SPRING 2008

"Specific Gravity" at Marine Hospital in the Boiler Room!

 
  Specific Gravity is proud to present an evening of new one-act plays, The 5/7 Project

Secure parking available. Capacity is limited, so advanced ticket purchase is encouraged. Cash, check, Visa and Mastercard accepted.

PHOTO CREDIT: Quadrant, Inc., courtesy of JMA

 
     
 

The 5/7 Project was written by company members Christopher Shiner and Christie Baugher. Increasing the excitement for SGE is a new partnership with the U.S. Marine Hospital Foundation. The 5/7 Project will be performed inside the U.S. Marine Hospital, a National Historic Landmark, built in 1852. The facility, currently being renovated, served as a hospital for Ohio River boatmen, Union troops during the Civil War and as a Public Health Service facility until 1933. The 5/7 Project runs April 11-20.

With The 5/7 Project, Specific Gravity presents an evening where the audience’s perception of reality and history is challenged. In The Fifth Wall, by Christopher Shiner and directed by SGE Literary Manager Corey Long, a prison cell is the space between someplace and nowhere. The inmates Clay and Bell test the limits of their beliefs and the boundaries of their "world", and what they discover will change their universe forever. Where is the line between fiction and reality? And what makes reality “reality” in the first place?

In Sevens, by Christie Baugher, directed by Julia Leist, history is rewritten! On July 7th, 1777, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin and John Adams await their execution. One a fighter, one a poet, one a sage, one a dreamer…all are Patriots! Will their deaths mark the end of a new beginning? Or will their words become reality?

  The U.S. Marine Hospital building presents a powerful setting for these plays not only lending its historical aura, but also factually significant is that John Adams, as the second president of the United States, created the Marine Hospital Service.

Specific Gravity Ensemble is a Louisville-based company of 23 Kentuckiana actors, directors, designers, technicians and playwrights that creates and presents unconventional theatrical works in unconventional spaces. In just over a year, besides its premiere hit Elevator Plays, and sequel Elevator Plays 2: Beyond the Norm!, SGE has presented Shakespeare’s Macbeth in a derelict old warehouse, The Most Beautiful Lullaby You’ve Ever Heard, in a gallery of downtown Louisville’s 21C Museum/Hotel, and hosted German Theatre Abroad’s production of START UP, in the original Mom’s Music building in Crescent Hill.

The 5/7 Project runs April 11, 17, 18, 19 at 8:00 PM, and Sundays, April 13 and 20 at 5:00 PM. Tickets are $15 general admission; $12 with a student ID. Tickets are now on sale. All performances are at the historic U.S. Marine Hospital, located at 2215 Portland Ave., in the Portland neighborhood (proceed to the rear of the Family Health Center to the Marine Hospital.) Secure parking available. Capacity is limited, so advanced ticket purchase is encouraged. Cash, check, Visa and Mastercard accepted.

 
  Contact: Rand Harmon 502.643-1730 or rand.harmon@insightbb.com  
  Please call (502) 384-2SGE (2743), or email specificgravityensemble@gmail.com
for tickets. For more information and/or driving directions please call or visit www.specificgravityensemble.com.
 
     
  The exterior of the National Historic Landmark has been successfully renovated, and plans are being made for the interior phase in the project. Marine Hospital officials are proposing the Center for Community Health Education and Outreach to help improve access to health care training and awareness. The two upper floors of the building could be used to house programs sponsored by local educational organizations. Plans are being made a West Louisville campus for training health professionals in a unique historic setting, creating an incubator for interdisciplinary collaboration.

The Center for Community Health Education and Outreach will house agencies and organizations committed to improving community health, with a special focus on urban underserved populations. Health professions schools and related agencies will co-locate in this “off-campus” setting to coordinate programs which emphasize community based research, community health education and health professions training.

Another important component in the Marine Hospital’s future will be the first floor Heritage Center, which will feature exhibits about Louisville’s rich medical history, the role of the Marine Hospitals in America’s public health and the importance of river commerce to the local economy. Historical discussions, forums and tours will also be an important element in the Marine Hospital Heritage Center. The event is being sponsored by the U.S. Marine Hospital Foundation and the Friends of the Marine Hospital.

For further information, contact Rick Bell, Executive Director, U.S. Marine Hospital Foundation, 2215 Portland Avenue, Louisville, KY 40212. Call 502-772-8328.

 
     
 

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