In 2005, Alex was awarded a Princess Grace Award for his acting. Select credits include: Konstantin in THE SEAGULL and David in STICKS AND BONES (Harbor Stage Company) Warren in THIS IS OUR YOUTH (Gloucester Stage Company) Howie Newsome in OUR TOWN (Huntington Theatre Company) Mervyn in A BEHANDING IN SPOKANE, Jared in BODY AWARENESS and Jamie in DAUGHTER OF VENUS (Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater) Ken in WINDOWMEN and Jimmy JR in LITTLE BLACK DRESS (Boston Playwrights' Theatre) and KJ in THE ALIENS (Company One), for which he won an Elliot Norton Award in 2011. #Annie baker the flick movieThis is a play about an indie movie house turning digital right here in Massachusetts, and one of the characters is a Clark University student, where C1 was founded. Annie Baker (who grew up in Amherst, Massachusetts) recently won both an OBIE for playwriting, and the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize for THE FLICK. Boston’s relationship with Annie Baker began with the C1 award-winning production of THE ALIENS as part of the Shirley, VT Plays Festival. With this production, the artists of C1 answer the call from New England fans of one of America’s most celebrated contemporary playwrights. Annie Baker (THE ALIENS) and Artistic Director Shawn LaCount reunite with this hilarious and heart-rending cry for authenticity in a fast-changing world. The movies on the big screen are no match for the tiny battles and not-so-tiny heartbreaks that play out in the empty aisles. Avery joins them with great reluctance.Welcome to a run-down movie theatre in Worcester County, MA, where Sam, Avery and Rose are navigating lives as sticky as the soda under the seats. Stealing from the Till: "Dinner Money", Sam and Rose's little scam in which they take the ends of movie tickets, re-sell them, and pocket the money.At an emotional moment Avery recites the Ezekiel 25:17 monologue from Pulp Fiction (the second one, where Jules is talking to Ringo) verbatim. Sam says his first sexual fantasy was caused by Kim Cattrall in Mannequin. Shout-Out: Loads and loads and loads, in a play set in a movie theater where the characters are film buffs.And he has an encyclopedic knowledge of films that allows him to play Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon with demonic skill. Avery's a purist who thinks films should only be shown on film rather than digital. He sneers with derision when Sam talks about how much he liked Avatar. He's the kind of film snob that says America hasn't produced a great movie since Pulp Fiction. The Movie Buff: Avery says that cinema is his life and he isn't kidding.Minimalist Cast: There are only five speaking parts in the play, and the two supporting roles (the man who falls asleep in the theater, and Skylar the new usher) are played by the same actor.Rose for her part makes a move on Avery, which only freaks Avery out. Love Triangle: Sam loves Rose, but she is just stringing him along.She rejects Sam's Anguished Declaration of Love only to start toying with him again after finding out that he went on a date. When the new boss finds out, she pressures Avery into taking the fall himself. She strong-arms Avery into not just turning a blind eye by participating in the Dinner Money ticket scheme. It's All About Me: Rose is a subtle example of this.The Ghost: Steve the old boss, who won't promote Sam, and Paul the new boss, who does take the theater digital.Avery the hardcore film purist writes a letter to the new boss pleading with him to keep the film projector. End of an Age: The death of film and its replacement by digital projection.
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