WHYWATERFALLS World Premiere at Hollywood Fringe Festival 2015
The Complex stage is set for Leigh Curran’s surprising solo show about an artist’s ambivalence about motherhood and the unexpected consequences she’s trying to forget. Why Water Fallsis a thoughtprovoking evening of true fiction that looks at making peace with controversial life choices in a whole new way.
Curran has been blazing a creative trail for many years, and she’s bursting to share her experience with younger generations. There’s nothing senior about this citizen – she’s all rockandroll: a recent photo she shared on Twitter (@curranleigh) shows her hanging from a gymnastics bar in an inverted split, “getting her 71yearold body in shape for Hollywood Fringe.”
Director Mary Pat Gleason, herself an established actress on stage and screen, admires Curran’s fire: “It’s lovely to work with somebody who has childlike wonder to a degree that I’ve never seen before.”
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