Theater News

Jessica Cummings, Kathryn Kates, Peter O’Connor Set for Ashton Halfnight’s Balaton

Ashlin Halfnight
Ashlin Halfnight

Jessica Cummings, Kathryn Kates and Peter O’Connor will star in Ashlin Halfnight’s Balaton, to run October 16 – November 7 at The Theatre at 30th Street. Kristjan Thor will direct this Electric Pear production.

The play focuses on four generations of a fractured Hungarian family who are struggling to survive in a post-communist, Americanized world. The creative team will include Jennifer de Fouchier (scenic design), Kathleen Dobbins (lighting design), Stephanie Alexander (costume design), Mark Sanders (sound design), and Alex Koch (video design).

The company will also present Synesthesia 2010, a piece created collaboratively by ten playwrights, April 19 – May 3, 2010.

For further information, visit www.electricpear.org.