Now Circa Then
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Sep 27, 2010
Closed Oct 9, 2010
Opened Sep 27, 2010
Closed Oct 9, 2010
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
Meet Julian and Josephine, an immigrant couple on New York's Lower East Side, circa 1890. Meet Gideon and Margie, an unlikely pair of historical reenactors, circa now. A museum tour goes off the rails in this scrappy tale of old places, new beginnings and timeless questions.
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A twisty, humorous tale of significance, Carly Mensch's new play,
Now Circa Then, at Ars Nova under Jason Eagan's direction, is a personal, meaningful, and well-crafted production -- one especially well-suited to the theater's intimate space.
Gideon and Margie (Stephen Plunkett and Maureen Sebastian) are tour guides paid to portray Julian and Josephine, an immigrant couple on New York's Lower East Side circa 1890. The audience is given the role of the tour group, but instead of studying the museum, they get an intimate look at the absorbing characters on stage.
As the young couple get to know one another through the easy banter that embodies their occupation, they begin a paralleled jo[...]