REASON FOR THE CHANGE
Artistic Director Allen Nause strongly believes The Invisible Hand should be an international collaboration that includes Pakistani artists. As many of you know, Allen served as a U.S. Cultural Envoy last summer through the Pakistan National Council for the Arts when he directed Neil Simon’s The Odd Couple for LUSH Theatre in Islamabad, so his ties to the artistic community there are strong. After working with the State Department for some time, it recently became clear to us that the extensive process required for establishing work visas wasn’t going to match the dates we planned to do the show. Allen and incoming Artistic Director Dámaso Rodriguez agreed to delay the production to give the theatre enough time to secure the artists that they feel are integral to the artistic and organizational goals for producing the play.

A RARE TREAT
We are excited to offer The Gin Game featuring our most veteran Artists Rep actors Allen Nause and Vana O’Brien in a play they’ve wanted to do together for years! Vana is part of the theatre’s Resident Acting Company and was one of the founding artists of Artists Rep. It was she who suggested Allen for the role of Artistic Director in 1988. Surprisingly, Allen and Vana have never appeared on Artists Rep’s stage together and are thrilled, in Allen’s final year as Artistic Director, to finally have the chance to work side by side on stage.