Mohonk Mountain Stage Company
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Greetings!
Welcome to the final two shows of MMSC's 2013 Spring Series! We are anxiously awaiting the return of warm weather while spending time in rehearsal for our one-time-only encore performance of Margaret Edson's Pulitzer Prize-Winning play, WIT. First up, WIT. We are proud to support this fundraising event for the Linda Young Ovarian Cancer Research Program and HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley with this special one-time-only encore performance of our MMSC readers theatre production of Margaret Edson's Pulitzer Prize-Winning play. We've reassembled many of the cast members from our original production and added in a few of our favorite MMSC performers. It will be a not-to-be-missed event. Details below. And then, we are proud to bring you the regional premiere of Other Desert Cities by Jon Robin Baitz. With a cast of MMSC favorites and directed by yours truly, you will spend an evening laughing along with this wonderfully dysfunctional family and its secrets. So, get out those calendars and mark these dates to join us - one last time - as we tell these wonderful stories. Come and share our magic. Bob
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This One-Time-Only Encore ofWIT by Margaret Edson
Winner of the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, the New York Drama Critics Circle Award, the Drama Desk Award, the Outer Critics Circle Award, the Lucille Lortel Award, and the Oppenheimer Award Margaret Edson's powerfully imagined Pulitzer Prize-winning play examines what makes life worth living through her exploration of one of existence's unifying experiences-mortality-while she also probes the vital importance of human relationships. What we as her audience take away from this remarkable drama is a keener sense that, while death is real and unavoidable, our lives are ours to cherish or throw away-a lesson that can be both uplifting and redemptive. As the playwright herself puts it, "The play is not about doctors or even about cancer. It's about kindness, but it shows arrogance. It's about compassion, but it shows insensitivity." In Wit, Edson delves into timeless questions with no final answers: How should we live our lives knowing that we will die? Is the way we live our lives and interact with others more important than what we achieve materially, professionally, or intellectually? How does language figure into our lives? Can science and art help us conquer death, or our fear of it? What will seem most important to each of us about life as that life comes to an end? |
| Cast of MMSC's production of WIT |
Saturday � May 4 � SUNY McKenna Theatre, New Paltz A Benefit for the Linda Young Ovarian Cancer Support Program, HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley 6:30 reception 7:30 performance To purchase tickets, go to: WITLYOC.EVENTBRITE.COM$25 general admission / $15 seniors and students with active ID
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And then ... the regional premiere of
Other Desert Cities
by Jon Robin Baitz
The most richly enjoyable new play for grown-ups in many a season. - The New York Times
Funny, fierce and immensely entertaining. - New York Daily News
MMSC presents Other Desert Cities, a riveting new play by Jon Robin Baitz, the creator of TV's hit drama "Brothers & Sisters." Brooke Wyeth returns home to Palm Springs to celebrate Christmas with her parents, brother and aunt. But when she announces her plans to publish a memoir, a crucial event in the family's history is brought to light, and a surprising twist is revealed. Featuring MMSC favorites Christine Crawfis, Bruce Pileggi, MaryBeth Boylan, and Zsuzsa Manna and directed by MMSC's Producing Director, Robert Miller, Other Desert Cities is a searing comedy with banter that dazzles and decimates, making it one of the most satisfying grown-up plays of the decade.
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Friday & Saturday June 21, 22 & 28, 29 Unison Arts, New Paltz $18 advance � $14 member advance $20 at the door � $16 member at the door half price for students (proper ID required) Buy on-line or call 845-255-1559
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About Us
Mohonk Mountain Stage Company has been taking audiences on extraordinary theatrical journeys since 1994. MMSC was formed in 1994 to perform works of strong literary merit for young and adult audiences. The Theatre for Young Audiences has appeared at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., as well as at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. MMSC's unique Participation Format enables children not only to observe the action, but also to become a part of it. The Readers Theater Group has given over 750 performances of plays, prose and poetry throughout the Mid-Hudson Valley. In addition to performing plays and readings of works of literary merit. MMSC Publishing produces a literary journal, Vanguard Voices of the Hudson Valley and customized audio recordings.
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