With New Work, Asheville Playwright Motivated To Counter Tropes Of Bipolar Disorder

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Oxalis is a weed-like ground cover that can quickly take over a lawn. Travis Lowe saw "Oxalis" as an apt metaphor and appropriate title for his latest stage play, about one woman's experience with bipolar disorder. "It can have pretty flowers and it's very hard to kill," Lowe said. "So it can look like it's completely dead for long periods of time and then seemingly come back to life." "Oxalis" is premiering through Different Strokes Performing Arts Collective and it's Lowe's fifth play produced locally. Performances of "Oxalis" are Sept. 2-5 at the Wortham Center for the Performing Arts.