Raconteur asks, “Where should the line be drawn?”
Raconteur Theatre Company wonders at what point innocent intrigue in another person crosses to inappropriate interactions. To explore this topic, they are launching their 2010 season with Neil McGowan’s Tracks in the Snow.
When Chase (Andrew Goodwin) gets stranded in a winter storm, he finds himself stuck staying with a farming family. With no way out until a thaw comes through, Chase finds himself mixed up in both the troubles of the family and the troubles he creates for them, especially the teenage daughter Leauna (Katie Powell). Leauna’s sister Sandra (Lorelei Moore) struggles with her own relationship issues, distracting the whole family from the more pressing problem of the time Chase and Leauna are spending together.
“Tracks in the Snow is about two desperately alone people who misplace their dreams as affection for one another,” director and Raconteur ensemble member Ken Worrall comments. “Chase is a man in hopeless pursuit of an endangered deer when he wrecks his car on a forgotten Midwestern farm. There he finds what he’s looking for: unbroken snow— something pure and innocent—in Leauna. Chase discovers what he thinks is a fellow dreamer. But like unbroken snow, he very quickly and accidentally leaves his mark on her life.”
Tracks in the Snow by Neil McGowan runs March 4-20 at Club Diversity (863 S High St, Columbus 43206). Shows are Thursdays through Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. with one matinee performance on March 14 at 2:30 p.m. Tickets are $15 for adults, $10 for students/seniors.
For additional information, call 614.495.7946 or email info@raconteurtheatre.com.
Photo credit: Sam Blythe
(clockwise from left) Tom Shafer, Katie Powell, and Andrew Goodwin in Raconteur Theatre’s Tracks in the Snow, a play exploring the surprising turn of events when a stranger is dropped into your comfortable life, performed at Club Diversity.
Photo credit: Sam Blythe
(left to right) Lorelei Moore, Andrew Goodwin and Katie Powell in Raconteur Theatre’s Tracks in the Snow, a play exploring the surprising turn of events when a stranger is dropped into your comfortable life, performed at Club Diversity.
Photo credit: Sam Blythe
(left to right) Andrew Goodwin and Katie Powell in Raconteur Theatre’s Tracks in the Snow, a play exploring the surprising turn of events when a stranger is dropped into your comfortable life, performed at Club Diversity.