Anyone who read Katherine Dunn's

National Book Award finalist novel "Geek Love" can tell you

that they never thought they would see it outside of their imagination.

Thanks to a dedicated director and crew, the Horizon Theatre in Little

Five Points will stage the world premiere of the show through Jan. 25

and allow audiences to see the dark comedy come alive before their very

eyes.

The story focuses on the Binewski

Family, a traveling circus of human oddities, which features conjoined

twins, a flipper boy, and many more sideshow sights. Olympia, an albino

hunchback, is the narrator of the story. She tells of how her siblings

became who they are, thanks to help from parents Crystal Lil and Al. As

the family travels town to town over the years, each sibling's story

gets larger and larger, sometimes threatening to destroy the family. Arturo,

the flipper boy, sees his popularity soar and hundreds of people begin

to worship and emulate him, while Iphigenia and Elektra, the conjoined

twin sisters, start to strike off on their own at nights, but are never

far from each other. Perhaps the biggest story of them all is the youngest

Binewski, Fortunato, who may be the most distinctive member of the family.

Aileen Loy, Artistic Director

of Sensurround, directed the show and adapted the novel for the stage

with Mike Katinsky. The show and the strange world that the Binewski's

inhabit is brought to life by puppets and prosthetics designer Chris Brown,

costume designer Evita Smith, set designer Charles "Oz" Dillman

and lighting designer Milton Sams. Many of these artists were also responsible

for staging Sensurround's productions of "A Clockwork Orange"

and "The Clive Barker Project," proving they can create dark

and alien worlds.

In addition to the show, audiences

will get to peruse a display of sideshow memorabilia curated by local

circus aficionado and Star Bar owner Jim Stacey, from his personal collection.

Performances of "Geek

Love" will take place at 8 p.m., Wednesdays-Saturdays and 5 p.m.

on Sundays. Tickets are $12 on Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays

and $15 on Saturdays. Phone 404-584-7450 or visit www.horizontheatre.com

or www.sensurroundstagings.com for more information.

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