LOST IN THE COSMOS: THE LAST SELF-HELP SEMINAR
February 9 - 26, 2017
In Partnership with Dad’s Garage Theatre Company
If Earthlings zoomed to a planet with intelligent life, would they let us land or label us a threat to a more-evolved universe? Walker Percy pondered such existential “what ifs” in Lost in the Cosmos: The Last Self Help Book. The Outfit’s Artistic Director, Tom Key, deftly re-imagines Percy’s opus as a soul-searching seminar where cheeky group leaders hilariously suggest alternatives to our everyday behavior. A wry and hopeful meditation on our obsessions with reality TV and politics, horoscopes and how-to guides, Lost in the Cosmos engages the mind, soul and funny bone.
“Its sly humor shows us strategies for solidifying and shoring up our tenuous selves.” — NPR
ARTISTIC TEAM
| Director | Kevin Gillese |
| Casting Director | Clifton Guterman* |
| Set Designer | Nadia Morgan |
| Costume Designer | Anna Tucker |
| Lighting Designer | Conan Joshua Santamaria |
| Sound Designer | Jeff Millsaps |
| Props Designer | Maclare “MC” Park |
| Graphic Design | Adam Pinney |
| Stage Manager | Barbara Gantt O’Haley* |
* Member of Actors’ Equity, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States
CAST MEMBERS
PERFORMANCE DATES
| Preview Performance | February 9, 2017 | 7:30 pm |
| Preview Performance | February 10, 2017 | 7:30 pm |
| Opening Night Performance | February 11, 2017 | 7:30 pm |
| Matinee Performance | February 12, 2017 | 2:30 pm |
| Evening Performance | February 15, 2017 | 7:30 pm |
| Evening Performance | February 16, 2017 | 7:30 pm |
| Evening Performance | February 17, 2017 | 7:30 pm |
| Matinee Performance with post-show Downtown Dialogue | February 18, 2017 | 2:30 pm |
| Evening Performance | February 18, 2017 | 7:30 pm |
| Matinee Performance | February 19, 2017 | 2:30 pm |
| Evening Performance | February 23, 2017 | 7:30 pm |
| Evening Performance with Page to Stage Talk Back | February 24, 2017 | 7:30 pm |
| Matinee Performance | February 25, 2017 | 2:30 pm |
| Evening Performance | February 25, 2017 | 7:30 pm |
| Closing Performance | February 26, 2017 | 2:30 pm |
In Partnership with:
Community Partners:
AJC Decatur Book Festival
Red Brick Brewing Co.
Downtown Dialogue – Post-Matinee
Saturday, February 18
Be downtown and join a panel of special, non-theatre guests in an open dialogue about the social and global themes in the show! Open to all patrons with a ticket to any performance of the current production. Dialogue begins after a short break following the matinee and lasts one hour.
Macy’s Page to Stage Post-Show Talk Back
Friday, February 24
Representatives from the creative team/staff share how they moved the show from script to finished production!
Major support is provided by the Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs. Funding for this organization is provided by the Fulton County Board of Commissioners.
