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Warehouse has a look at our lives in ‘Life as We Know It’

Posted on 22 April 2014.

From left, Bill Reilly, Dan Brunson and Jim Esposito star in "Life as We Know It," at Warehouse PAC in Cornelius.

From left, Bill Reilly, Dan Brunson and Jim Esposito star in “Life as We Know It,” at Warehouse PAC in Cornelius.

theater notes bugThe quirks and craziness of contemporary life are the fodder for theatrical fun in “Life As We Know It,” a 90-minute show of five short comedies and a monologue written by North Carolina playwright Elaine Alexander.  The show takes a satiric swipe at cell phone addiction, helicopter parenting and youth obsession among other modern day maladies.

  • Runs April 24 to May 4, Thursdays to Saturdays at 8pm, Sundays at 2pm.

“The plays are hilarious, but they’re embedded in truth,”  said Marla Brown, artistic director of The Warehouse Performing Arts Center. “They explore provocative themes about our lives today, but Elaine writes them with wit and a wink to the audience.”

Or as the playwright herself put it in an interview with The Fayetteville Observer, “If ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ and ‘Saturday Night Live’ had a love child, it would be “Life As We Know It.”

Elaine’s work has been showcased at theatres throughout the Carolinas.  Last year “Life As We Know It” premiered at The Gilbert Theatre, a semi-equity playhouse in Fayetteville to enthusiastic audiences.

The University of North Carolina graduate and Dramatist Guild member not only pens comic monologues, but performs them herself.  She has recently entertained audiences with her work, which she describes as her own “suburban neuroses on steroids” at The Duke Energy Theatre, Theatre Charlotte and The McGlohon Theatre.  Along with The Warehouse Ten Minute Play Contest, her short comedies have been selected for play festival performances at The Old Courthouse Theatre in Concord and The Lee Street Theatre in Salisbury.

Elaine has been profiled in The Fayetteville Observer, Up And Coming Magazine and Myers Park Living.  Here are links to the articles: http://www.fayobserver.com/

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“Life as We Know It” runs April 24 to May 4, with shows Thursday to Saturday at 8pm and Sunday at 2pm. Tickets and more information WarehousePAC.com.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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