer a sliding scale ticket model for our production of Hurricane Season.
Less-If-You-Need is general admission.
More-If-You-Want is general admission, which reflects the true costs of production and helps us meet those expenses while maintaining the lower-priced option for most of our audience who need it.
Please choose the option that best reflects your needs. We believe in a pay-what-you-can ticketing model and are intent on working towards this within the Atlanta theatre scene.
Funding for this program is provided by the Fulton County Board of Commissioners
A portion of ticket sales will be donated to Aerial Recovery Group and Beloved Asheville.
MISSION.
Vernal & Sere Theatre is an ensemble-based company driven by the desire to create imaginative, difficult theatre that addresses current issues and traditional modes of interpretation through performance that experiments with language and movement while reaching for the sublime, the profane, and the outright ambiguous.
AMBIGUITY IS KEY.
We are drawn to work both classical and new that straddles the line between vernal and sere, fertility and barrenness, sacred and profane, happiness and grief. We ask our audiences to plunge headfirst into the void between such polarities and then reorient themselves to the difficult reality of being. It is our firm belief that such an act expands thought, deepens empathy, and reinvigorates one to life. Our audience’s willingness to brave this potentially treacherous journey makes our work possible. In fact, we live for the deep, profound relationships that we build with audiences at our shows: it is the most life affirming thing that we do.
Vernal & Sere is proud to be included as a company in residence at Windmill Arts.
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