Inspired in part by Ovid’s Metamorphoses, Iizuka’s Polaroid Stories takes place on an abandoned pier on the outermost edge of a city, a way-stop for dreamers, dealers and desperadoes, a no-man’s land where runaways seek camaraderie, refuge and escape. Serpentine routes from the street to the heart characterize the interactions in this spellbinding tale of young people pushed to society’s fringe. Informed, as well, by interviews with young prostitutes and street kids, Polaroid Stories conveys a whirlwind of psychic disturbance, confusion and longing. Like their mythic counterparts, these modem-day mortals are engulfed by needs that burn and consume.
Polaroid Stories

SHOWTIMES
Previews
- Sunday, October 23, 2022 - 1:30 pm
- Wednesday, October 26, 2022 - 7:30 pm
Performances
- Thursday, October 27, 2022 - 7:30 pm
- Friday, October 28, 2022 - 7:30 pm
- Saturday, October 29, 2022 - 7:30 pm
- Sunday, October 30, 2022 - 1:30 pm
- Friday, November 4, 2022 - 7:30 pm*
- Saturday, November 5, 2022 - 1:30 pm
- Saturday, November 5, 2022 - 7:30 pm
- Sunday, November 6, 2022 - 1:30 pm
*Post-Show Discussions
- Friday, November 4, 2022
Polaroid Stories
(2022-2023 Season)
October 23 – November 6, 2022 • Tornabene Theatre
Arizona Repertory Theatre
ABOUT THE SHOW
by Naomi Iizuka
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D (Caleb Drake Files)

Eurydice (Alyssa DiRaimondo)

Narcissus (Alex Simpson)

G (Babacar Ba)

Eurydice (Alyssa DiRaimondo) and G (Babacar Ba)

Camden Stankus in Polaroid Stories. 2022/23 Season. Photo by Tim Fuller.

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