It isn't always easy to make peace with the past.
Yet that is what Alan sets out to do in Lanford Wilson's "Lemon Sky," which Live Theatre Workshop will open next week.
Alan is the narrator and the protagonist in the drama cut with comedy. In this memory play, the 30-year-old Alan looks back on his life, trying to figure out what went wrong where.
What he does know is this: His father abandoned him and his family when Alan was 5. At 17, Alan graduated from high school and boarded a bus to discover the father he never knew and ended up grappling with his father's new life and new family.
"It's a lyrical play that brings us back to a simpler time that was changing into a more complicated time," said Glen Coffman, director of the Live Theatre production.
"Lemon Sky" opened for a short time off-Broadway in 1970 and had a well-received revival in 1985.
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" 'Lemon Sky' reminds us that Mr. Wilson is our primary heir to Tennessee Williams," Frank Rich said in The New York Times.
The play has a very serious side. But don't let that discourage you, Coffman said.
"It's not a serious downer drama," he said, "even though there are serious elements in the play."
If You Go
"Lemon Sky"
• Presented by: Live Theatre Workshop
• Playwright: Lanford Wilson.
• Director: Glen Coffman.
• Where: Live Theatre Workshop, 5317 E. Speedway.
• When: Previews are at 7:30 p.m. Thursday and next Friday; opens at 7:30 p.m. April 25. Continues through May 31.
• Cost: $14-$17.
• Information and reservations: 327-4242.
• Cast: Christopher Johnson, Roger Owen, Kristi Loera, Allegra Breedlove, Marina Jarrette, Ryan Callie and Cole Gregory.
• Running time: 2 hours 10 minutes, with intermission.
