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Lying

First Preview: Sep 29, 2014
Opening Date: Oct 9, 2014
Closing Date: Nov 3, 2014
Running Time: 01:50
Lying

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Playing @
Interart Theatre
500 W 52 St, New York, NY 10019
Lauren Slater is passionately dedicated to the truth, which for her is more important than the facts.

In Blessed Unrest’s original adaptation of Slater’s electrifying memoir, reality and fantasy blur as we meet her three-headed mother, a deceptive neurosurgeon, a slow-dancing messiah, and one very famous lover. LYING offers a mesmerizing, metaphoric exploration of self-knowledge, personal history, and the deeper, juicier truth that lies beneath the literal.

Lauren Slater is a psychologist and writer whose books include Prozac Diary, Welcome To My Country and Opening Skinner’s Box
. She has received numerous awards and is a frequent contributor to The New York Times Magazine, Harper’s and The Moth. Her novel exposes the power of metaphor in relating a life, and openly questions the reliability of memoir itself by exploring the slippery nature of memory and the trickiness of the mind in perceiving reality.

PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE:
FRIDAY & SATURDAY @ 8 PM
SUNDAY @ 5 PM
MONDAY @ 7 PM
Off-Off BroadwayPerformance ArtPlay - Drama
Show Notes: No Intermission
Age Guidance: 16
Audience Advisory: There is no show on Sunday, October 12th. Added show on Thursday, October 9 @ 8 pm.

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  • "At its best, independent theater is inventive, emotional, inspiring and has the ability to transform the atmosphere in a room full of people. In the several years I have been attending shows by Blessed Unrest, they have never ceased to amaze."

    ~ Amber Gallery, NY Theatre Now
  • “Magnetic and Electric.” 

    ---TimeOut NY
  • "At its best, independent theater is inventive, emotional, inspiring and has the ability to transform the atmosphere in a room full of people. In the several years I have been attending shows by Blessed Unrest, they have never ceased to amaze."

    ~ Amber Gallery, NY Theatre Now
  • “Magnetic and Electric.” 

    ---TimeOut NY

Accessibility

  • Box Office

  • Curb Ramps

  • Elevator/Escalator

  • Entrance

  • Folding Armrests

  • Assisted Listening System

  • Parking

  • Passenger Loading Zone

  • Restroom

  • Seating

  • Telephone

  • Visual Assistance

  • Water Fountain

  • Wheelchair Info

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