Cowboys, Pittsburgh & Gender(s)

For one weekend only, catch the Ithaca premiere of Macarthur Genius award winner Sarah Ruhl’s Late: A Cowboy Song, a whimsical romantic triangle that presents a fable of a young woman married to her grade school sweetheart, yet yearning for the open skies promised by a Pittsburgh cowboy/girl named “Red.”
The play kicks off Incognita’s third season, and features the Ithaca debut of director Victoria Apodaca. The cast includes Abby J Smith as Mary and Brian Kolczynski as Crick (the young couple) with Siobhan Whalen as the mysterious, guitar-strumming Red.
Late takes stage at The Space at Greenstar, one weekend only, Fri-Sun, Nov 18-20. Evening performances are 8 pm on Fri & Sat, and 7 pm on Sun, with matinees at 2 pm on Sat and Sun. Seating is very limited. Advance tickets are just $10, available through Ticket Center Ithaca (607.273.4497). Tickets at the door will be $15.
The play is an early work by one of the nation’s hottest playwrights. Sarah Ruhl is the author of two plays recently seen in Ithaca, Eurydice and The Clean House and was a student of renowned playwright and Cornell alum Paula Vogel.
Famed drama critic Chris Jones of the Chicago Tribune said of the Chicago premiere, “If you are drawn to Ruhl, there is a rare moment here in this little room to better understand her genesis, the insecurities that spawned her astonishing inherent theatricality.”
The play has “huge things to say about relationships, love, the elusiveness of happiness and, to a more subtle degree, the touchy subject of gender roles in society and the gendering of intersex babies. But it’s told so simply and directly that it tugs at the heartstrings and connects with the soul…” (New City Stage)
“Sarah Ruhl has been on my short list for years,” says Ross Haarstad, Incognita’s Artistic Director. “When I asked Vicky Apodaca to come on board, this was the first play she suggested, and I jumped at it.”
Seating is limited so advance purchases are encouraged.

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