AmeriCulture Arts Program: 2005-2006 Season
The Laramie Project by Moises Kaufman
Directed by Kelly Morgan
November 9, 10, 11, 12, 17, 18, and 19 at 7:30 p.m.
November 13 at 2:00 p.m.
November 17 at 6:00 p.m.
McKay Campus Auditorium, Rindge Road, Fitchburg, MA
This play is the result of more than 200 interviews conducted by
Moises Kaufman and members of New York 's Tectonic Theater Project
when they visited Laramie, Wyoming, after the murder of Matthew
Shepard. It follows, and in some cases re-enacts, the chronology
of Shepherd's visit to a local bar, his kidnapping and beating,
and the discovery of him tied to a fence. It mixes news reports
with actors portraying friends, family, cops, killers, and other
Laramie residents in their own words--words that could be those
of any community in the country.
Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival
January 31-February 5, 2006
The Four
Points by Sheraton, Leominster, is the festival hotel for the
Kennedy Center
American College Theater Festival Region 1. Registration
and workshops will be at the Sheraton. Theater productions
will be in the McKay Campus Auditorium at Fitchburg State College
and the Stratos G. Dukakis Performing Arts Center at Montachusett
Regional Vocational Technical School, 1050 Westminster Street (Route
2A), Fitchburg. Registration information is available on the
Kennedy Center American College
Theater Festival Region I website. Program information
will be available shortly before the festival. Workshops and
theater productions are open to the general public. Anyone
excited about the future of theater should attend to see the work
of college students from around New England. If you are interested
in learning more about directing, acting, theater games, etc., plan
to attend one of the invigorating workshops.
Summer and Smoke by Tennessee Williams
Directed by Richard McElvain
March 29-April 1 at 7:30 p.m.
April 2 at 2:00 p.m.
April 5, 7 and 8 at 7:30 p.m.
April 6 at 6:00 p.m.
McKay Campus Auditorium, Rindge Road, Fitchburg, MA
Summer and Smoke is one of the great masterpieces by
Tennessee Williams, perhaps the finest of all America's playwrights.
This is one of his great love stories. Set during a hot summer in
Mississippi during the turn of the century, John and Alma are star
crossed lovers thwarted by insecurities, sexual repression
and overbearing families and townspeople. Her love is choked by
her fear of her own sexuality, his by his feeling that she is too
pure for him. A simple story is elevated by Williams' poetry to
the level of American Tragedy. This fully designed and
costumed production will have lights and set designed by students
from the Itech program.
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