“I wanted to spend even more time with his wise, eccentric relatives. Harrell
is grand company both as storyteller and subject.” – nytheatre.com
A
Little Potato and Hard to Peel
Written
and Performed by DAVID HARRELL
Directed
by KIRK WHITE
Paper Lantern Theatre Company is
pleased to present David Harrell’s A LITTLE POTATO AND HARD TO
PEEL, directed by Kirk White. Follow David’s journey to define
normal despite being born without his right hand, in his engaging
autobiographical story on April 10-13, 2014 at the Triad Stage UpStage Cabaret
in Greensboro, NC and on April 17-19 at the Hanesbrands Theatre in Winston
Salem, NC.
In his warm, smart, and engaging
autobiographical solo show, David Harrell delivers a hilarious and
insightful look at living with a disability. He was born without his right
hand. His parents, having never known anyone with a disability, promised he
would never be different. He soon realizes, however, the metal hook he wears on
his right hand does in fact make him feel different. A LITTLE POTATO AND
HARD TO PEEL is not so much a show about living with a
disability or overcoming the circumstances of his life but the journey to find
the awareness to not be defined by limitations. Through his journey we learn to
not let ourselves be defined by our own limitations or let the circumstances of
our lives peel away the core of our humanity.
A LITTLE POTATO AND HARD TO PEEL in
Greensboro
TRIAD STAGE UPSTAGE
CABARET
April 10, 11,
12 at 8:00 PM
April 13 at 2:00 PM
Box Office: (336) 272-0160
A LITTLE POTATO AND
HARD TO PEEL in Winston Salem
HANESBRANDS THEATRE
April 17 and 18 at
8:00 PM
April 19 at 2:00 PM
and 8:00 PM
Box Office: (336) 747-1414
$18/$23.50 TICKETS
are available at www.paperlanterntheatre.org
RUNNING TIME 55
minutes
TWITTER @PLTCompany
BIOGRAPHIES
David Harrell
(Writer/Performer) is an actor, speaker and disability
advocate, originally from Brunswick, Georgia, now residing in New York City.
His award nominated solo play A Little Potato and Hard to Peel and his new
adaptation The Boy Who Would Be Captain Hook have entertained audiences from
New York City to the depths of Southern Georgia–from off-Broadway houses to the
US Department of the Interior. He holds a BFA from the University of Southern
Mississippi and a MFA from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in
theatre performance. He was nominated in 2010 for a New York Innovative Theatre
award for “Outstanding Solo Performance” and has been selected to the One Man
Standing Festival with the Emerging Artists Theatre, the Greensboro Fringe
Festival and the United Solo Festival. As an actor he has performed with
theatres in New York City and across the country over the last 15 years, he has
appeared in independent films, web series and the New York City institution
“Law and Order: SVU”. As a Disability Advocate he has worked as the
Accessibility and Outreach Director for the Raleigh Ensemble Players in
Raleigh, NC and currently serves as the Disability and Programming Associate
for Inclusion in the Arts in New York City. He is a proud member of Actors’
Equity Association and SAG-AFTRA.
Kirk White
(Director) received his MFA in Acting from the
University of North Carolina at Greensboro and was a top 8 finalist in The
Starz Network’s Looking for Stars Reality micro-series; after which, he
basically just wandered the earth, getting into adventures. Proving that yes,
Virginia, there is a second act, he has produced and directed North, South,
East and West all around this land. He is the founder/producer of Quite Film
(www.quitefilm.com) and his first feature, F**k New York was an official
selection of the Queens World and Hoboken International Film Festivals. He has
recently wrapped production on The How to Kill Yourself in One Year Project (12
short films in 12 months what could POSSIBLY go wrong) and is a figure of note
in the world of Global Logistics.
Paper Lantern Theatre Company is in its sixth season of producing
professional theatre in the Triad. The
Company is the current resident theatre company of the Triad Stage UpStage
Cabaret in Greensboro, North Carolina, as well as a recurring programmer at the
Hanesbrands Theatre in Winston Salem, North Carolina. With a hard earned reputation for top quality
professional theatre in the Triad, Paper Lantern has set a precedent for
producing Triad premiers of contemporary works by today’s hottest,
award-winning playwrights. Last year’s productions
of Aliens by Annie Baker and This Wide Night by Chloe Moss were both
highly successful regional premieres. Next Fall by Geoffrey Nauffts, also a
regional first, was hailed by CVNC as “…a haunting performance that will
transform and transport you… [you] will realize you have had a truly authentic
theatre experience, and you will be grateful.”
The Company’s inaugural production of Sarah Ruhl’s Dead Man’s Cell
Phone was “…a delight from beginning to end,” according to the Winston-Salem
Journal. Deborah Zoe Lauffer’s End Days was “…dramatically hilarious,”
said YES Weekly. Collaborating with
dozens of professional theatre artists across the region and working in
partnership with Triad Stage, and the Winston Salem Arts Council, Paper Lantern
Theatre Company remains dedicated to producing work that pushes audiences and
artists to grow through Creation,
Collaboration and Risk."
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