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<\/p>\n “The Flick” was performed at Company One Theatre in 2014. (Photo by Liza Voll)\n

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There is, of course, a Clark connection: the character of Avery is a 20-year-old cineaste on hiatus from Clark University, where his father is a professor. One reviewer describes Avery as “a purist who has been drawn to the local theater because it is one of the remaining few houses to use a 35-millimeter projector, as he hates the trend of digital moviemaking.” Between tearing tickets and sweeping up popcorn, the three engage in animated debates about the greatest all-time movies, which sounds like any typical conversation held in countless Clark dorm rooms across the generations.<\/p>\n

This brief item was included in the fall 2013 Clark magazine. <\/em><\/p>\n

“The Flick” was awarded the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. It had its New England debut in 2014 at Company One Theatre<\/a> in Boston, a company founded by six Clark alums, and was directed by Shawn LaCount, M.A.Ed. ’98.<\/em><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"