Caryl Churchill's CLOUD 9

Caryl Churchill's Cloud 9, the time-shifting comedy by the author of Top Girls, created a sensation with its 1981 Off-Broadway premiere, directed by Tommy Tune. Originally both parody and spoof of the Victorian Empire and its rigid attitudes, especially toward sex, the piece takes on new meaning in today's interconnected world. In Act One, there is Clive, a British functionary; his wife Betty (played by a man); their daughter Victoria (a rag doll); Clive's friend Harry, an explorer; Mrs. Saunders, who runs about dressed in a riding habit; Clive's son Edward, who still plays with dolls and is played by a woman; and Joshua, a native servant who knows exactly what is really going on. What really is going on is a marvelous send-up and a non-stop round-robin of sexual liaisons. The second act shifts to London in 1979, but for the surviving characters it is only twenty-five years later, and all those repressed sexual longings have evaporated along with the Empire. This new production of Cloud 9 is directed by BBPAC Artistic Director Matt Okin, produced by Huey Esquire and Black Box Studios, and features Michael Egan, Jason Felix, Michael Gardiner, Sara Giacomini, Danielle MacMath, Danielle Manente, Joseph Ramondino and Laurence Wallace. Cloud 9 plays the following 12 performance schedule at Black Box Performing Arts Center in Teaneck, NJ:

Thursday, February 9th, 8PM

Friday, February 10th, 8PM

Saturday, February 11th, 8PM