Mohonk Mountain Stage Company, Inc.
Mohonk Mountain Stage Company

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Sweet, tender, quiet.
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It's the pulse that makes you engage.
It's the spark that makes you think.

Greetings!
On Friday, (that's right THIS Friday 11/20!),  MMSC returns with a special big-cast reading of Dion Boucicault's adaptation of Washington Irving's Rip Van Winkle. All part of the One Book - One New Paltz project.

Rip Van Winkle

A One Book, One New Paltz program

In 1859, a young American actor named Joseph Jefferson began to perform a version of the American classic story Rip Van winkle. This version was never entirely successful, but Jefferson's reputation grew as a fine comedic actor. In 1865, he asked his friend, Irish playwright Dion Boucicault, to develop a full-length play from the material. Boucicault wrote what became one of the most famous plays of the late 18th century. Jefferson toured the play for 40 years, fixing his interpretation of Rip in the collective imagination of American culture.

This reading of the play will be followed by a discussion of how it relates to the original Irving story.
Led by

Directed by Robert G. Miller

Featuring
Jack Kroll,
Paul Coleman,
Thom Webb,
Ann Citron,
Michael Frohnhoefer,
Bill Peckham,
Joseph Jervais-Gayton, and
Katie Eichenhofer.

Sponsored by
Dedrick's Pharmacy, Lighthouse Solar
and Mayo Consulting.

Friday, November 20 - 8 PM

Unison Arts Center, Mountain Rest Road, New Paltz

845-255-1559

SAVE A SEAT!

$12 Unison members, $16 non-members PREPAID
All tickets $2 more at the door.

Rip Van Winkle
Rip Van Winkle
Washington Irving
Washington Irving
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Robert G. Miller,
Producing Director
845-380-0155
Sincerely,
Mohonk Mountain Stage Company, Inc.
PO Box 507
New Paltz, NY 12561