OCTOBER-DECEMBER 2012: GOTHIC CYCLE
Hunger & Thirst selected dramatic works dealing with dark and supernatural elements from a wide array of genres. As the nights grow colder and longer, Hunger & Thirst will explore these unique, frightening works in the comfort of our cozy salon.
Plays from this cycle included: Mary Stuart by Frederich Schiller (adapted by Peter Oswald), Dracula adapted by Steven Dietz (based on the novel by Bram Stoker), Henry VI, Part II by William Shakespeare, Fortinbras by Lee Blessing, Safe in Hell by Amy Freed, and The Haunted (Part 3 in the Mourning Becomes Electra cycle) by Eugene O'Neill.
Plays from this cycle included: Mary Stuart by Frederich Schiller (adapted by Peter Oswald), Dracula adapted by Steven Dietz (based on the novel by Bram Stoker), Henry VI, Part II by William Shakespeare, Fortinbras by Lee Blessing, Safe in Hell by Amy Freed, and The Haunted (Part 3 in the Mourning Becomes Electra cycle) by Eugene O'Neill.
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PARTICIPATING ACTORS
Raife Baker Britannie Bond Christopher Bonewitz Vichet Chum Jessica Crandall Marisa Duchowny Sarah Hankins Natalie Hegg Kristopher Infante Benjamin Kahre Jordan Kaplan Emily Kitchens Patricia Lynn Marianne Miller Matthew Ellis Murphy Jenna Panther Kristin Parker Alana Rader Max Rosenak Eli Sibley Kymberly Smith |
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CYCLE 3: THE GOTHIC CYCLE
(November-December 2012)
Hunger & Thirst selected dramatic works dealing with dark and supernatural elements from a wide array of genres. As the nights grow colder and longer, Hunger & Thirst will explore these horrifying, unique, frightening, (and perhaps hilarious?) works in the comfort of our cozy salon.
(November-December 2012)
Hunger & Thirst selected dramatic works dealing with dark and supernatural elements from a wide array of genres. As the nights grow colder and longer, Hunger & Thirst will explore these horrifying, unique, frightening, (and perhaps hilarious?) works in the comfort of our cozy salon.
MARY STUART by Friderich Schiller, adapted by Peter Oswald
November 8, 2012
November 8, 2012
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"Is this the beauty, Leicester,/ Dangerous for a man to glimpse, disaster/ For any woman to be near? Why is it / So talked about? I think I see the reason:/ To be the darling of the world is easy/ If you are in the arms of everybody."
~ Queen Elizabeth, Act III |
Participating Actors: Raife Baker, Britannie Bond, Sarah Hankins, Benjamin Kahre, Jordan Kaplan, Emily Kitchens, Patricia Lynn, Matthew Ellis Murphy
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DRACULA adapted by Steven Dietz, based on the novel by Bram Stoker
November 12th, 2012
November 12th, 2012
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"You are their treasure. You stir their dreams, leaving envy in your wake...And now you--their best, beloved flower--are mine: blood of my blood, flesh of my flesh, kin to my kin...my beautiful, bountiful wine-press…"
~ Dracula |
Participating Actors: Jessica Crandall, Kristoffer Infante, Jordan Kaplan, Emily Kitchens, Patricia Lynn, Eli Sibley
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HENRY VI, PART 2 by William Shakespeare
November 14th, 2012
November 14th, 2012
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"'Tis not the land I care for, were thou thence;/ A wilderness is populous enough,/
So Suffolk had thy heavenly company:/ For where thou art, there is the world itself,/ With every several pleasure of the world,/ And where thou art not: desolation." ~ Suffolk, Act III, Scene ii Participating Actors: Vichet Chum, Jessica Crandall, Natalie Hegg, Jordan Kaplan, Emily Kitchens, Patricia Lynn, Marianne Miller, Jenna Panther, Alana Rader |
FORTINBRAS by Lee Blessing
November 28th, 2012
November 28th, 2012
"Death has all the uncertainty of life, and twice the solitude. If you take my advice--and no one ever does--you'll avoid it."
~ Polonius
Participating Actors: Marisa Duchowny, Natalie Hegg, Kristoffer Infante, Jordan Kaplan, Patricia Lynn, Matthew Ellis Murphy, Kymberly Smith
~ Polonius
Participating Actors: Marisa Duchowny, Natalie Hegg, Kristoffer Infante, Jordan Kaplan, Patricia Lynn, Matthew Ellis Murphy, Kymberly Smith
SAFE IN HELL by Amy Freed
December 4th, 2012
December 4th, 2012
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"But seriously, Folks. The days of TROUBLE draw near...Oh, New England -- a day or Retribution and Rebuke is at hand --Forget about your privileges and look to guard your SOULS!"
~ Increase Mather, Prologue Participating Actors: Sarah Hankins, Jordan Kaplan, Patricia Lynn, Marianne Miller, Matthew Ellis Murphy, Kristin Parker, Max Rosenak |
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THE HAUNTED (Part 3 of the Mourning Becomes Electra cycle)
by Eugene O'Neill
December 6th, 2012
by Eugene O'Neill
December 6th, 2012
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"It was like murdering the same man twice. I had a queer feeling that war meant murdering the same man over and over, and that in the end I would discover the man was myself! Their faces keep coming back in dreams—and they change to Father's face—or to mine"
~ Orin, Act III |
Participating Actors: Britannie Bond, Christopher Bonewitz, Jordan Kaplan, Patricia Lynn, Kristin Parker
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