The Actual Dance - a one-man play and story that explores what love really means
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About the show

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An award-winning play, The Actual Dance is a graceful and inspiring love story. It is theater that opens a rare window into the mind and soul of a husband and caregiver. Audiences are transfixed as the actor weaves in and out of a mystical ballroom getting ready to do what he could not imagine.

When first noticing his wife at the age of sixteen, Sam could not predict the profound connection they would share—they are two halves of the same whole. In their 33rd year of marriage, that love was tested…and the ringing in Sam’s ear was not as one would expect, in fact it was an orchestra, playing the music of his life--The Actual Dance.


Written by Samuel A. Simon     Directed by Kate Holland
Dramaturg Gabrielle Maisels        

Original Music composed by Eli Katz Zoller      

Performed by:

Samuel A. Simon
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Chukwuma (Chuk) Obasi
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Awards and Recognition

2013 Northern Virginia Theater Alliance Award for Best Production of an Original Play

2013 Best Actor Nomination from the Northern Virginia Theater Alliance

2013 Best Overall Production Nomination from the Northern Virginia Theater Alliance

An Official Selection of the 2013 Midtown International Theatre Festival (NYC) and the 2013 Capital Fringe Festival (DC).


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FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE ACTUAL DANCE
Contact Samuel A. Simon for information and media inquiries:
[email protected]
​202-329-1851
www.TheActualDance.com
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PRESENTED BY:
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Mr. Milt Orkin, Responsible Agent, at Producers, Inc.:
[email protected] • 813-988-8333 • www.producersinc.com

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