TERMINAL CONNECTIONS - THE AIRPORT PLAYS

Lives in transition in the contained and suspended world of an airport setting

directed by Ali von Stein     14 - 18 September 2011

with Peter Romero, Attila Oener, Christine Utterberg, Ingrid Fraley, Summer Banks, Ali von Stein, Pedro Malacas, Louise Watts, Glenn Conroy, Lacey Haynes, Angus McGruther, Carrie Getman and David Masterson

presented by PLAY2C (Berlin)

More than a dozen characters are weaving their way into each other over the course of a series of meaningful departures, layovers or arrivals. In these slices of destiny we travel from suspicion to attraction, fear to trust, alienation to connection and stress to love.

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Where I Come From - by Daniel Reitz : En route young Shay finds herself confronted with the hard facts of her destination by the radical demonstration of a fellow traveller. 

Storks – by Catherine Filloux : An unnerved grandmother finds an unexpected communion with her estranged granddaughter in the course of a layover.

Haere Mai Ki Aotearoa – by Julie McKee : Expat New Yorker Fiona returns to her native New Zealand and rather faces the audience than her family waiting outside the gate. 

Terminal Connection – by Ari Roth  (Directed by Peter Romero) : Two arrivals strive to continue an intimate inflight moment at the terminal where they part after finding new direction in a bittersweet meeting.

The Airport Play – by Alexandra Gersten-Vassilaros : a distressed woman finds enlightenment in the form of a mercilessly nosy stranger who helps to mend two broken hearts, his and hers.

The Flight of the Last Calhoon – by Quincy Long : Gosts of the past are challenged and transformed by a desperate passenger with the help of two very curious security personnel.

The chorus figure of a grounded Air Captain joins all six plays.