Food Court

Back to Back Theatre makes its U.S. Premiere of "Food Court" in this year's Philadelphia LiveArts Festival. The company's ensemble--six full-time actors perceived to have intellectual disabilities--has challenged and awed audiences by creatively confronting notions of marginality, propelling an otherwise overlooked social dialogue. "Food Court" details one woman's humiliation against the backdrop of a psychologically charged, minimalist yet illuminated white void. Powerful as it is fragile, the… Show more production takes place in a suburban mall between The Asian Hut and The Juice Bar, accompanied by an improvisational score courtesy of The Necks, Australian experimental jazz trio.

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