Livingston’s Blue Slipper Theatre presents the next production of its new season with Lauren Gunderson’s I and You in the coming weeks. Performances are set for May 10th–12th and 17th–19th. Friday and Saturday shows will begin at 8pm, with Sunday matinees to follow at 3pm.
One afternoon, Anthony arrives unexpectedly at classmate Caroline’s door bearing a beat-up copy of Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass, an urgent assignment from their English teacher. Homebound due to chronic illness, Caroline hasn’t been to school in months, but she is as quick and sardonic as Anthony is athletic, sensitive and popular. As these two let down their guards and share their secrets, this seemingly mundane poetry project unlocks a much deeper mystery that has brought them together.
“…sharp and funny. Gunderson taps into a buoyant spirit … the touching ‘barbaric yawp’ (Whitman’s phrase) of these two deeply engaging kids.” – Nelson Pressle, The Washington Post
“By the close, Gunderson has guided us toward a sublime transfiguration that encompasses ‘Leaves of Grass,’ John Coltrane, Jerry Lee Lewis, space and time, bodies and spirits, death and rebirth.” – The New Yorker
I and You is an ode to youth, life, love, and the strange beauty of human connectedness. The local production is presented under the direction of Sarah Sherman and features a talented cast of actors and stage crew.
Tickets for I and You are $20 or $15 for students/seniors and are available at www.blueslipper.org. Seating at the Blue Slipper, located at 113 E Callender St, is limited. Please call (406) 222-7720 for more information. •
