AmeriCulture Arts Program: 2006-2007 Season
ELEEMOSYNARY by Lee Blessing
Directed by Marilyn Wales
October 12 at 6 p.m.
October 13 & 14 at 7:30 p.m.
Percival Auditorium, Fitchburg State College, Highland Avenue, Fitchburg, MA
Most plays can't boast that they increase your word power while keeping you highly entertained, but Eleemosynary does just that. Sensitive and probing, this masterful play (the title means "charitable") examines the subtle and often perilous relationship between three remarkable women: a young girl, her mother, and her grandmother. This show has received several awards and is very well-written. Some interesting quotes while the three women try to sort out their relationships include:
"Never have a child...but NEVER have a daughter."
"I have trouble with my memory...I can't seem to forget."
"I spent my spare time being thrilled not to be around my mother."
"You have a right to an intellectual life."
"I've found out how to talk to stones."
"Father laughed that college might mean more to me than marriage."
"Grandmother never throws anything away...even the things she was sorry for."
"Life is a long apology."
For a remarkable experience in theatre, don't miss Eleemosynary!
MOONCHILDREN by Michael Weller
Directed by Jack Crory
November 8, 9, 10, 11, 15, 17, 18 at 7:30 p.m.
November 16 at 6:00 p.m.
November 12 at 2:00 p.m.
McKay Campus Auditorium, Rindge Road, Fitchburg, MA
In his seminal work, Moonchildren, Michael Weller chronicled a year in the life of college seniors, circa 1965 - a period when America, like the play's youthful protagonists, was at the point where idealism, maturity, and reality clashed. It is a stunning work, one that has weathered the years to become that rarity, a contemporary play that, while rooted in the era in which it was written, remains contemporary because its underlying themes are universal and unchanging. As the youthful rebels of the 1960s now race towards their own 60s, their legacy of a rebellious youth culture run amok is still with us, as indeed it always had been, albeit in very different realizations since the very first human's brush with adolescence. It is the brilliance of Weller that his focus on the universal rather than the specific will always keep Moonchildren relevant so intelligently and so beautifully.
Lysistrata by Aristophanes
Directed by Richard McElvain
March 28, 29, 30, 31; April 4, 6, 7 at 7:30 p.m.
April 1 at 2 p.m.
April 5 at 6:00 p.m.
McKay Campus Auditorium, Rindge Road, Fitchburg, MA
The year is 412 B.C. One woman, Lysistrata, is sick of the war that is tearing apart Greece and unites women from all the different city-states to stop it. Her shocking solution leads to scenes of outrageous comedy as well as lots of singing and dancing! The show is short--about an hour and fifteen minutes--which leaves plenty of time to go out afterwards or get home early.
Please come and enjoy a night of music and fun.
Velvet Sky by
Roberto Aguirre Sacasa
Directed by Michael Rogers
April 19 at 6:00 p.m.
April 20-21 at 7:30 p.m.
Conlon Building (Industrial Arts) Room 201
Bethany, a mother, and Warren, a father, separately look for their 13 year old son, Andrew, as he wanders the streets of New York City looking for his sexual identity. If his parents do not reach him by midnight on his thirteenth birthday the Sandman will steal his eyes. Can Andrew's parents find him before the Sandman, or someone worse, finds him first?
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