TRIAD STAGE OPENS THE 12TH SEASON WITH?TROUBLE IN MIND
Lincoln Financial Foundation presents Alice Childress?
Comedy-Drama of Character, September 2 ? 23, 2012
Pictured (left to right): Mark H. Dold, Harold Surratt, Cassandra Lowe Williams and Megan Oots. Photo by VanderVeen Photographers
(Greensboro, NC) ? Triad Stage?s 12th season kicks off with Alice Childress? Trouble in Mind, directed by Preston Lane. 1957. Rehearsals begin on what everyone hopes will be the Great White Way?s next big hit?a topical drama ripped from the headlines. But social norms and prejudices collide as the company of aspiring stars, hard-edged veterans and hopeful dreamers set out to make a play. At the heart of it all is Wiletta Mayer (Cassandra Lowe Williams), a gifted African-American actress with the chance to finally play the lead role in a Broadway show, if she?s willing to compromise her principles. It?s a groundbreaking backstage satire of egos and attitudes and an insightful look at who we are and who we want to be. Trouble in Mind runs September 2 through September 23, 2012. Opening Night is Friday, September 7. The production is sponsored by Lincoln Financial Foundation with support from Chicks, Chat and Change, Bernard Robinson & Company, L.L.P and Graffiti Ads. Trouble in Mind is also part of United Arts Council of Greater Greensboro?s 17 Days art festival.
?We at Triad Stage have always believed that theater can change your life. But in our 12th season, change isn?t just about what happens in plays. We have never been the kind of people to settle for the way things are, so we?re taking bigger chances, making better theater and daring even more,? says Triad Stage artistic director and director of Trouble in Mind, Preston Lane. ?And there is no better play to begin this season of change than Alice Childress? Trouble in Mind. Childress dared to write about race, about gender, about the making of art, about the business of theater in a fashion that no one else has done as radically or as truthfully.?
ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT
Alice Childress?was born October 12, 1916 in Charleston, South Carolina. At the age of nine, Childress moved to Harlem, New York where she was raised by her grandmother. Through the 1940?s Childress studied at the American Negro Theatre (ANT), acting and contributing in all aspects of their productions. It was during this time she crafted a name for herself as a skilled actress; making her Broadway debut in the ANT production of Anna Lucasta, for which she earned a Tony? award nomination. In 1949, Childress began her writing career with her first play, a one-act entitled Florence. ?In 1956, her play Trouble in Mind, won the Obie Award for the best off-Broadway play. Childress continued to write plays throughout her career such as Wine in the Wilderness, and Wedding Band: A Love/Hate Story in Black and White. In 1973 Childress won great acclaim for her first novel A Hero Ain?t Nothin? but a Sandwich, which she later adapted into a screenplay and subsequent film. Her novel,?A Short Walk, was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in 1979. For her life?s work Childress was awarded the Paul Robeson Medal of Distinction, the AUDELCO Pioneer Award, and a Lifetime Career Achievement Award from the Association for Theatre in Higher Education.
ABOUT THE PRODUCTION
Making his Triad Stage debut, University of North Carolina School of the Arts professor and scenic designer John Coyne creates the backstage of a classic proscenium Broadway theatre in Triad Stage?s thrust space. ?In placing her play firmly in a theatrical setting, Childress reminds us that all the world is a stage and her stage reflects a world divided and struggling to come together. The story and its character ring as true today as in 1955 and shows how daunting the struggle remains,? says Lane.
Lane has assembled a cast of returning Triad Stage veterans and a few new faces. Returning to Triad Stage is Cassandra Lowe Williams (A Christmas Carol, Ethel Waters: His Eye is on the Sparrow, among others) as Willetta Mayer, New York actor Mark H. Dold (Hedda Gabler, Mirandolina), fresh off a two year run in Freud?s Last Session at New World Stages, as Al Manners and Harold Surratt, last seen at Triad Stage in The Sunset Limited, as Sheldon Forrester. Completing the cast is John Dillon (A Christmas Carol, 2011), prolific regional theater actress Chantal Jean-Pierre (Triad Stage debut), Phillip Lynch (Theatre 232: Fashionistas), UNCG student Megan Oots (Triad Stage debut), Lee Spencer (A Doll House, Oleanna) and veteran New York actor Evan Thompson (Triad Stage debut).
?
The creative team includes: scenic designer John Coyne, costume designer Bill Brewer, lighting designer Norman Coates and sound designer David E. Smith. The dramaturg is Christine Woodworth, Christine Morris is the vocal coach, Cindi Rush is the casting director and the stage manager is Emily J. Mails.
?
Biographies of the cast and creative team, and more information on the production can be found online at www.triadstage.org.
?
PERFORMANCE AND SPECIAL EVENT INFORMATION
Tickets for Preview performances of Trouble in Mind, on September 2, 4, 5 and 6, are all $24 each. From Opening Night, September 7, through the run of the production, single ticket prices range from $10 to $52. Prices vary depending on the day of the week and seat location desired.
?
All performances are at Triad Stage at The Pyrle Theater, located at 232 South Elm Street in downtown Greensboro, North Carolina (between Market and Washington Streets).
