The Jacksonian
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Feb 15, 2012
Closed Mar 18, 2012
Opened Feb 15, 2012
Closed Mar 18, 2012
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
This eerie offering by Pulitzer Prize winner Beth Henley and directed by Tony Award winner Robert Falls transports us to a seedy motel in Jackson, Mississippi circa 1964. You go to The Jacksonian Cottages to bury your secrets, making the motel an unsettling world where subversive becomes commonplace and the passage of time becomes hauntingly unpredictable. Revolving around the night of a murder, The Jacksonian is a surreal trip that is rife with disturbingly dark humor. As this salacious tale's mysterious events unfold, both characters and audience find themselves on a road that ultimately leads to a dead end.
The Geffen Playhouse production marks the world premiere. The Jacksonian will perform in The Audrey Skirball Kenis Theater.
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Beth Henley's new work
The JacksonianThe Jacksonian, premiering at the Geffen Playhouse, features some of acting's greatest talent -- Ed Harris, Bill Pullman, Amy Madigan and Glenne Headly -- but even the nuances they bring to the work can't save the muddled play, filled with too many dead ends, confusing timelines, and characters that are repugnant yet not as compelling as they should be.
Henley begins the play with the aftermath of a murder, a snippet designed to whet our appetites, and throughout the next 90 minutes, time flip-flops between May and December 1964 in the seedy Mississippi hotel that gives the play its title.
While there, we meet the hotel's bartender, Fred Weber (Pullman[...]