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      Wink | a dark comedy by Jen Silverman
      Basement Theatre presentsWink | a dark comedy by Jen Silverman

      Wink | a dark comedy by Jen Silverman

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      Basement Theatre

      Lower Greys Avenue

      Auckland, New Zealand

      When

      Tue 11 Jun 2024 - Sat 15 Jun 2024

      Running Time

      75 minutes

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      WINK is a 75 minute dark comedy about the thin veil between our capacity for civility and savagery. It marks the Aotearoa premiere of one of America's most-produced playwrights: Jen Silverman.
       
      The suburban dream is clawed apart when a distressed housewife and her bloody husband drag themselves into the office of a needy therapist to discuss their missing cat. Chaos is spilled when polite people get mad as hell.
       
      Playwright Jen Silverman (they/them) will make their Broadway debut this year with The Roommate, starring Mia Farrow and Patti LuPone. They have also written for "Tokyo Vice" (HBO) and "Tales of the City" (Netflix). The 2018 Off-Broadway production of their play Collective Rage: A Play in Five Betties received a Drama League Award nomination for Outstanding Play.
       
      Starring Beatriz Romilly (West End’s “2:22 A Ghost Story”, ATC’s “King Lear”); Esaú Mora (ATC’s “Grand Horizons”, The Humana Festival “Wondrous Strange ” with Jen Silverman); Andrew Allemora (Outstanding Lead Actor NAPTA for “Priscilla Queen of the Desert", "Avenue Q") and Daniel Watterson (“Things I Know To Be True” Court Theatre, “Twelfth Night” Pop Up Globe).
       
      WINK at Basement Theatre is proudly brought to you by Director Isla Macleod, Hekerua Bay Productions & A Moral Tale.

      Content info: Strobe Lights, Loud Noises, Simulated violence, sexual themes, and partial nudity, 16+

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      Please arrive at least 15 minutes before show start time. Latecomers admitted into the theatre at Basement's discretion. No refunds will be given. 

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