Men on Boats
May 4th, May 7th, May 10th @ 7:30pm
May 13th @ 2pm
Time: 1869
Place: The Colorado River
Ten explorers. Four boats. One Grand Canyon. This is the true(ish) history of an 1869 expedition to chart the course of the Colorado River.
This play will be performed without an intermission
LEAR
May 5th, May 8th, May 11th, May 13th @ 7:30pm
Time: Set in the distant past, long before Corporate Nation States we all know or it is in a time after everything has broken down and run out? All tech has failed and the complex financial and political constructs have all been abandoned and society has gone back to, somewhat, simpler times. A time without industrialization or modernity.
Place: A lovely and demanding land with people that are hearty and true. Power is held by fierce warlords. The system is feudal, militaristic and patriarchal. The ruling warlord is killed but he has very capable, smart and dangerous daughters for heirs. Eldest warrior daughter LEAR rises to take the throne, wages war on behalf of the land and saves her people to become warlord King Lear. A less forgiving ruler; LEAR will not be denied and must be obeyed as were the warrior kings before her. And so she has reigned for a time. After an assassination attempt; a motivated LEAR tries to move into the next phase of her life. Loyalties shift as the family struggles for dominance and title. Who will emerge as Ruler?
This play will be performed with one 10-minute intermission
The Imaginary Invalid (Malleson trans.)
May 6th, May 9th, May 12th @ 7:30pm
May 14th @ 2pm
Springtime. Then and Now. And Always.
Place: The sitting room of Monsieur Argan's house in Paris
This play will be performed with a one 10-minute intermission
Special Thanks
Kaufman Music Center/Merkin Concert Hall for the donation of the theatre mixer
Quinn Cassavale, Kate Chaston
Constance Hastie and Jakob Martinez Cooper for their composition of "The Shepherd's Song" in The Imaginary Invalid
