From ACTORS COLLABORATIVE TOLEDO
The Toledo Repertoire Theatre & Actors Collaborative Toledo will present a staged reading of “Lonely Planet” starring Paul Causman and Jeffrey Albright. The show will be presented May 14 and 15 at 8 p.m. and May 16 at 2:30 p.m. at The Toledo Repertoire Theatre, 16 Tenth Street, Toledo.
Tickets are available for both in-person and live streaming at www.toledorep.org or by calling (419) 243-9277.
The play by Steven Dietz is set in a small map store on the oldest street in an American city. “Lonely Planet” is an intimate portrait of two friends at the height of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Shop owner Jody (Causman) becomes increasingly fearful of the world outside and the dangers it poses, refusing to leave his shop. While Carl (Albright), his spirited friend, begins filling the store with a variety of mysterious chairs. Funny, moving, and deeply human, Steven Dietz’s landmark play examines how we all navigate troubled times.
This staged reading marks the directorial debut of The Rep’s Technical Director, Benjamin Jameson.
Causman and Albright are well known to Toledo theatre audiences for playing opposite each other in “A Christmas Carol”, with Causman playing Ebenezer Scrooge and Albright playing the Ghost of Jacob Marley. Albright and Causman are excited to be reunited onstage in this touching play about the strength of friendship during difficult times.
