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Invisible Theatre presents "Borrowed Time" By  Kathy Allen Ann Dusenberry has taken on big challenges in her life. The Tucson native and University of Arizona graduate faced sharks in “Jaws 2,” co-starred with Lucille Ball in the television series “Life with Lucy,” and dealt with murder in “Murder, She Wrote.” But this year, the actress-director has faced one of her biggest artistic challenges — directing her husband Brad Fiedel in his one-man show, “Borrowed Time.” Invisible Theatre brings it here for one performance on Sunday. “It was hell,” she says with a laugh in a phone interview from her Santa Barbara home. Read the entire preview here:  Invisible Theatre presents "Borrowed Time" Composer-turned-actor Brad Fiedel left Hollywood behind to pursue other dreams.

Invisible Theatre's  Miracle on South Division Street  is the perfect play for a season that celebrates family by   Sherilyn Forrester , Tucson Weekly ... Playwright Tom Dudzick unfolds the story of the Nowak family with a very light touch. The result is a good-natured piece that has us laughing from start to finish at a wonderfully contrived setup and characters who are not so very different from people we know and love. ... Miracle on South Division Street  gives us a spirited and very funny story. The IT gang does a fine job, and chances are this will be a hot ticket this season. Nab yours soon. Carley Elizabeth Preston, Alida Holguin Gunn and Seth Fowler in  Miracle on South Division Street. Read the entire review here:  Shrines, Soup and the Seventies | Review | Tucson Weekly

Review: Miracle on South Division Street November 17, 2013 12:00 am   •   By  Kathy Allen What this wispy comedy lacks in substance is made up in charm and heart. Director  Gail Fitzhugh  has assembled a cast that’s committed to the outrageousness and to fleshing out the characters.... Sibling rivalry reigns supreme in this rollicking comedy with Ruth (Carley Elizabeth Preston), Bev (Alida Holguin Gunn) and Jimmy (Seth Fowler). -- Credit: Tim Fuller It’s tough not to laugh at this play, even when it uses broad strokes and goes for easy laughs. Fitzhugh and company have, happily, given us something to smile about. Read the entire review here:  Review: Miracle on South Division Street

by Chuck Graham, TucsonStage.com    photo by Tim Fuller Shocking news surprises the Nowak family (from left) Beverly (Alida Holguin Gunn), Clara (Toni Press-Coffman), Jimmy (Seth Fowler) and Ruth (Carley Elizabeth Preston). A lovely warm-up for an ecumenical holiday season is found at Invisible Theatre in its sprightly production of “Miracle on South Division Street” by Tom Dudzick. Not to be confused with Kris Kringle’s Christmas shopping “Miracle on 34 th  Street,” this miracle of a much different kind is set in Buffalo, New York, in 2010. Gail Fitzhugh directs a tightly knit cast of four to deliver plenty of laughs while reminding us that family devotion will always be more important than religious differences. Anyone who grew up back east will recognize the spot-on characterizations in three generations of the Nowak clan of Polish-American Catholics who staked their claim to the New World just before World War II. First, we are reminded how u...

By CASEY KNOX   Published November 11, 2013 at 10:50pm   Updated November 11, 2013 at 10:50pm For Susan Claassen, the theater’s managing artistic director, the play epitomizes the types of productions that the Invisible Theatre likes to bring to Tucson — ones that aren’t the typical production. ... “I think everyone can relate on some level to it,” Claassen said. “We hope that people can relate to it and look at the world a little differently.” Calling it a “comedy with heart,” Claassen said “Miracle on South Division Street” will simultaneously tug on the heart-strings of audience members while making them laugh. The show stars Toni Press-Coffman, Alida Holguin Gunn, Carley Elizabeth Preston and UA business management senior Seth Fowler. Read the entire preview here:  Arizona Daily Wildcat :: Stage comedy comes to downtown Tucson Photo courtesy of Tim Fuller Sibling rivalry reigns supreme in this rollicking comedy with Ruth (Carley Elizabeth Preston), Bev (Alid...

November 07, 2013 12:00 am   •   By Ashley Reid Special to the Arizona Daily Star In Tom Dudzick’s comedy, family secrets and comedic events are twisted together. Laughs are there, said [Director Gail Fitzhugh]. But there’s more. “They are all very interesting characters. They are working class people and the play itself really deals with family, faith, and sometimes lack of, and the lies we believe,” said Fitzhugh. “It’s about what it is we believe and how we can change and adjust to surprises in life. It is very funny and very inclusive, really heartfelt.” The Nowak family, clockwise,starting with seated: Jimmy (Seth Fowler), Bev (Alida Holguin Gunn) Clara (Toni Press-Coffman) and Ruth (Carley Elizabeth Preston). Credit: Tim Fuller Read the entire preview here:  Invisible Theatre brings us a "Miracle"

Totalitarian Trauma  A dark drama at IT takes on sex, lies and government-speak by  M. Scot Skinner Anna, an editor at the Soviet-style Ministry of Information, is not one to complain and certainly not to the Director. But the man has summoned her and is now standing much too close. And if you must know, this new project might just be the death of her. Anna and her comrades, black markers in hand, are working like the devil cleaning up the personal letters of Russia's most famous composer. Seems the late composer was a boisterous homosexual who liked putting pen to paper. He documented his sexual adventures at length and with explicit glee. "It's pornography," Anna tells the Director, who clearly has a dirty mind of his own. The grim-faced worker, played by Lori Hunt, explains that the filth removal is proceeding as planned. But it's dawning on her that the Director (Roberto Guajardo) didn't call her to his office for a status report. Something else is going...