Politics, Culture, and Other Wastes of Time

Studio Theatre in Washington, D.C., is currently performing Anne Washburn comedy "The Internationalist" (picture is from a New York performance of the play). The director is Kirk Jackson who last directed Studio Theatre's production of the Tom Stoppard classic "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead."

The comedy production stars Beckman Ross, Tyler Pierce and Holly Twyford. The theatre's web site called the play 'a new kind of play for the 21st century."

The play revolves around Lowell, who sets off for an international business trip. He ends up with a really case of jet lag, and then like a character from "Star Trek" he finds himself in an unnamed country where citizens speak a language that neither he or anyone in the audience will understand.

And, thus the usually confident Lowell finds himself 'lost in translation.'

The play sounds like it has elements of Larry Shue's "The Foreigner" on the surface. "The Washington Post" called it a delightful production.

If only the Greyhound trip to DC were free................

Useful Links (for showtimes and run dates):

http://www.studiotheatre.org

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