Underworld hero
Gerard Raymond
Chances are, you haven’t yet heard of Jordan Harrison, but you will. The bright young gay playwright burst upon the theatrical scene with Kid-Simple, a playful, imaginative comedy about a young girl who invents a machine for hearing sounds that cannot be heard (playing in Los Angeles at Meadows Basement, beginning October 14). This month, Harrison’s Finn in the Underworld receives its world premiere in the Bay Area at Berkeley Repertory Theatre. Harrison’s mentor and champion, Paula Vogel, author of How I Learned to Drive, enthuses, “Now we will see the more subtle side of this remarkable theatrical mind.”
“The play is about how families deal with something unspoken,” explains Harrison, who recently turned 28. Finn in the Underworld is set in a haunted house that closes in on the characters as the secrets spill out–but we should expect other surprises. “I like a play to misbehave as it progresses,” Harrison adds, grinning mischievously.
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