Regional Premiere of "The Visitor" February 27, 2009

Miners Alley Playhouse presents
the Regional Premiere of
The Visitor

By Eric Emmanuel-Schmitt
Directed by John Arp

Vienna, 1938. The Nazis have invaded Austria and are persecuting the Jews. Sigmund Freud is still confident in the future and refuses to leave. But on this April evening, the Gestapo arrest his daughter Anna and take her for questioning. Freud remains alone and desperate when, suddenly, a stranger enters through the window. The visitor, a frivolous and cynical dandy in a tuxedo & top hat, has some incredible things to say. Who is he? A mad man? A magician? Is this merely a dream? Or is he really as he claims, God in person? Like Freud himself, each of us will have to decide, in the course of this serious, crazy evening, who this visitor really is.

Miners Alley Playhouse presents “The Visitor” opening Friday, February 27 running through April 5. With performances on Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 6 p.m. *Please note the closing performance on Sunday, April 5 will be at 2 p. m. and there will be no evening show on this date. Tickets are $20 (Senior, Student & Group rates available) and are available by calling 303-935-3044 or online at www.minersalley.com.

John Arp has lived and performed in Denver for the last twelve years and is making his directorial debut with “The Visitor” at Miners Alley Playhouse. As an actor he has performed in shows at the Denver Center Theatre Company, Curious Theatre Company, Creede Repertory Theater Company, Aurora Fox, Littleton Town Hall Arts Center and the Avenue Theater. John performed in Houston with Stages Repertory and seven seasons with the Houston Shakespeare Festival. The Rocky Mountain News named him Best Supporting Actor in 2005 and the Denver Post has awarded him Best Supporting Actor in a Drama in 2004, Best Season for an Actor in 2005, Best Supporting Actor in a Musical in 2006 and Best Season for an Actor in 2007.

The stellar cast includes Rick Bernstein as Sigmund Freud, Eric Mather as Stranger, Jeremy Sortore as Nazi Officer and Laura Lounge as Anna Freud.
Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt is an author and playwright known and appreciated the world over. His novels have been translated into more than 32 languages, and several of his books have held the top slot on international best-seller lists for months. In 1993 “The Visitor” opened at the Petit Théâtre de Paris. The play was awarded three Molières: Best Play, Best Playwright and Most Promising New Work. “The Visitor” is often performed in Europe, but rarely in The United States. The Miner's Alley production is its Regional Premiere. More info at www.eric-emmanuel-schmitt.com.

Miners Alley Playhouse presents
“The Visitor”
Is that God on Sigmund Freud's couch?
Feb 27 - Apr 5
Fri./Sat. 7:30 p.m.; Sun. 6 p.m. * Sunday, April 5 will be at 2 p.m. There will be no evening show on this date.
Miners Alley Playhouse
1224 Washington Avenue, Golden (corner of 13th & Washington - 2nd floor)
Tickets: $20
303-935-3044 or online at minersalley.com