In-Zoom

All you have to do is say Bill Irwin created a ten-minute world premiere play and I’m there. In-Zoom is a two-character piece written and performed by Irwin. Christopher Fitzgerald plays the second character. The world premiere of this piece will take place on May 14th at 9:30 PM EDT/6:30 PM PDT on The Old Globe’s YouTube Channel. It will continue to be available through 11:59 PM on May 16th.

The premise for In-Zoom is best told by The Old Globe. “Two comic minds convene a meeting on Zoom and surprise themselves as they look at our particular pandemic moment and the virtual way we’re living it.”

Bill Irwin is a two-time Tony Award winning actor for his performances in Fool Moon and Who’s Afraid of Viriginia Woolf? Last year he performed his one-man show On Beckett at the Kirk Douglas Theatre.

If you’ve never had the pleasure of seeing Irwin at work, you owe it to yourself to check out In-Zoom. Here’s a sample of his reciting Beckett from a recent series called Art Goes On from Center Theatre Group.

Fitzgerald is a three-time Tony Award nominee for his performances in Waitress, the wonderful revival of Finian’s Rainbow and Young Frankenstein (where he played Igor and you know how that’s pronounced.)

Ten minutes is not a lot of time. Rest assured that they will be well-spent in the company of Irwin and Fitzgerald.

Photo of Bill Irwin courtesy of The Old Globe