33 Variations

Written by Moisés Kaufman
Directed by Eleni Papaleonardos

January 12-21, 2012
@ The Columbus Performing Arts Center
Van Fleet Theater
549 Franklin Ave.
Columbus, OH 43215

All tickets: Pay What You Want

Featuring: Emily Bach, Acacia Duncan, Matt Hermes, Adam Humphrey, Josie Merkle, Nate Roderick, and David Tull

Schedule

Thursday, January 12 @ 8pm + TALKBACK
Friday, January 13 @ 8pm + TALKBACK
Saturday, January 14 @ 8pm
Sunday, January 15 @ 2pm

Thursday, January 19 @ 8pm + TALKBACK
Friday, January 20 @ 8pm + TALKBACK
Saturday, January 21 @ 8pm
Just added: Sunday, Jan. 22 @ 2pm

ABOUT THIS PLAY

"Just as Beethoven played with the little details of a simple waltz, Available Light makes a graceful minuet of Kaufman’s intricate play."

– Jay Weitz, Columbus Alive
"It’s one of the most consistently acted, moving productions of a play I’ve seen in town in years – a simple story so beautifully told that I was moved to tears by the time it was over and I have a hard time picturing anyone I know not walking out enjoying it."

– Richard Sanford, Screen of Distance
"Under the sensitive direction of Eleni Papaleonardos, a fine nine-person ensemble hits virtually all of the play’s lilting grace notes of nobility, tenderness, passion and yes, grace."

– Michael Grossberg, Columbus Dispatch

Ludwig van Beethoven fights through his failing health, his encroaching deafness, and his poverty to work with mystifying obsession on his Diabelli Variations.

Two centuries later, Katherine, a terminally ill musicologist, navigates a tenuous relationship with her daughter and the onslaught of her disease, even as she marches forward with determination to discover the true origins of Beethoven’s most confounding creation.It’s a beautiful and evocative story about the inspirations that get us through our darkest days, and the family we find when we need it most.

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