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Boston Court Pasadena presents the World Premiere of

How The Light Gets In

By E.M. Lewis

Directed by Emilie Pascale Beck

A travel writer who never travels. A Japanese architect who can’t figure out how to build a simple tea house. A gifted tattoo artist who resists the power of his talents. And a homeless girl who lives under a weeping willow tree in the Japanese Garden. Four lonely people, their stories written on paper, earth, and skin, find each other when one of them falls apart. Together they realize the heart is as strong as it is fragile, and that the safety of home might be found in the most fearsome explorations.  A beautiful, haunting, and richly human world premiere from the author of The Gun Show and Song of Extinction.

LaHow The Light Gets In features Amy Sloan as Grace, Ryun Yu as Haruki, Chelsea Kurtz as Kat and Dieterich Gray as Tommy Z.

Last year, How the Light Gets In was one of the four plays workshopped at Boston Court Pasadena’s New Play Reading Festival. Director Emilie Pascale Beck, who directed both the Boston Court Pasadena workshop as well as a recent workshop at Chautauqua Theatre Company said, “E.M. Lewis and I have been looking to partner on a project for years. This script has personal resonance for both of us. Ellen sent it to me when it wasn’t even a fully formed play yet, and it’s been exhilarating to collaborate with her as story, characters, and theme have  deepened and found their surprising connections. I’m eager to get in the room with our wonderful actors and give it all the dimension it deserves.”

Previews: September 19 – 27
Opening: Saturday, September 28 at 8:00pm
Playing Thursdays through Saturdays at 8:00pm; Sundays at 2:00pm; Community Matinee: Saturday, October 5 at 2:00pm (all tickets $5)

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