Tangent Theatre Company Reading: Annapurna by Sharr White

Tangent Theatre Company presents a play reading of the critically acclaimed Annapurna by Sharr White. Set in a remote trailer park, the story is an intimate, bittersweet two-hander that explores life, love and loss.

Featuring Tangent’s ensemble veterans: Maggie Adams McDowell* and Michael Rhodes* (Tangent’s artistic director), with stage directions read by Steven Young; produced by Andrea Rhodes. (*member AEA).

After twenty years apart, Emma tracks Ulysses to a trailer park in the middle of nowhere. What unfolds is a visceral and profound meditation on life and loss and a final reckoning, and a breathtaking story about the longevity of love. Serving as a metaphor - Annapurna is one of the highest, most treacherous peaks of the Himalayas - the play title speaks to the difficult highs and lows of their challenging relationship journey.

Annapurna premiered at the Magic Theatre in San Francisco in 2011, with direction by Loretta Greco…