Theatre KAPOW - Life Sucks.

Life Sucks. by Aaron Posner
Sort of adapted from Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov

Fri, Sept 20, 2024, 7:30 pm
Sat, Sept 21, 2024, 7:30 pm
Sun, Sept 22, 2024, 2:00 pm
BNH Stage, Concord, NH

theatre KAPOW opens its 17th season with Aaron Posner’s profoundly humane and hilariously quirky comedy Life Sucks.

Life staggers. Life confounds. Life is beautiful. And LIFE SUCKS.

A group of old friends, ex-lovers, estranged in-laws, and lifelong enemies gather to grapple with life’s thorniest questions—and each other. What could possibly go wrong? Incurably lustful and lonely, hapless and hopeful, these seven souls collide and stumble their way towards a new understanding that LIFE SUCKS! Or does it? And how do we get through it?

Egos clash, hearts hunger, and souls cry out for meaning in this raw and cleverly funny reimagining of Anton Chekhov’s timeless classic Uncle Vanya. In Posner’s fresh take, the audience directly impacts what is happening on stage.  The characters often talk to and ask questions of the audience. You might just learn something about your companion to the theater. Or you might reveal something.

From the mind of Aaron Posner, writer of Stupid F*#king Bird (which tKAPOW produced in 2016), comes this brash and revelatory reworking of Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya. Never has unhappiness been so much fun.

Running Time: 2 hours.

“[LIFE SUCKS.] is altogether wise, profoundly humane, hilarious, quirky, endearing and, in countless clever ways, brilliantly faithful to its source…Posner has managed to find his own voice in the process, bringing a playful, far from cynical, fourth-wall-piercing originality to the story…” —Chicago Sun-Times

*Content Transparency: Strong Language, Adult Situations, Gunshots. Recommended for ages 13+.

ASL Interpretation will be available at the Sunday, September 22 matinee performance at 2:00 pm at the BNH Stage in Concord, NH.

Seven actors return to tKAPOW again to perform in Life Sucks.: Deirdre Bridge, Emma Cahoon, Peter Josephson, Rachael Chapin Longo, Walter Maroney, Katie Proulx, and Glenn Provost. Life Sucks. is directed by Matt Cahoon and Intimacy Choreography by Samantha Griffin. Longtime tKAPOW collaborator Tayva Young will be providing the lighting design, and Barbara Holbrook the costume design.

About theatre KAPOW

theatre KAPOW (www.tkapow.com) develops ensemble productions of great dramatic literature to explore the human experience and inspire and challenge both artist and audience.   tKAPOW places emphasis on the importance of rigorous formal training to develop an ensemble of skilled and dedicated theatre artists.

theatre KAPOW is supported in part by a grant from the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts, and NH Dance Collaborative.

Visit www.tkapow.com to learn more.