The Poor Itch
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Opened Mar 19, 2008
Closed Mar 23, 2008
Opened Mar 19, 2008
Closed Mar 23, 2008
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Michael Chernus, Alicia Goranson, Marc Damon Johnson, Piter Marek, Deidre O'Connell, John Ottavino, Susan Pourfar, and Christopher Thornton star in the Public Theater's Lab production of John Belluso's The Poor Itch. Lisa Peterson directs.
In the play, Ian must come to terms with who he has become, after coming back from the war in Iraq without the use of his legs and suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.
The play was featured in The Public's 2005 New Work Now Festival and was further developed in subsequent workshops prior to Belluso's tragic death in February 2006. To continue shepherding Belluso's final play, The Public staged three different workshops with Director Lisa Peterson and the same company of actors, who will all be appearing in this LAB production.
SATURDAY, MARCH 8
Oskar Eustis, Lisa Peterson, and Victoria Lewis give: "A Tribute To John Belluso: artist and activist"
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12
Returning home from the war: a conversation with
Paul Reickhoff, executive director And Founder of
Iraq and Afghanistan veterans of America.
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The late John Belluso's The Poor Itch was unfinished at the time of his death in 2006. Director Lisa Peterson and a committed cast -- all of whom participated in several developmental workshops of the play -- are presenting the work in a fully staged production that takes into account multiple drafts of the piece. The end result, now on display at The Public Theater, is a stunning theatrical work bursting with emotional power that seems more "complete" than a large number of other plays I've seen this season.
The Poor Itch centers around Ian (Christopher Thornton), a disabled Iraq War veteran who must adjust to life back in the States without the use of his legs, and with the knowledge of [...]