Eternal Equinox opens in New York!
GTC New Play Initiative show premieres in NYC at the 59E59 Theaters
(photo above of the 2009 GTC Burbank production featuring, from left to right, Justin Ellis, Christopher McFarland and Gillian Doyle)
Eternal Equinox, which premiered at GTC Burbank in 2009, is part of the spring season at the 59E59 Theaters in New York City. Written by Joyce Hokin Sachs, the play is a sensual look at three fascinating people battling fame, inspiration and Mount Everest in the Fall of 1923. It plays from March 1-31, 2012. For ticket information, click here.
The characters include Vanessa Bell, the sister of Virginia Woolf, and one of the famed Bloomsbury artists; Duncan Grant, the most famous of the Bloomsbury painters, who was openly gay but lived with Vanessa for over forty years and fathered her daughter; and George Mallory, the mountain climber who coined the phrase “Because it’s there” and died on his third attempt climbing Everest (his body was finally discovered in 1999 and it’s still unclear whether he made the summit or not).
Praise for the GTC Burbank production:
“Complex relationships, sexual politics and dynamic performances come together for a great night of theater in Eternal Equinox"
- Burbank Leader
"Under Kevin Cochran's direction, the piece scores with its capacity for nuance and its focus on the gap between the ideal of free love and plain old human jealousy."
- LA Weekly
“Art, politics and polyamorous pursuits . . . figure prominently in Joyce Sachs' new docudrama, "Eternal Equinox," . . . her extensively researched play tackles the emotional complexities and conflicted loyalties that go with these characters' refusal to be bound by social norms.”
- The Los Angeles Times
“A solid cast, costumes and a stage that take you back in time, and a script that is both fun and a little naughty . . . ingredients for a great night at the theater”
- Glendale News Press