Ixion Ensemble presents Apples in Winter by Jennifer Fawcett October 26, 27, November 2 and 3. Performances are at 8 pm on Saturdays on 2 pm on Sundays in The Robin Theatre, 1105 S. Washington Ave. Lansing, MI. Tickets are $15 (See mention of Golden Ticket below) at the door or via eventbrite.com. For more information or to reserve seats email [email protected] or call 517.775.4246.
Apples in Winter is the story of a mother making an apple pie. The last pie that her son will ever eat as he sits on death row. As she prepares the pie, she struggles with how her son's life could have turned out this way. Too she questions whether her actions led to his circumstance. Apples in Winter has won the NNPN Smith Prize and the Susan Glaspell Award.
Jennifer Fawcett is a playwright and teacher. Her plays have been produced in the US and Canada at Phoenix Theatre (Indianapolis), Urbanite Theatre (Sarasota), Centenary Stage Company (Hackettstown, NJ), Riverside Theatre (Iowa City), the Source Festival (Washington, DC), Hancher Auditorium (University of Iowa), Available Light Theatre (Columbus), Uprising Theatre Company (Minneapolis), Halcyon Theatre (Chicago), the Drilling Company (New York), Summerworks (Toronto), Rhubarb! Theatre Festival (Toronto), and the Blyth Festival (Blyth, ON) among others.
Here is a public radio interview of Ms. Fawcett during last year's rolling national premier of Apples in Winter, https://www.iowapublicradio.org/post/apples-winter-conversation-iowa-based-playwright-jennifer-fawcett#stream/0
Apples in Winter will be directed by Ixion Artistic Director jeff croff, an alumnus of Michigan State University. Starring in this one woman show is Lansing Community College theatre professor Paige Tufford. This show marks the second collaboration for croff and Tufford. Paige performed in Ixion's inaugural show and world premiere The Four Disgracers, which was directed by croff. Tufford also directed Top Dog/ Underdog and Secrets for Ixion.
Golden Ticket Program
For persons in our community experiencing financial difficulty, Ixion has created the Golden Ticket program to provide a limited number of free tickets to each performance. Contact Ixion via email, [email protected], and request tickets for your preferred performance date.