ART by Yasmina Reza

Bowie Community Theatre Presents: ART by Yasmina Reza directed by Joe Del Balzo

Synopsis:

Are your friendships based on tacit mutual agreements? If so, what happens when one person does something completely different and unexpected? Serge has bought a modern painting for a huge sum of money. Marc hates it and can’t believe his friend could possibly want such a work. Yvan attempts, unsuccessfully, to placate both sides. The question is: Are you who you think you are or are you who your friends think you are? The tension and comedy build to an outrageous climax that leaves these three old friends with some very difficult decisions to make. “Art” received the Moliere Award for Best Play, Best Production, and Best Author; the London Evening Standard award for Best Comedy; and the Tony Award for Best Play. It is a “dazzling and dark comedy”… “remarkably wise, witty and intelligent…”

Director's Notes:

Friendship.  Oh, the troubles.  How do we define our friendships and how do we let them define us?  Can we know what makes us “friends” with someone?  What are the bonds that hold our friendships together?  Can we over think them, study them to death?  Tonight we find ourselves in the company of three men who have their friendships turned upside down because one of them did something unimaginable.  And as they examine their friendships, dissecting them, breaking them down, searching to discover their basic elements, we find that such a study—of what it means to be a friend—is not a science, but an ‘Art.’ I am very proud to be a part in bringing this play to you.  At turns funny and serious, dark and light, depressing and uplifting, this is one of my favorite plays.  I hope it will be yours too.  Enjoy ‘Art.’

**Strong Adult Language**