If you haven't had a chance to see Ellen Snortland's "Now That She's Gone" one-woman show, you have five (count 'em, five) chances to see it right here in Altadena in July. In August, she takes it to the world famous theater festival in Edinbugh, Scotland.
The "abridged festival version" wil be presented at the Coffee Gallery Backstage, 2029 N. Lake Ave., at the following times:
Sat., July 16, 1 PM preview; and at 3 PM.
Thurs., July 21, 8 PM.
Sat., July 23, 3 PM.
Sun. July 24, 5:30 PM.
TIckets are $7.50 through $15 through BrownPaper Tickets, http://tiny.cc/Snortland. Tickets may be available at the door.
Nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in Drama, "Now That She’s Gone" is a play that explores Ellen Snortland’s often hilarious, irreverent and sometimes torturous relationship with her Norwegian-American mother. "Now That She’s Gone" has been described as a Lily Tomlin / Garrison Keillor hybrid… passionate, poignant and funny in turns. A memoir piece with Eleanor Roosevelt, sex, drugs and lutefisk, the play and performance has received rave reviews and standing ovations in California, New York, and Washington, D.C. And it's not just for women… there’s even a chase scene!
