| From one Pandemic to Another: THE WIDOW'S VEIL at Metropolitan Virtual Playhouse 12/5/20 | |
| Posted by: Official_Press_Release 09:09 pm EST 12/01/20 | |
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| THE WIDOW'S VEIL by Alice Rostetter A pandemic era tale about living with hope while expecting death December 5th, 2020 at 8 pm The groundbreaking reading series continues as Obie Award winner Metropolitan Playhouse presents its next free "screened" readings, live-streamed at no charge, with talkback to follow: THE WIDOW'S VEIL, Alice Rostetter. 12/5/2020 at 8 PM Eastern Running Time: 60 minutes Free of charge Available at: www.metropolitanplayhouse.org The video will be available through Wednesday, 12/9/20 on the Playhouse webpage, the Metropolitan Playhouse YouTube channel, and the Metropolitan Playhouse Facebook page. Mrs. MacManus, recently married, is soon to be widowed, as her husband is deathly ill in an offstage room. Mrs. Phelan, a helpful and meddlesome neighbor, advises her on just what to wear, as she helps the younger woman anticipate the joy of being free of her overbearing man. But even the worst expectations don't always come as planned in this dark comedy from an earlier pandemic. A peek inside a New York tenement building during the Influenza pandemic of the early1918, the play grasps the practically optimistic cynicism needed to face an unpredictable world. And, staged entirely as a conversation through across a dumbwaiter shaft, it is a perfect play for Zoom theater! Discussion including audience participation follow the readings, with special guest Cheryl Black, PhD, author of THE WOMEN of PROVINCETOWN, Professor Emeritus of Theater History, Dramaturgy, and Acting at the University of Missouri. Directed by Laura Livingston, the play features Michael Durkin, Erica Knight, Noelle McGrath, and Barb Wengerd. Settings drawn by Vincent Gunn. Alice Rostetter contributed to the Provincetown Players beginning in 1918, when the company was at the height of its output. Both actress and playwright, she received high praise before and behind the footlights. Also a teacher at the nearby Washington Irving High School, she encouraged one of her students to audition for The Widow's Veil in order to overcome a speech impediment. That student, née Lily Claudetter Chauchoin, was later better known to the world as Claudette Colbert. UPCOMING Metropolitan presents readings every Saturday at 8 pm, Eastern Time Saturday, December 12, Michele LaRue reads The Gift of the Magi, by O. Henry, along with other Christmas tales Saturday, December 19, it's the theater's annual It's A Wonderful Life ACT-ALONG, in which all viewers are welcome to play a part in the impromptu reading of the sentimental classic The VIRTUAL PLAYHOUSE began on March 28, 2020, and has been simultaneously broadcast on New York's Pacifica Radio Station WBAI, 99.5 FM since April 11. Exploring the possibilities of ""remote"" ensemble, Metropolitan has pushed the envelope of Zoom broadcasts, with increasingly sophisticated virtual settings and sound design. Each reading is enhanced by conversation with the artists and a guest scholar for an hour-long live entertainment every Saturday night. Reaching an audience across the country and around the globe, the presentation of the forgotten one-act plays is an ideal way to pursue the theater's mission exploring America's diverse theatrical history. METROPOLITAN PLAYHOUSE, in its 29th season, explores America’s diverse theatrical heritage through lost plays of the past and new plays of American historical and cultural moment. The theater received a 2011 OBIE Grant from The Village Voice for its ongoing productions that illuminate who we are by revealing where we have come from. Called ""invaluable"" by the Voice, Backstage and Talkin'ᾠBroadway, Metropolitan has earned further accolades from The New York Times and The New Yorker. Other awards include a Victorian Society of New York Outstanding Performing Arts Group, 3 Aggie Awards from Gay City News, 21 nominations for NYIT Awards (3 winners), and 6 AUDELCO Viv Award nominations. ARTISTS' RELIEF The Playhouse's virtual readings serve to help us compensate performing artists, so particularly hurt during this long ""pause."" Information about the theater's ARTISTS RELIEF FUND may be found at www.metropolitanplayhouse.org/covidaid |
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