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LINDSEY'S OYSTER

Lindsey's Oyster was nominated for the David Cohen Award and selected to participate in the 2012 Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival Region 2 at Indiana University of PA, directed by Jason Chimonides.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Local playwright Tammy Ryan's still developing play, 'Lindsey's Oyster,' among the 8 productions staged at IUP during the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival. (link)

LOST BOY FOUND IN WHOLE FOODS

Pittsburgh Premiere by THE REP
Studio Theater, Pittsburgh Playhouse
Sept 30-Oct 16, 2011

For tickets call 412-392-8000 or click www.pittsburghplayhouse.com

Christine, a recently divorced East Ender makes a remarkable discovery one day in the produce section of Whole Foods: a papaya in the hands of Gabriel, a refugee of Sudan. Soon, Gabriel's world becomes enmeshed with hers -- and daughter Alex's -- leading to a remarkable journey of awareness, struggle and hopefulness. Pittsburgh Playwright Tammy Ryan's eloquent story is simultaneously provocative, beautiful and haunting, leaving us to wonder about the effect of one soul on another.

Blog Post: Emotional Collisions: Lost Boy Found at Whole Foods,
from Poor Lessing's Theatre Almanack

LINDSEY'S OYSTER

Oct 6-Oct 15, 2011
For tickets call 724-357-ARTS (2787) or click www.iup.edu/page.aspx?id=110707.

When sixteen year old Lindsey finds herself with an unwanted pregnancy by her unloving boyfriend, parental and social pressures mount to force a devastating decision. As she struggles to define love and self and who controls her body and her life, the beauty and fragility of her innermost integrity blossom in this unflinchingly honest coming of age story.