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SUMMARY:End of Lear & Border:Home
DESCRIPTION:Baker Theater Workshop is proud to present the world-premi
 ere staged reading of a script by a local playwright alongside a reima
 gining of King Lear this June.\nBaker Theater’s artistic director Pe
 ter Temes has penned a new play called Border:Home that will premiere 
 at Seattle’s ReAct Theatre June 5th and run through the 14th. The pl
 ay centers around a group of volunteers stationed at the least-used bo
 rder crossing between the US and Mexico who are dedicated to helping m
 igrants cross the open desert.\nBorder:Home does more than raise a voi
 ce of protest against the US’s current policy of granting precious f
 ew asylum claims and repelling families seeking shelter: it spotlights
  the human dimensions of the tragedy and the struggle to make some kin
 d of positive contribution.\nBorder:Home will be presented alongside a
 nother one-act called The End of Lear: Four Kings\, an adaptation of t
 he Shakespearean tragedy. Continuing Baker’s dramatic explorations o
 f King Lear\, this one-act piece depicts the original text from Lear
 ’s perspective.\nIn The End of Lear\, four dynamic Seattle actors si
 multaneously unearth the varied facets of this Shakespearean king: his
  cruelty toward his loved ones\, his anxiety about how others perceive
  him\, and his propensity for transforming the world into merely a sta
 ge for his personal drama.\nPaired together as one evening of theatre\
 , both Border:Home and The End of Lear delve into themes related to th
 e hunger for power\, the limits of family bonds\, and the personal tra
 gedies inherent within larger political machinations. The staged readi
 ngs are directed by Temes and feature local actors Peter C. Cook\, Hes
 ter Elwell\, Raine Hoover\, Ken Knight\, Ava Hoover\, and John Dugaw.\
 nBorder:Home and The End of Lear premiere on June 5th at ReAct Theatre
  in Pioneer Square and run through June 14th. The entire evening runs 
 approximately two hours\, including one ten-minute intermission. There
  will be snacks and non-alcoholic beverages available for purchase bot
 h prior to the show and during intermission.\nReAct Theatre is wheelch
 air-accessible through the freight elevator entrance at the back. If y
 ou need any accommodations\, please contact us at peter@iloinstitute.c
 om after reserving your tickets so that we can let you in through this
  entrance or assist you with anything else.\nBaker Theater Workshop ex
 ists to bring new works of theater to the Seattle community\, with an 
 eye toward highlighting voices often unheard. We offer free admission 
 as part of our radical hospitality policy that ensures quality art is 
 accessible to all. You can also choose to make a donation with your ti
 cket reservation\, which greatly helps underwrite the costs of produci
 ng high-caliber theatre and offering unlimited radical hospitality tic
 keting.
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