Nora Theatre Presents
"On the Verge (or The Geography of Yearning)"
May 28 – June 21

Eric Overmyer’s imaginative "On the Verge (or The Geography of Yearning)" follows the adventures of three intrepid Victorian women explorers as they spin through time from 1888 to 1955. The Nora Theatre Company presents "On the Verge" at Central Square Theater from May 28 - June 21. Directed by Wesley Savick, the production will star Deanna Dunmyer, Alicia Kahn, Anna Waldron, and Barlow Adamson.

As the three ladies embark on their trek to an unknown land, it becomes apparent that they are not on an ordinary expedition. While traversing the geography of yearning, they discover within themselves a powerful pull towards the future. Through their encounters with a kaleidoscope of unlikely characters, they satisfy their need for adventure in a journey of wildly unpredictable discovery.

Full of pop culture references from the late nineteenth century to the mid 1950’s, "On the Verge " is both joyfully feminist as well as a masterpiece of word. It has become one of Overmyer's most popular works, due to its heightened, dynamic interplay of language and its comic insight into nineteenth century women and culture.

Deanna Dunmyer has appeared Off-Off, Off, and on Broadway in "I Hate Hamlet," "Little Women," "Bill W. and Dr. Bob," "3 by Ionesco," "Dose Center," "The Star-Spangled Girl," "Album," and the Canadian Mounties version of "As You Like It." She has performed at Syracuse Stage, The Alley Theatre, Geva Theatre, Florida Conservatory Theatre, The Playmakers, American Stage Festival, Portland Stage, American Repertory Theatre, New Repertory Theatre, and Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theatre.

Alicia Kahn returns to Boston after working in Cleveland with a variety of companies including the Cleveland Playhouse, Great Lakes Theater Festival, and the Cleveland Shakespeare Festival, and in Boise with the Idaho Shakespeare Festival. Her previous work in Boston includes roles "Jane Eyre," "After Mrs. Rochester," "Brontë," "Much Ado About Nothing," "Pride & Prejudice," "Pride’s Crossing," "The Philadelphia Story," and "Dancing at Lughnasa."

Anna Waldron has appeared in Boston in "All in the Timing" and "The Laramie Project" with Bad Habit Productions, "The Importance of Being Earnest" with Longwood Players, "Danny and the Deep Blue Sea," "Cooking with Elvis" and "The Firebugs" with Apollinaire Theatre Company, "Comedy of Errors" with Imaginary Beasts, "The B Files" at Whistler in the Dark’s Feverfest, and the sketch comedy show "Tales from the Script"at ImprovBoston.

Barlow Adamson has performed previously with The Nora Theatre Company in "Stop Kiss" and "The Swan." A Boston-based actor, he has also performed in: "Arms and the Man," "Private Lives" and "Noises Off" at Lyric Stage; "Almost, Maine" and "Theater District" at SpeakEasy Stage; "Maiden’s Prayer," "A Month in the Country" at the Huntington and "Dinner with Friends" at Gloucester Stage Company.

Eric Overmyer's stage plays include "Alki" (an adaptation of "Peer Gynt" by Henrik Ibsen), "Dark Rapture," "Don Quixote de La Jolla," "Kafka’s Radio," "In Perpetuity Throughout The Universe," and "Native Speech," among others. He has written for and produced numerous television series, including "St. Elsewhere," "Homicide: Life on the Street," "Law & Order," "The Wire" and "New Amsterdam." He has also written several teleplays, including the 1998 television remake of "Rear Window" starring Christopher Reeve. Overmyer has been nominated for two Emmy Awards, the Humanitas Prize, and a Writers Guild of America Award.

Wesley Savick has worked previously at The Nora, directing its productions of "The Man Who" by Oliver Sacks, Peter Brook, and Marie-Hélène Estienne and Steven Berkoff’s "The Secret Love Life of Ophelia." He has served as artistic director of the internationally acclaimed experimental company Theatre X in Milwaukee, interim artistic director of the Drama League of New York’s Directors Project, artistic associate of Chicago’s Organic Theatre and resident guest director of the DARTS/Subaru Theatre in Tokyo, Japan. Mr. Savick has directed or acted in over seventy-five professional productions, almost all new works, including world premieres by Christopher Durang, Shel Silverstein, Derek Walcott, Howard Zinn and Robert Brustein.

For information and tickets, visit the Central Square Theater box office, call 866-811-4111 or visit www.centralsquaretheater.org.

-- OnStage Boston