An American saga of greed, violence, and survival.
March 14 - 30 at BPA

THE ROWEN FAMILY; (left to right) Eva Jane, Austin Bennett, Debbi Lester, Robert Bergin, Nathan Whitehouse, Josh Moff, Ted Dowling, Billy Gleeson, Jennifer Pippin Montanez, Ricky Coates; Photo: Diane Walker

FABULOUS PREVIEW
"If 'The Kentucky Cycle' sounds like a major undertaking for a community theater - even the kind of high-end community theater that BPA has become in recent years - it is." Read Kitsap Sun editor Michael Moore's full preview HERE.

STAR-STUDDED CAST

KATE CARRUTHERS directs a stellar cast featuring TED DOWLING as Michael Rowen, Ezekiel Rowen, and Joshua Rowen, ROBERT BERGIN as Patrick Rowen, EVA JANE as Morning Star and Lana Toller, ANDY BUFFELIN as Richard Talbert and Sam, LAURA BANNISTER as Mary Anne Rowen and Rebecca Talbert, AUSTIN BENNETT as Tommy Jackson and Zach Rowen, RICKY COATES as JT Wells and Scotty Rowen, JIM ANDERSON as Judge Jim Goddard, ELENA FLORY-BARNES as Sallie and Sureta Biggs, BRACE EVANS as Jessie Biggs, Cassius Biggs, and Franklin Biggs, BILLY GLEESON as Jed Rowen and Earl Tod, TIM DAVIDSON as Jeremiah, SAM MCJUNKIN as Dragging Canoe, William Clarke Quantrill, and Abe Steinman, LUCIEN CARRO as Randall Talbert, JENNIFER PIPPIN MONTANEZ as Margaret Rowen and Lallie Rowen, DEBBI LESTER as Mary Anne Rowen and Joleen Rowen, DIANE WALKER as Mother Jones, FRED SAAS as Joe Talbert, JACKIE MCVAY as Rose Anne Talbert, RENEE MESSINGER as Julie Anne Talbert, JOSH MOFF as Joshua Rowen Jackson, NATHAN WHITEHOUSE as Zeke Rowen, and PETER DENIS as Thomas Nolan and Calvin Hayes.

THE KENTUCKY CYCLE
WINNER OF THE 1992 PULITZER PRIZE

Fast-paced and finely drawn, Robert Schenkkan's sweeping epic of three families in eastern Kentucky spans 200 years of American history from 1775 to 1975. This stunning two-part play cycle examines the myths of the American past that have created, for better or for worse, the country we are today. Using nine individual stories, Schenkkan traces the last two centuries through the saga of the Rowens, a fictional clan that scrapes and schemes to keep its hold on land it originally acquired by duping Cherokee Indians out of the their hunting ground.

FREE OUTREACH
TONIGHT March 5: Winter's Bone - Film Screening and Discussion at the Bainbridge Public Library

March 20: An Evening with Playwright Robert Schenkkan at Bainbridge Performing Arts

The Kentucky Cycle is produced by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service

Pictured above left: Austin Bennett as Zachariah Rowen, Robert Bergin as Patrick Rowen, Nathaniel Whitehouse as Ezekiel Rowen; Photo: Diane Walker

MARCH 14 - 30

PART I - Fridays @ 7:30 p.m. & Saturdays @ 2:00 p.m.

PART II - Saturdays @ 7:30 p.m. & Sundays @ 2:00 p.m.

PAY-WHAT-YOU-CAN PREVIEWS

PART I - Wednesday, March 12 @ 7:30 p.m.

PART II - Thursday, March 13 @ 7:30 p.m.

TICKETS
$19/$16 ONLINE

RATED PG-13, Violence, Language

MEET PLAYWRIGHT ROBERT SCHENKKAN
Join us March 20 at 7:30 p.m. for a free presentation in which the author will describe how The Kentucky Cycle evolved from a one-act play in 1984 to the epic six-hour masterpiece that premiered at Seattle's Intiman Theatre in 1991.

Pictured above - Robert Schenkkan. Courtesy photo.

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