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THE PEOPLE DOWNSTAIRS
by Natalie Symons
American Stage
March 11-April 5, 2020
POSTPONED UNTIL SEPTEMBER 2020
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Mar 13, 2020: Tampa Bay playwright sees world premiere of her most personal work
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Mar 13, 2020: Natalie Symons’ ‘The People Downstairs’ premieres at American Stage
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Mar 9, 2020: BWW Previews: Local playwright has world premiere of THE PEOPLE DOWNSTAIRS at American Stage
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THE PEOPLE DOWNSTAIRS [American Stage; March 11 - April 5]
"Natalie Symons is a local playwright hero, and I'm waiting for that description to change from "local" to "national." She's that good. Her past works--THE BUFFALO KINGS, LARK EDEN and NAMING TRUE--show so much promise, passion, heart and ballsy quirkiness (or quirky ballsiness) that certainly connected with me. She's a major voice, and THE PEOPLE DOWNSTAIRS, set in a Buffalo funeral home, looks like it can't miss. Featuring the beloved Matthew McGee and Allen Fitzpatrick, the latter giving one of the best performances of recent years in the Asolo Rep production of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street last year."