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'Miracles' gives voice to struggles of autism INVISIBLE THEATER WILL STAGE THIS WORK IN PROGRESS NEXT WEEK 'Miracles' gives voice to struggles of autism Kathleen Allen Arizona Daily Star | Posted: Friday, January 28, 2011 Higgins first penned "Miracles" in 1997. Though he's made some changes since then, he hasn't turned his attention to the script for some time. Enter Susan Claassen, director of the IT production. She liked the play; she wanted changes. "It's about faith, and how much can we effect change by believing in something," she says. "Can we evolve to the point where we can accept people for who they are rather than who we want them to be?" ----- Read the entire preview here: 'Miracles' gives voice to struggles of autism

Respect for the Craft | Review | Tucson Weekly Respect for the Craft Invisible Theatre celebrates four full decades of Tucson productions by Sherilyn Forrester Tucson's Invisible Theatre has something that few theaters anywhere can claim: a full four-decade history. In 1971, with a controversial war dividing the country, baby boomers coming of age and a cultural revolution well underway, grassroots theaters were springing up all around the country, in the belief that young, new voices could change the world. Most of those groups, underfunded and lacking experienced leadership, sputtered and died. But in Tucson, the Invisible Theatre—born to produce original plays developed by company members—is celebrating its 40th birthday. According to managing artistic director Susan Claassen, who has a 36-year history with the group, the theater was established in 1971 as a playwrights' theater, but financial challenges resulted in several members of the group leaving Tucson for what they h...

2 Across "2 ACROSS" SPELLS SMART HUMOR By Chuck Graham, TucsonStage.com Invisible Theatre has a tasty morsel in "2 Across" by Jerry Mayer, directed by Gail Fitzhugh. Even though we pretty much always know where this train ride is taking us, the ride is still a lot of fun. We enjoy "2 Across" because there are funny jokes told by people with substantial personalities. Read the entire review here: http://tucsonstage.com/LINKS/IT_Reviews/2_Across/2_across.html

3-letter word starting with 'f' Kathleen Allen Arizona Daily Star | Posted: Friday, November 12, 2010 Director Gail Fitzhugh has delivered a well-timed, tightly focused production of this Jerry Mayer script. It bops along nicely, with so many laugh lines that there's hardly time to breathe between them. It helps that the actors in this two-person cast know what they are doing. Maedell Dixon and David Alexander Johnston slid into their characters with ease. If you're up for an evening of comedy, get on board. This lightweight play is serious fun. Read the entire review here: http://azstarnet.com/entertainment/arts-and-theatre/article_580f99fc-aa1f-5e3f-b384-72cc73292c61.html Review of "2 Across" at Invisible Theatre, Tucson, AZ

Crosswords offer clues to life in '2 Across' : " Kathleen Allen Arizona Daily Star | Posted: Friday, November 5 [Playwright] Mayer, now 79 and retired from his last studio job as executive producer on 'The Facts of Life,' went after writing plays with the same gusto with which he had pursued television writing. His play '2 Across' opens at Invisible Theatre next week. It is one of eight plays he has written and had produced; he's working on his ninth. "2 Across" is about a man and a woman who meet on a subway train at 4 a.m. (Mayer took a trip to San Francisco and hopped a BART train at that hour to make sure it is plausible that two people could be alone on the train at that time - it was). They are both working on crosswords - she is focused and precise, he is the opposite. When the crossword becomes too much for him, he turns to the sports page. She takes him to task, and a ride that sees deep changes in both of them begins. On the f...

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Servings of Nostalgia | Review | Tucson Weekly Servings of Nostalgia Two fine plays take Tucsonans back in time by Nathan Christensen Tucson Weekly The Invisible Theatre is dishing up Moonlight and Magnolias as the first production of its 40th anniversary season, and the flavor is light, sweet and frothy, with a little bit of kick. The play is about three brilliant men colliding in a small room as they work to create something monumental—and the production itself offers three talented men colliding on a small stage as they create a high-energy evening of theater. Terry Erbe, Dwayne Palmer and Roberto Guajardo in Moonlight and Magnolias . Read the entire review at: Servings of Nostalgia | Review | Tucson Weekly