DIM THE FLUORESCENTS
Logan Theatre
2646 N Milwaukee Ave
IL
41.929886809019585
-87.7088835513669
Description
Dim
the Fluorescents
Daniel
Warth
128
min., 2016, Canada
"Dim
The Fluorescents" follows the friendship and creative
partnership between struggling actress Audrey and aspiring playwright
Lillian. Lacking a proper outlet for their creativity, they funnel
all of their considerable passion and talent into the only paying
work they can find: role-playing demonstrations for corporate
seminars. With copious rewrites and rehearsals, immersive lighting
and sound design, and wildly uninhibited performances, the duo
attempts to elevate these ostensibly educational presentations (on
subjects such as ‘Handling the Dissatisfied Customer’ and
‘Workplace Safety’) to the realm of high art... all for
bewildered audiences of mid-level office employees.
When
Lillian and Audrey book their biggest gig to date - at a hotel
conference with an expected audience of three-hundred - the two
commence what will surely be their most ambitious production to date.
Over the course of their lengthy and emotionally fraught rehearsal
process, two lifetimes' worth of personal, professional and creative
compromises rise to the surface and the ensuing tensions threaten to
derail both the production and their friendship.
As wryly
funny as it is unexpectedly poignant, Dim The Fluorescents is a
one-of-a-kind portrait of the artistic life and process in the
unlikeliest of settings.
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Start:
2017-06-02T21:00:00-05:00
End:
2017-06-03T00:00:00-05:00
Category
Film
Tickets
Fluorescents General Admission
10.0
USD
117