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For Sentimental Reasons
Written and Directed by Judith Moore
Judith Moore (co-author with Memrie Innerarity of Stories To Be Read With a Southern Accent, a hit of the 2004 woodstock fringe) returns as writer and director with For Sentimental Reasons. In this funny and moving memory play, we meet Priscilla, an African-American woman who is rapidly approaching Senior Citizen status. Pricilla invites us into her cheery kitchen where she recalls the shining hour of her life, when in 1961, her best friend, Rosalie manages to land two free passes to a Sam Cooke concert at the Harlem Square Club in North Miami. Wanda L. Houston, plays Priscilla, fresh from her Broadway engagement in the Roundabout Theatre production of A Streetcar Named Desire. Five performances.
Judith Moore (co-author with Memrie Innerarity of Stories To Be Read With a Southern Accent, a hit of the 2004 woodstock fringe) returns as writer and director with For Sentimental Reasons. In this funny and moving memory play, we meet Priscilla, an African-American woman who is rapidly approaching Senior Citizen status. Pricilla invites us into her cheery kitchen where she recalls the shining hour of her life, when in 1961, her best friend, Rosalie manages to land two free passes to a Sam Cooke concert at the Harlem Square Club in North Miami. Wanda L. Houston, plays Priscilla, fresh from her Broadway engagement in the Roundabout Theatre production of A Streetcar Named Desire. Five performances.
Tuesday & Sundays
by Daniel Arnold and Medina Hahn
Inspired by actual events that occurred on Prince Edward Island, this beautifully poetic and haunting drama is set in rural Margate, Canada in 1887. Two teenage lovers awake in a sepia-toned limbo to reveal the course of their stormy relationship, from their first exuberant meeting at a New Year's Eve party through an unplanned pregnancy, from passionate embrace to tragic end. Winner of numerous accolades and the Sterling Haynes Awards for Outstanding New Work at the Edmonton Fringe, our production of this play comes via the Yale Cabaret and features brilliant young actors: Christianna Nelson (recognized at Yale School of Drama as Outstanding Actress for 2005) and multi-talented actor/composer/playwright David Nugent. Five performances.
Inspired by actual events that occurred on Prince Edward Island, this beautifully poetic and haunting drama is set in rural Margate, Canada in 1887. Two teenage lovers awake in a sepia-toned limbo to reveal the course of their stormy relationship, from their first exuberant meeting at a New Year's Eve party through an unplanned pregnancy, from passionate embrace to tragic end. Winner of numerous accolades and the Sterling Haynes Awards for Outstanding New Work at the Edmonton Fringe, our production of this play comes via the Yale Cabaret and features brilliant young actors: Christianna Nelson (recognized at Yale School of Drama as Outstanding Actress for 2005) and multi-talented actor/composer/playwright David Nugent. Five performances.
