Reasons to be Pretty
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Hello! Welcome to our page! We are currently raising funds to produce Neil Labute's Reasons to be Pretty.
This is the second show I am producing on my own. The previous show was Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead. Which received positive reviews from audience members, The Fresno Bee and local theatre blogger Marc Gonzalez.
This time round I am going for a longer (2 weekends, 8 shows) run. Which in turn means a higher cost to produce. I am hopeful that with the help and support of friends I am able to produce yet another piece of theatre for our community.
When Greg is overheard admitting that his girlfriend Steph
is no beauty, but that he wouldn't change her for the world,
a chain of events begins that sees his world and his
relationships completely reshaped. He is confused and
can't see what he's done wrong, but Steph is devastated:
she doesn't want to be with a man who doesn't think she's
beautiful, whatever she may think of herself. Meanwhile,
Greg's best friend Kent alternates between boasting about
how gorgeous his wife, Carly, is and chasing after a hot
new colleague.
Reasons To Be Pretty examines our perception of beauty and
asks whether it is as much of a curse to be conventionally
attractive as it is to be considered ugly. It asks whether
beauty itself is important, or if its import is in the
judgment itself. In a world where appearances are used as
benchmarks of achievement or at the very least the
foundation of a judgment about who or what another
person is, Reasons To Be Pretty questions the very
judgments we make. It is a play as much about hearsay
and misunderstanding as it is about trust and love - the
elements that go into achieving that trust and love, the
foundations of human relationships.
The Cast: Kelsey Deroian, Patrick Nalty, Steven Olson and Aubrianne Scott
The Team:
Miguel A. Gastelum: Director
Angela Salinas: Stage Manager
Regina Harris: Sound/Lighting Designer
Mitchell Hau: Set Designer
Heather Sisk: Costumer Designer
Reasons to be Pretty will perform at The Voice Shop in the Tower District the last two weekends of March.
This is the second show I am producing on my own. The previous show was Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead. Which received positive reviews from audience members, The Fresno Bee and local theatre blogger Marc Gonzalez.
This time round I am going for a longer (2 weekends, 8 shows) run. Which in turn means a higher cost to produce. I am hopeful that with the help and support of friends I am able to produce yet another piece of theatre for our community.
When Greg is overheard admitting that his girlfriend Steph
is no beauty, but that he wouldn't change her for the world,
a chain of events begins that sees his world and his
relationships completely reshaped. He is confused and
can't see what he's done wrong, but Steph is devastated:
she doesn't want to be with a man who doesn't think she's
beautiful, whatever she may think of herself. Meanwhile,
Greg's best friend Kent alternates between boasting about
how gorgeous his wife, Carly, is and chasing after a hot
new colleague.
Reasons To Be Pretty examines our perception of beauty and
asks whether it is as much of a curse to be conventionally
attractive as it is to be considered ugly. It asks whether
beauty itself is important, or if its import is in the
judgment itself. In a world where appearances are used as
benchmarks of achievement or at the very least the
foundation of a judgment about who or what another
person is, Reasons To Be Pretty questions the very
judgments we make. It is a play as much about hearsay
and misunderstanding as it is about trust and love - the
elements that go into achieving that trust and love, the
foundations of human relationships.
The Cast: Kelsey Deroian, Patrick Nalty, Steven Olson and Aubrianne Scott
The Team:
Miguel A. Gastelum: Director
Angela Salinas: Stage Manager
Regina Harris: Sound/Lighting Designer
Mitchell Hau: Set Designer
Heather Sisk: Costumer Designer
Reasons to be Pretty will perform at The Voice Shop in the Tower District the last two weekends of March.
Organizer
Miguel Gastelum
Organizer
Fresno, CA
