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SHOTGUN THEATRE LAB presents

heavy days

principal collaborators: Erin Gilley and Evren Odcikin

Shotgun Theatre Lab presents HEAVY DAYS, a collaborative ensemble piece about four women who resist and succumb to the allure of madness. The mundane rituals of Christmas dinners and birth control, the unchallenging wisdom of self-help books and Martha Stewart, bloom into an abstract, whimsical and provocative theatrical experience. HEAVY DAYS runs on December 8, 9, 15, 16, 18, and 19 at 8pm with a press opening on December 9, at La Val's Subterranean, 1834 Euclid, Berkeley.

Spearheaded by principal collaborators Erin Gilley and Evren Odcikin, the ensemble created HEAVY DAYS through a series of improvisational sound and movement exercises inspired by the work of Joseph Chaikin and the Open Theatre. The ensemble performers are Erin Carter, Erin Gilley, Lisa Patten, and Sara Razavi. The production team includes Marc Blinder (sound and video) and Connie Hwong (costumes).

Erin Gilley has just finished directing David Mamet's The Woods for Theatre in the Woods. In the Bay Area, she has previously worked with TheatreFirst and Isis Arts. Her previous acting credits include Much Ado About Nothing (Beatrice), Bus Stop (Cherie), How I Learned to Drive (Lil' Bit), Barefoot in the Park (Corie), and Oleanna (Carol).Her directing experience includes Whirligig, The House of Yes, The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds, and A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Evren Odcikin has worked with Shotgun as set designer for this year's Water Principle, and as assistant director for Mother Courage and Her Children. His previous directing credits include How I Learned to Drive, Baby and the Bathwater, Medea, and Macbeth. Evren works as a freelance graphics designer and has designed posters and publicity materials for numerous shows in New York, Los Angeles, Princeton, and the Bay Area.

The Shotgun Theatre Lab is a program of the Shotgun Players committed to fostering the creation of new works through the mentorship of emerging theater artists. In providing an explorative forum for theater artists, we also create a showcase of dynamic and experimental work that opens new avenues of learning, imagination and form for audiences and artists alike. The Shotgun Theatre Lab removes the emphasis on succeeding financially, and instead promotes alternative models of successful theatre.

WHERE: La Val's Subterranean, 1834 Euclid, @ Hearst, Berkeley.

WHEN: December 8, 9, 15, 16, 18, and 19. Press Opening on December 9.

TICKETS: All tickets $10.