Monday, July 25, 2005
Two Freebies: Impossible Marriage and One Touch of Venus
FREE
IMPOSSIBLE MARRIAGE by Beth Henley
A production of Actors Repertory Theatre 2005
July 29 - 31
Washington, DC
Directed by Michael Russotto
Spend an evening with a family of odd-ball southern charmers brought together by Pandora, whose unsuitable plans to marry a man twice her age sets off an array of revelations and complications. The older mans son shows up to defend his mother, the Reverend questions his faith, the sister of the bride comes to terms with her husband's rumored infidelity even as that husband dotes ever more fervently upon her. The whole family finds the groom's artistic eccentricities odd and the mother of the bride tries to maintain a sense of southern gentility amidst mounting disaster!
"True to her intellectually quirky style, the Pulitzer Prize winning Beth Henley has created a work that's as poetic and whimsical as it is dramatic and concrete...an intoxicating play that sends up love and marriage." - Time Out NY
The 2005 Actor's Repertory Theatre Ensemble is made up each year of graduates of The Conservatory Program in Acting:
Matthew Eisenberg, Bronwen Grebe, Dustin Loomis, Jessica North Macie, Carrie Mercadante, Colin Smith and Doug Wilder.
Join us for Opening Night - Friday, July 29 - 8:00 pm
Opening Night Celebration to follow the show
If you are not able to join us for opening night...
July 30 and August 3, 4, 5, 6 at 8:00 pm
July 30, 31 and August 6 & 7 at 2:00 pm
All shows are free. Reservations are suggested: NCDAdrama@aol.com or 202-333-2202
The Conservatory and Theatre are located at 1556 Wisconsin Avenue, NW
(entrance is on Volta Place between Wisconsin Ave. and 33rd Street - rear of the building)
The National Conservatory of Dramatic Arts
Washington's only accredited, professional actor training studio.
202-333-2202 www.TheConservatory.org
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"One Touch of Venus," the hit 1943 Broadway musical by the unlikely team of Kurt Weill, S.J. Perelman and Ogden Nash, will be performed next week in Theater 2 at the Gunston Art Center in a staged concert reading, and ADMISSION IS FREE TO ALL! July 28-30 8 PM, July 30 2:30, July 31st 1:30. Gunston Art Center, Theater 2, 2700 S. Lang. St., Arlington, VA. 703-553-8782
This is an installment of the American Century Theater's "Rescues" Series, which brings together top talent in the area to give grand but seldom produced shows a chance to show their stuff, which usually takes too many people and too much money for other theaters to give them full productions. "One Touch of Venus" is performed by a cast of 32, including Joanne Schmoll as Venus, the statue that comes to life and the role that made Mary Martin a star. Plus the Capital Steps' Andy Clemence, Amy Sheff, R.Scott Thomson, Carl Randolph, and many stars of past TACT musicals, such as Andrea Abrams and Brian Rodda) ("The Robber Bridegroom"), Lynn Audrey Neal and Dan Herrel ("If Only in My Dreams"), Nelson Smith ("The Cradle Will Rock") , Hans Bachman ("Hollywood Pinafore"), and Scott Kennison ("Laughter at 10 O'Clock"). With TACT musical director Tom Fuller conducting and "Danny and Sylvia" pianist Alvin Smithson.
IMPOSSIBLE MARRIAGE by Beth Henley
A production of Actors Repertory Theatre 2005
July 29 - 31
Washington, DC
Directed by Michael Russotto
Spend an evening with a family of odd-ball southern charmers brought together by Pandora, whose unsuitable plans to marry a man twice her age sets off an array of revelations and complications. The older mans son shows up to defend his mother, the Reverend questions his faith, the sister of the bride comes to terms with her husband's rumored infidelity even as that husband dotes ever more fervently upon her. The whole family finds the groom's artistic eccentricities odd and the mother of the bride tries to maintain a sense of southern gentility amidst mounting disaster!
"True to her intellectually quirky style, the Pulitzer Prize winning Beth Henley has created a work that's as poetic and whimsical as it is dramatic and concrete...an intoxicating play that sends up love and marriage." - Time Out NY
The 2005 Actor's Repertory Theatre Ensemble is made up each year of graduates of The Conservatory Program in Acting:
Matthew Eisenberg, Bronwen Grebe, Dustin Loomis, Jessica North Macie, Carrie Mercadante, Colin Smith and Doug Wilder.
Join us for Opening Night - Friday, July 29 - 8:00 pm
Opening Night Celebration to follow the show
If you are not able to join us for opening night...
July 30 and August 3, 4, 5, 6 at 8:00 pm
July 30, 31 and August 6 & 7 at 2:00 pm
All shows are free. Reservations are suggested: NCDAdrama@aol.com
The Conservatory and Theatre are located at 1556 Wisconsin Avenue, NW
(entrance is on Volta Place between Wisconsin Ave. and 33rd Street - rear of the building)
The National Conservatory of Dramatic Arts
Washington's only accredited, professional actor training studio.
202-333-2202 www.TheConservatory.org
***
"One Touch of Venus," the hit 1943 Broadway musical by the unlikely team of Kurt Weill, S.J. Perelman and Ogden Nash, will be performed next week in Theater 2 at the Gunston Art Center in a staged concert reading, and ADMISSION IS FREE TO ALL! July 28-30 8 PM, July 30 2:30, July 31st 1:30. Gunston Art Center, Theater 2, 2700 S. Lang. St., Arlington, VA. 703-553-8782
This is an installment of the American Century Theater's "Rescues" Series, which brings together top talent in the area to give grand but seldom produced shows a chance to show their stuff, which usually takes too many people and too much money for other theaters to give them full productions. "One Touch of Venus" is performed by a cast of 32, including Joanne Schmoll as Venus, the statue that comes to life and the role that made Mary Martin a star. Plus the Capital Steps' Andy Clemence, Amy Sheff, R.Scott Thomson, Carl Randolph, and many stars of past TACT musicals, such as Andrea Abrams and Brian Rodda) ("The Robber Bridegroom"), Lynn Audrey Neal and Dan Herrel ("If Only in My Dreams"), Nelson Smith ("The Cradle Will Rock") , Hans Bachman ("Hollywood Pinafore"), and Scott Kennison ("Laughter at 10 O'Clock"). With TACT musical director Tom Fuller conducting and "Danny and Sylvia" pianist Alvin Smithson.
