Current Season - The Equation

Balagan Theatre presents the world premiere of

 The Equation
By Charles S. Waxberg

What will one immigrant do to reach the American Dream?

Originally commissioned by the UNITAS Theatre Co. of Los Angeles who felt the plays themes were too controversial for a new company, the workshop was produced nevertheless by the cast and crew and since revised by its author. Told through reverse chronology in Depression-era New York City with layered scenes in a nearby town house one generation later, THE EQUATION engages the audience in a “how-done-it” about a birth rather than a death. This period “play of excavation” reveals a physician and his wife who attempt to adopt the infant son of a Russian woman desperate to give her child a shot at the American Dream glittering impossibly beyond her grasp. Has this dream devolved into the pursuit of conspicuous wealth, and at what cost?

The Equation featured:

Nick Cameron as Dr. Jerome
Erika Godwin as Victoria
Aaron Heinzen as Barron
Chris McDonald as Arash
Ruth McRee as Ivy
and Hilary Pickles as Pandora

"If you're going to see just one play this year -- and you want one that locates the roots of modern-day conspicuous consumption in the hand-to-mouth neediness of the Depression -- dig in." - Seattlest

Feb 1st through 17th, 2007
in The Capitol Hill Arts Center Showroom (Upstairs)
1621 12th Ave, Seattle, WA 98122