Press Release
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Photos by: Bruce Silcox

Photos by: Bruce Silcox

Photos by: Bruce Silcox
Life Sucks
By Aaron Posner
Girl Friday Productions and Open Eye Theatre Proudly Announce LIFE SUCKS. Also, it’s hilarious.
Girl Friday and Open Eye are partnering up to produce the regional professional premiere of LIFE SUCKS by Aaron Posner, a cheeky revisioning of Chekhov’s classic UNCLE VANYA that is at once irreverent, poignant, hopeful, highly theatrical, and yes, very funny. A contemporary reflection on love and loss, LIFE SUCKS just may lead you to the opposite conclusion.
Joel Sass directs an accomplished cast including Kirby Bennett, Georgia Doolittle, Elizabeth Efteland, Jonathan Feld, Sam Landman, Jim Ramlet, and Taj Ruler.
Creative Team
Director – Joel Sass
Lighting – Kathy Maxwell
Costume Design – Claire Looker
Set Design – Joel Sass
Sound Design – C. Andrew Mayer
Fight and Intimacy Coach – Annie Enneking
Stage Manager – Penny Kissinger
Understudies – Eric Knutson, Bob Malos, Victoria Pyan, and Melanie Wehrmacher
Playing October 12 – November 12, 2023 at Open Eye Theatre.
Read Our Press
Art Hounds: ‘Uncle Vanya,’ but make it hilarious | MPR News
Critics’ picks: The 12 best things to do and see in the Twin Cities this week (startribune.com)
Life Sucks Reinterprets a Chekhov Classic with Brilliance and Charm | Twin Cities Geek
Massed Gadgets of Hercules: Reality may, but ‘Life Sucks’ doesn't (edhuyck.blogspot.com)
Minneapolis/St. Paul—“Life Sucks”—11/7/23 (talkinbroadway.com)
Cherry and Spoon: “Life Sucks” by Girl Friday Productions and Open Eye Theatre

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