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Tape by Stephen Belber
Directed by Joe Price
University of Missouri-Kansas City
Previews March 18/Opens March 22, 2006
UMKC Central Ticket Office 816-235-6222

 

Jon, an aspiring filmmaker on the verge of hitting it big, hooks up for the weekend with his best friend from high school, Vince, a volunteer fireman who makes his money selling dope. Jon's new film is being shown at a festival in Lansing, Michigan, and Vince has come from Oakland to see it. Over the course of the evening, Vince finally gets Jon to admit that ten years ago he date-raped Amy Randall, a girl whom they both dated in high school-only then to reveal that he's taped their entire conversation. And not only that, he's invited Amy to have dinner with them that night. Beneath its suspenseful, high-stakes surface, TAPE examines questions of motive, memory, truth and perception.

Joseph Price teaches acting, directing and stage combat, and serves as director of undergraduate advising for the Department of Theatre. He is a founding member of A Red Orchid Theatre in Chicago and the Oasis Theatre Company in Buffalo, where he has served as associate artistic director. He has worked as an actor and director throughout the country. Recently, he choreographed fights for Riverside Shakespeare's production of Macbeth and acted in Missouri Repertory Theatre’s Indian Ink. He also performed in a workshop production of a new musical based on the Cohen brother's movie The Hudsucker Proxy. Recent directing credits include Blue/Orange and Bright Ideas at the Unicorn Theatre and The Cripple of Inishmaan for Kansas City Actors Theatre. He has also engaged in a number of outreach projects in Kansas City including projects with the Red Cross and AIDS Council of Greater Kansas City.

 


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