FUSION proudly presents the regional professional premiere of the Tony-award winning Time Stands Still by Tony and Pulitzer Prize winner Donald Margulies.

 

FUSION Associate Artistic Director Laurie Thomas (The Homecoming, First Love) directs a wonderful professional cast, including a return engagement with Chicagoan Gary Houston (Bedbound, The Unexpected Man, Anna Christie).

Special Note: building on our new, very successful association with Santa Fe Performing Arts, FUSION is pleased to announce special performances of Time Stands Still in Santa Fe! Performances on Friday, Mar. 16 and Saturday, Mar. 17 will be at the Armory for the Arts on Old Pecos Trail.

Time Stands Still continues through March 18 with Thursday and Friday performances at 8:00 p.m., two performances on Saturdays at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m., and Sundays at 6:00 p.m. *During the final week, performances will be on Wed., March 14 and Thurs., March 15 at 8 p.m. in Albuquerque, Fri., March 16 at 8 p.m and Sat., March 17 at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. in Santa Fe.

For tickets and information call 766-9412 or click here:

Single tickets are $30 for general admission, $25 for students and seniors. Thursday performances (excluding opening night) feature a $10.00 student rush (with valid I.D.) and $20 actor rush (with professional resume.) The first Saturday matinee, April 16, is a pay-what-you-wish performance. Group discounts are also available.

Free parking is plentiful in our lot just north of the theatre. The Cell is located at 700 1st St. N.W., just west of Broadway and south of Lomas.

Gary Houston

GARY HOUSTON* (Richard) returns to Albuquerque from his Chicago home base having previously starred in FUSION's aclaimed productions of Bedbound, The Unexpected Man and Anna Christie. Recently he played "Gustave" in the Tom Stoppard translation/adaptation of Gérald Sibleyras' Heroes in Lansing, MI, for Stormfield Theater, where he returns later this season to be in Niedecker. Earlier he played an Alfred Hitchcock-like character in Joseph Goodrich's Panic at Peninisula Players in Fish Creek, WI. He is always and ever will be happy to return to FUSION and New Mexico, where he has also enjoyed some on-camera work--the feature The Astronaut Farmer, the pilot for the TV series Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles as well as Good Luck, Mr. Gorski, a film short written and directed by Allegra Huston and directed by actor Arron Shiver in which Gary plays Mr. Gorski opposite Santa Fe's Fran Martone (Mrs. Gorski) and with Albuquerque's Bill Sterchi. Other films: Watchmen, Fargo, Proof, Hoffa, The Express, The Dilemma, The Blues Brothers and more.

Kate Costello

KATE COSTELLO† (Mandy) was last seen in FUSION's touring production of Brad Gromelski's The Lost Ending. Other FUSION performances include The Seven: Tangled Webs, The Seven: Hidden Agendas, Niccolo Machiavelli's The Mandrake, Tennessee Williams' A Lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur, Charles L. Mee's First Love, Confessions of a Reluctant Caregiver as part of FUSION's New Works 4 New Mexico, Sara Ruhl's eurydice, The Seven: That One Thing, Brad Gromelski's The Invention, and The Seven: Games People Play. In other theaters around Albuquerque, she most recently was seen onstage in Duke City Repertory Theatre's production of Wooden Snowflakes by Catherine Bush. Currently, Kate is the Artistic Director of VSA's Equilibrium Theatre Company. She received her BA from UNM and her MFA from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, TX.

Jacqueline Reid

JACQUELINE REID* (Sarah) is a founding member of FUSION. Most recently at FUSION, she played several roles in Once in a Lifetime: a Celebration of Tennessee Williams, including world premiere performances in Provincetown, MA (6th Annual Tennessee Williams Festival). Previously, she was “Veronica” in God of Carnage by Yasmina Reza, “Barbara Fordham” in August: Osage County by Tracy Letts, “Dorothea” in A Lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur by Tennessee Williams,“ Theresa” in Alan Ayckbourne’s How the Other Half Loves, “Ruth” in Pinter’s The Homecoming and “Joy” in Jez Butterworth’s Parlour Song. She most recently directed this seaon's Red and the world premiere of Matt Hanf's You Can't Get a Decent Margarita at the North Pole, last season’s The Mandrake, as well as Death of a Salesman, Doubt, The Lieutenant of Inishmore, the world premiere of Mad Hattr, and FUSION's children's tours of The Invention and Seven at a Swat. Past acting credits at FUSION include The Seven: That One Thing, "Beth" in Orange Flower Water, “Catherine” in Suddenly Last Summer, “Amanda” in Private Lives, the title role in Hedda Gabler, “Laura” in The Glass Menagerie, “Stella” in A Streetcar Named Desire, “Kate” in The Taming of the Shrew, “Zelda Fitzgerald” in Bye, Bye Blackbird, “Anna” in Closer, and “Maggie” in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Regional lead roles include Romeo and Juliet, Agnes of God, and Crimes of the Heart. Film roles include Heat Lightning for which she received Best Actress at the Bend, Oregon Film Festival, the Italian series Doc West, In Plain Sight, Unsolved Mysteries, and True Confessions with Adam Arkin.She is a BFA graduate of The North Carolina School of the Arts.

Gregory Wagrowski

GREGORY WAGROWSKI* (James) returns to FUSION having played "Tooth Fairy" in our world premiere of Matt Hanf's You Can't Get a Decent Margarita at the North Pole, two roles in Once in a Lifetime: Tennessee Williams Celebration and the pater familias in last season's August: Osage County. He has been working professionally as an actor and director for over thirty years. He served as the Artistic Director for both the Smokebrush Theater and The Colorado Actors Theater. He has performed a variety of roles in theaters all around the country including the Public Theater in New York, the St. Louis Repertory Company, the Magic Theater in San Francisco, the Mark Taper Forum, and the Los Angeles Theater Center where he was an Artistic Associate for seven years. He was a founding member of two theater companies, The Old World Theater Company in Chicago and The Noe Street Theater in San Francisco. He has also worked extensively in both film and television where his most recent credits include, Mad Men, The Unit, Criminal Minds, and ER. Mr. Wagrowski is also a sometime writer, poet, and educator.