In his Tony Award-winning play Wings, Arthur Kopit tells the story of Emily Stilson - adroitly brought to life by Bas Bleu Artistic Director Wendy Ishii - once a daring aviatrix who suddenly finds herself coping with the debilitating aftermath of a stroke. A strong ensemble creates the new world in which Emily struggles to find sense where none seems to exist. "Wings takes us into the strange, terrifying, shattered world of a woman who, we realize as the play unfolds and the pieces of the beautifully constructed mosaic begin to fall into place, has suffered a stroke. For the woman, time, place, language, speech, and thought have lost their meaning. .Wings is an emotionally powerful experience. It is a magnificent adventure into the mind and a revelation of the strength and mystery of the human spirit. Richard Eder, in the NY Times called Wings, "an intensely moving vision, one of uncanny perception, a voyage of illumination." He added: "Wings is wise, magical and shattering."

 

Wings is sponsored by Rocky Mountain Chronicle, ColorPro Printing, and the Poudre Valley Hospital Foundation.

 

Bas Bleu's season is supported in part by funding from numerous individual contributors, First Western Trust Bank, Colorado Council on the Arts, KRFC
88.9 FM, City of Fort Collins Fort Fund, Style Media, Winder Memorial Fund of the Community Foundation of Northern Colorado and Sutherland Family Foundation. The Colorado Council on the Arts and its activities are made possible through an annual appropriation from the Colorado General Assembly and federal funds from the National Endowment for the Arts.