Electric Pear kicks off its fourth season with the World Premiere of BALATON by Ashlin Halfnight, directed by Kristjan Thor.
A Hungarian Lake
A Divided Family
An Imperfect Heaven
Frightened and disoriented, Sabrina stumbles her way through a cold and indiscernible space, where time lurches forward, rushes back...and disarmingly stands still. In this tenuous afterlife, where memories replace and highlight reality, Sabrina and her divided Hungarian kin must confront the post-communist, Americanized world that has drastically altered their lives. Desperate for unity, the family struggles violently against the infiltration of fast food, designer clothing, infidelity, assimilation and uncompromising youth.
And all the while, the stars shine above Balaton.
Mr. Halfnight began work on this play in 2006 while on Fulbright writing with the Hungarian National Theatre in Budapest. The play received a series of readings at the Lark Play Development Center in 2007 and 2008.
The closing night of Balaton will commemorate the 20th Anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall (November 9, 1989) and the collapse of the Iron Curtain.
Balaton reunites the team which produced Artifacts of Consequence (“deliriously imaginative and talent rich…fantastical drama…” – The New York Times; “an important play that's a joy to watch.” - Kul )
