This fall we have an exciting fundraising event that everyone is welcome to be a part of. Every donor who commits a minimum of $20 to the theatre between January 1, 2009 and December 31, 2009 will have the opportunity to vote on one of three shows to be selected for the 2010-2011 season. Each donor will receive one ballot. If you give as a family or couple, you are considered a single donor and will only receive one ballot.
The three shows up for your consideration are:
The Seagull by Anton Chekhov
Arkadina, a fading, middle-aged actress; Trigorin, a dissolute but popular writer whom greatness has passed by, and the actress’ frustrated, melancholy son, Konstantin, who is lovesick over Nina, are the players in this bittersweet tragedy of lives and love gone wrong. Nina, enchanted by the debonair Trigorin and obsessed with acting on the stage, follows him to the city where she bears him a child. Ultimately rejected by the famous writer, Nina returns and again rejects Konstantin. The play careens to a sudden and tragic end.
Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare
A romantic comedy by William Shakespeare set in Messina, Sicily. The story concerns a pair of lovers named Claudio and Hero who are due to be married in a week. To pass the time before their wedding day, they conspire with Don Pedro, the prince of Aragon, to trick their friends, Beatrice and Benedick, into confessing their love for one another. The prince’s illegitimate brother, Don John, however, jealous of both Don Pedro’s power and his affection for Claudio, plans to sabotage the coming wedding.
Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen
Ibsen’s great social drama of a caged woman in the late nineteenth century explores her tormented desire for escape and her yearning for individual and spiritual freedom. First published in 1890, Hedda Gabler follows a young woman who has married for social and economic security. Unfortunately, the picturesque life she has envisioned quickly disintegrates. Often referred to as the “female Hamlet,” Hedda has been interpreted as everything from an idealistic martyr to a manipulative villain.
Readings from the 3 works will be held later in the 2009-2010 Season. More details to be released in future newsletters and on our website.
For more information, please contact Kristen M. Finlay at walterdalead@yahoo.ca, Kent Sutherland at walterph@telus.net or 780.439.3058 or simply mail in your donations. You can also make your donations through TIX on the Square. Ballots will be mailed out to all donors by mid-January 2010.
This fall we have an exciting fundraising event that everyone is welcome to be a part of. Every donor who commits a minimum of $20 to the theatre between January 1, 2009 and December 31, 2009 will have the opportunity to vote on one of three shows to be selected for the 2010-2011 season. Each donor will receive one ballot. If you give as a family or couple, you are considered a single donor and will only receive one ballot.
The three shows up for your consideration are:
The Seagull by Anton Chekhov
Arkadina, a fading, middle-aged actress; Trigorin, a dissolute but popular writer whom greatness has passed by, and the actress’ frustrated, melancholy son, Konstantin, who is lovesick over Nina, are the players in this bittersweet tragedy of lives and love gone wrong. Nina, enchanted by the debonair Trigorin and obsessed with acting on the stage, follows him to the city where she bears him a child. Ultimately rejected by the famous writer, Nina returns and again rejects Konstantin. The play careens to a sudden and tragic end.
Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare
A romantic comedy by William Shakespeare set in Messina, Sicily. The story concerns a pair of lovers named Claudio and Hero who are due to be married in a week. To pass the time before their wedding day, they conspire with Don Pedro, the prince of Aragon, to trick their friends, Beatrice and Benedick, into confessing their love for one another. The prince’s illegitimate brother, Don John, however, jealous of both Don Pedro’s power and his affection for Claudio, plans to sabotage the coming wedding.
Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen
Ibsen’s great social drama of a caged woman in the late nineteenth century explores her tormented desire for escape and her yearning for individual and spiritual freedom. First published in 1890, Hedda Gabler follows a young woman who has married for social and economic security. Unfortunately, the picturesque life she has envisioned quickly disintegrates. Often referred to as the “female Hamlet,” Hedda has been interpreted as everything from an idealistic martyr to a manipulative villain.
Readings from the 3 works will be held later in the 2009-2010 Season. More details to be released in future newsletters and on our website.
For more information, please contact Kristen M. Finlay at walterdalead@yahoo.ca, Kent Sutherland at walterph@telus.net or 780.439.3058 or simply mail in your donations. You can also make your donations through TIX on the Square (780.420.1757). Ballots will be mailed out to all donors by mid-January 2010.
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Set in 1934, this farce revolves around renowned tenor Tito Merelli, known to his fans as “Il Stupendo”, who is scheduled to sing the lead in Otello, produced as a gala fundraiser for the Cleveland Opera Company. Unfortunately, even before the star leaves his hotel room, everything begins to unravel. Chaos ensues when Merelli’s wife, who has mistaken an autograph-seeker hidden in his closet for a secret lover, leaves him a “Dear John” letter. The distraught Merelli accidentally is given a double dose of tranquilizers to calm him and passes out. Saunders, the company’s General Manager, is determined the show must go on (for his own financial sake), so he asks his assistant Max to impersonate the opera star. Max puts on the blackface makeup required for the role of ‘Otello’, and his disguise succeeds admirably – until Merelli, also in blackface, wakes up and heads for the stage. What follows is a chain-reaction of mistaken identity, plot twists, double entendres, innuendoes, and constant entrances and exits through many doors.
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