Previewing tonight, Two Rooms represents a double debut on the Dallas performing arts scene. The modern tale of love, politics, kidnapping, and power by award-winning American playwright Lee Blessing is the inaugural production of new Dallas theater company, Proper Hijinx. Tonight?s show will also reveal the new CTD Basement Theatre at?the Contemporary Theatre of Dallas.
?A new experience? is promised of this production, directed by Proper Hijinx founder Stefany Cambra. A Contemporary Theatre of Dallas alum, both onstage and as a stage manager and properties designer, she brings to her new company a wealth of local and national independent theater experience. In Two Rooms, she directs Michael McGough as a professor held hostage by terrorists, and Meagan Joy Black as his embattled wife (pictured herein).
As its title suggests, the play takes place in two rooms. Staged within the new underground CTD Basement Theatre, the characters? struggles, half a world apart, will unfold in a unique and intimate setting. ?I have the best kind of nerves right now,? Cambra revealed exclusively to Patron. ?I’m ready to share the work we’ve created and see what the public thinks. Hopefully big things are on the horizon for my tiny little theatre company.?
Following Two Rooms, Proper Hijinx plans a three-show season in 2016, in keeping with Cambra?s mission to produce ?intimate works that don’t shy away from contemporary issues.? A preview of Two Rooms takes place tonight, July 30, at 7:30pm. Performances are scheduled for July 31,?August 1, August 8, and August 9.
For more information and ticketing, visit www.contemporarytheatreofdallas.com or call 214.828.0094. Photos, credit Tiffani Morgan.