Escaped Alone by Caryl Churchill
​Directed by Samantha Van Der Merwe
​May 3rd - June 1st 2019

Thursday - Sunday Evenings at 7:30
​Running time: 60 minutes

SOLD OUT on May 3rd 2019
SOLD OUT May 11th 2019
​SOLD OUT May 30th 2019

BOOK TICKETS

Shaking the Tree is thrilled to present the west coast premiere of Escaped Alone by Caryl Churchill
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"I’m walking down the street and there’s a door in the fence open and inside there are three women I’ve seen before." 
Three old friends and a neighbour.
A summer of afternoons in the backyard.
Tea and catastrophe.

“Escaped Alone" is a fairy tale of sorts, as were Ms. Churchill’s earlier “The Skriker”and “Far Away.” This magnificent writer’s latest variation on that form reaffirms such tales’ power to warm us even as they warn of the unspeakable dangers in the wide, dark world beyond.
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Escaped Alone premiered at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in 2016, in a production directed by James Macdonald.

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Cast 

Lorraine Bahr

Jane Bement Geesman

JoAnn Johnson *

Jacklyn Maddux *

*​Member of Actors' Equity Association

Sally:        Jane Bement Geesman
Vi:           JoAnn Johnson
Lena:         Lorraine Bahr
​Mrs Jarrett:  Jacklyn Maddux
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Creative Team

Scenic Design:      Samantha Van Der Merwe
Animation:          Samantha Van Der Merwe
Costume Design:     Elyse Grimaldi
Lighting Design:    Trevor Sargent
Sound Design:       Matt Wiens
Stage Manager:      Natasha Stockem
Technical Director: Ted Gold
​Master Carpenter:   Will Gebo

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What People are Saying

"A Churchill play is often like an alley-oop. She tosses up a perfectly placed floater and asks others to jump up and bring it down. She asks those producing, directing, and acting in her plays to bring it to life by trusting their own interpretations. 
Well, Churchill tossed up the floater and Shaking the Tree slammed it down."
- Christopher Gonzalez, Oregon ArtsWatch
​READ HERE

"Poets, language lovers, and speculative fiction fans will be drawn in by the meaningful and frequently hilarious digressions. Any line could be a story in itself."
- Suzette Smith, Portland Mercury
READ HERE

"For maximum enjoyment of “Escaped Alone," stop reading right now, buy your tickets, and go into the theater as uninformed as possible."
​-Ben Waterhouse, The Oregonian READ HERE

"seeing those four women on the stage (I could have been one of them), and hearing them say what Churchill knew they ought to say, was a mighty fine experience" ~patron

"I loved seeing all 4 lovely “mature” actresses giving such splendid performances in an amazingly strange little play. So well acted, so dense, and the scenic and sound design was a perfect match to the words. It will live on in my memory . . ." ~Patron

​CRITIC'S PICK! "The play’s combination of theatrical technique and untrammeled imagination, and of the personal and the universal, make you understand why Ms. Churchill is regarded by many (rightly, I think) as the most dazzlingly inventive living dramatist in the English language."
​- The New York Times

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Escaped Alone is generously supported by our season sponsors: Ronni Lacroute, Jessie Jonas & Ellyn Bye. Major support is also received for this year's season by AGE (Advanced Gender Equity in the Arts) 
We'd also like to thank members of Shaking the Tree's Board, as well as many other individual supporters. To support this show, or any others in our season, please click for more info.

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“Escaped Alone” is presented by special arrangement with SAMUEL FRENCH, INC.