LOST IN THE COSMOS: THE LAST SELF-HELP SEMINAR
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!
