Event Details
30 Minutes of Old-Fashioned Russian Laughter
Event Type:Featured Major Weekend Events
Location:Black Box Theatre, Maloney Hall
 
Thursday, November 05, 2009
5:30 PM - 6:00 PM
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Contact:
Zachariah Delventhal
832-3159
Title Url:http://www.theatre.ccsu.edu/season.html#30
Department:Theatre
Anton Chekov is recognized as the writer that opened a place for the actor's inner life in modern drama. Many people think of his work as dark and foreboding and don't realize what a sweet ironic sense of humor he really has. But in his short sketches it can't be missed! Many of them are subtitled "A joke in one act," and they are delicious little character driven farces. The Theatre Department is pleased to offer two of these to round out the mainstage production of The Seagull, starring faculty Josh Perlstein and Thom Delventhal.
Swan Song is about an aging actor that, having fallen asleep in the dressing room during the play, wakes up to find the theatre dark and empty. Apparently his part was never missed.
The Reluctant Tragic Hero shows us a poor government worker driven to thoughts of suicide by his forced commute from the summer home the family goes to each year, while he still trudges to work.
Both shows together play 30 minutes.

Additional Info

Admission:Free
Sponsoring Organization Name::CCSU Theatre
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