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CRITIC'S PICK
"Graham Farrow's searing drama is like a sharp punch to the gut, the type that leaves you winded."
-- Back Stage West

"In an unforgiving look at personal pain and loss, Farrow makes us feel the impotence and rage of the families of all murder victims. Boosted by Martin Noyes' visceral fight scenes and Dave Mickey's potent sound design, Colwell's staging alternates moments of deceptive calm with outbursts of intensity."
-- Orange County Register

"A MODERN DAY MASTERPIECE!... The best play I have seen in twenty years"
-- LA Times Blog

"Heart wrenching and fist clenching, Graham Farrow’s riveting drama Talk About the Passion brims with anguish and despair, helplessness and inequity."
-- What The Butler Saw

"Director David Colwell has done a fine job in shaping his actors’ performances and keeping the tension high and non-stop."
-- LA Stage Scene

 

 

 

 

California Premiere!

Talk About The Passion
by Graham Farrow
directed by David Colwell

Back Stage West Critic's Pick


A random act of violence... a premeditated act of rage

 

Feb. 10 - Mar. 16
Thu. 8pm, Sun. 7pm
There will be no performance on Thu, March 13

$25 General, $22 Seniors/ Students/ Military with I.D.
Group and Youth Rush Tickets Available.

SPECIAL PERFORMANCES:
February 24 at 1pm: Special pre-show discussion

Synopsis

Following the murder of his only child, a man is forced to endure the attention that accompanies the release of the killer's best-selling autobiography. How far will a father go to get even? And how does the woman who published the novel defend her actions? Timely and controversial, Talk About the Passion is an engaging drama that bravely confronts society's morbid fascination with terrible crimes and our habit of forgiving the criminal and criminalizing the victim.

Creative Team
  • Director : David Colwell
  • Set Designer : Joe Pew
  • Lighting Designer : Jeff Brewer
  • Sound Designer : Dave Mickey
  • Projection Designer : John MacDonald
  • Fight Director : Martin Noyes*
  • Dramaturg : Jonathan Josephson*
  • Stage Manager : Casey Holm
Performers
  • Evelyn Ayles : Laurel Feierbach
  • Jason Carroway : Casey Long*
* Chance Theater Company Member

This production has been endorsed by the

Greater Orange
County Chapter of
Parents Of Murdered Children


For more information about this non-profit organization, please click here.

The opening gala for this production was generously catered by La Casa Garcia.

Special Thanks to
The Pierce Family
for sponsoring
Casey Long in this production.