Poor Clare

The world premiere of Chiara Atik’s powerful and very funny modern spin on the medieval story of Saint Clare of Assisi opens the Echo Theater Company’s 25th anniversary season. Clare is just a regular noblewoman living in 13th century Italy, trying out hairstyles and waiting to get married… until a man named Francis starts ranting in the courtyard. Clare and her sister Beatrice might just as well be living in 21st Century Calabasas or Beverly Hills. They worry about the latest styles, gossip about boys with their live-in help, and do their best to be socially conscious. But what happens when your eyes are opened to the injustice of the world around you — and you can’t look away?