THE OTHER PLACE - The Local Premiere Of Sharr White's Award-Winning Off-Broadway Mystery August 17, 2012

Redbud Productions presents the local premiere of award-winning playwright Sharr White’s gripping mystery – "The Other Place" directed by Tim Grimes. Nominated for a 2011 Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play this acclaimed new play is scheduled for its Broadway premiere this December.

Do not miss this fully rehearsed staged reading of this gripping mystery that Variety called “haunting;” –Backstage praised as a “taut, incisive puzzle play;” and CurtainUp raved as “a psychological thriller, a scientific mystery and a heart-gripping family drama.

Scientist Juliana Smithton (Sue Booth)’s research has propelled her bright career - until a disturbing turn of events at a conference threatens to unravel her success. During a lecture to colleagues at an exclusive beach resort, she glimpses an enigmatic young woman in a bright bikini amidst the crowd of business suits.

Her husband (Jim Sullivan), her estranged daughter (Celine Lopez) and a former colleague (Pat Grimes) become embroiled in a confusing mystery, where things are not always as they seem. One step at a time, the mystery unravels as contradictory evidence, blurred truth and fragmented memories collide in a cottage on the windswept shores of Cape Cod.

Redbud Productions, named 2011’s Best Stage Production Group by annarbor.com readers, was created by Tim & Loretta Grimes. For fourteen years, Redbud Productions has offered acting classes for both adults and teens based on the acting techniques of Sanford Meisner, and has presented several productions and staged readings each year.