ANCESTRY, LEGACY AND KINSHIP… How do we define
"family?" Is a connection by blood enough? And what
responsibility do we have to those we call our own?
Rep Stage explores two very different father/daughter
relationships in The Whale and Sunset Baby. Different
cultures, different histories, different parts of the country,
but both families struggle to come to terms with
obligations they have to each other and the blood
lines that they share.
THEATRE
REP STAGE
BLOODLINES
The Whale
by Samuel D. Hunter / Directed by Kasi Campbell
January 14
- February 1 / Studio Theatre
Since the death of his partner, a morbidly obese man confines himself
to his small apartment on the outskirts of Mormon Country, eating
himself into oblivion. Desperate to reconnect with his long-estranged
daughter, he reaches out to her, only to find a viciously sharp-tongued
and wildly unhappy teen. Championed by the Associated Press as
"compelling, funny and unexpectedly impactful," The Whale tells the
story of a man's last chance at redemption, and of finding beauty in
the most unexpected places.
