WORLD PREMIERE March 15 - April 5, 2009 Julianne Argyros Stage GOLDFISH by John Kolvenbach directed by Loretta Greco Laurie Smits Staude, Honorary Producer

From Chicago to New York to London, where the Evening Standard praised his "robust humor and bursts of poetic lyricism," John Kolvenbach is one of today’s most sought-after playwrights. He more than lives up to the raves in this SCR-commissioned world premiere, a bittersweet story about two college students who fall surprisingly in love. She's loquacious. He's solitary. But she persists, and—to his amazement—sweeps him off his feet. Then problems develop: namely, her mother and his father. Dealing with eccentric parents stretches the power of love to its limits and sends Albert and Lucy on an imaginative search for a happy ending.

Playwright:
John Kolvenbach is the author of Love Song, on an average day, Gizmo Love, Fabuloso and The Gravity of Means. Love Song premiered at Steppenwolf Theatre Company in 2006, and went on to the West End, where it was nominated for an Olivier Award for Best New Comedy. The London production was directed by John Crowley, with Neve Campbell, Cillian Murphy, Kristen Johnston and Michael McKean. on an average day ran at the Comedy Theatre on the West End in 2002, with Woody Harrelson and Kyle MacLachlan, also directed by John Crowley. Kolvenbach has pending commissions from SCR and Steppenwolf Theatre Company.

*Post-show discussion led by SCR literary staff and artists from the show.
**ASL interpreted performance for the Deaf community.