?
Show times for Trouble in Mind are 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday evenings and 8:00 p.m. on Friday and Saturday evenings. Sunday matinees are at 2:00 p.m. There are no matinee performances during previews. Pay-What-You-Can performances are Tuesday, September 11, and Wednesday, September 12, at 7:30 p.m. Wine Tasting Friday sponsored by Our State magazine is Friday, September 14, prior to the evening?s 8:00 p.m. performance. A Sign-Interpreted performance is on Tuesday, September 18, at 7:30 p.m., with services provided by the Greensboro Communication Services for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.
Technically Talking, a behind-the-scenes discussion with members of the design team is Tuesday, September 4, immediately following the 7:30 p.m. preview performance. The InSight Series, the free humanities program featuring Dr. La Vinia Delois Jennings, Ph.D, Lindsay Young Professor of English and professor of Twentieth-Century American Literature and Culture, who will be discussing the world of the play and Alice Childress will be held on Sunday, September 9, immediately following the 2:00 p.m. matinee performance. PostScript, a lively, open discussion with the cast, will be held on Thursday, September 13, in The UpStage Cabaret immediately following the 7:30 p.m. performance. The PostScript series is sponsored by Locke T. Clifford and Andrew C. Clifford.
ABOUT TRIAD STAGE
Triad Stage is a professional not-for-profit regional theater company based in Greensboro?s downtown historic district. All Triad Stage productions are created in Greensboro using the best of local and national talent. Triad Stage gratefully acknowledges the support of its Season Sponsors: Blue Zoom, the North Carolina Arts Council and the United Arts Council of Greater Greensboro. The starring sponsor for Trouble in Mind is Lincoln Financial Foundation, with support from Chicks, Chat and Change, Bernard Robinson & Company, L.L.P. and Graffiti Ads.
Triad Stage?s 2012-2013 MainStage Season continues with Donald Margulies? Shipwrecked! (October 14 ? November 4, 2012); Tennessee Williams?s, Kingdom of Earth (February 10 ? March 3, 2013); Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe?s musical adaptation of Pygmalion, My Fair Lady (April 7 ? May 15, 2013) and Preston Lane?s world premiere adaptation, Tennessee Playboy (June 9 ? 30, 2013). The season includes the return of Lane?s adaptation of Charles Dickens? holiday classic, A Christmas Carol (December 2 ? 23, 2012). Season Passes and single tickets for Trouble in Mind, Shipwrecked! and A Christmas Carol are on sale now.
The UpStage Cabaret season begins with a ghost play adapted by Stephen Mallatratt, The Woman in Black (October 4 ? 20, 2012); David Sedaris? The Santaland Diaries (December 4 ? 22, 2012) and Charles Ludlam?s affair of the farce, Reverse Psychology! (March 16 ? 30, 2013). Memberships to The Cabaret Club are on sale now. Tickets to The Woman in Black go on sale to non-members September 4.
?
All Triad Stage productions feature the bold acting and breathtaking design that have been nationally recognized by The Wall Street Journal and by the American Theatre Wing, founder of the Tony Awards?, which named Triad Stage one of the top ten most promising theatres in the country as a recipient of the 2010 National Theatre Company Grant. Triad Stage has also earned accolades including ?Best North Carolina Production of 2010? for The Glass Menagerie by Triangle Arts & Entertainment magazine; ?One of the Best Regional Theatres in America?, New York?s Drama League; ?Best Live Theater?, Go Triad/News & Record and The Rhinoceros Times; and ?Professional Theater of the Year?, North Carolina Theatre Conference.
?
To purchase tickets or for performance information on Trouble in Mind, call the Triad Stage Box Office at 336.272.0160 or toll-free at 866.579.TIXX (8499), or visit www.triadstage.org.
?
For tickets:
Phone: (336) 272-0160
Toll-free: (866) 579-TIXX (8499)
Box Office hours: Monday ? Friday, 10:00 a.m. ? 6:00 p.m.
Online: www.triadstage.org
Ticket prices: $10 ? $52, depending on performance date and seat location
?
Group tickets:
Call (336) 274-0067 ext. 221
Email: groupsales@triadstage.org
Ticket discounts: Groups of 10 ? 49, 25% off; Groups of 50+, 35% off
?
Educators? 20% discount tickets:
Current school teachers and professors receive a 20% discount off regular price tickets to all performances. A valid school employee ID or proof of employment must be presented to Box Office when picking up tickets. Subject to availability. Some restrictions apply.
Call: (336) 272-0160 or toll-free (866) 579-TIXX
Monday ? Friday, 10:00 a.m. ? 6:00 p.m.
Ticket prices: $10 ? $41.60, depending on performance date and seat location
?
$10 Student Rush tickets:
Current students with valid school ID may purchase tickets for $10. Student Rush tickets are only available at the Triad Stage Box Office one hour before each performance. Subject to availability. Some restrictions apply.
$10 Gallery Seats:
A limited number of $10 general admission gallery seats are available for each performance.
Call: (336) 272-0160 or toll-free (866) 579-TIXX
Monday ? Friday, 10:00 a.m. ? 6:00 p.m.
Also available at the Box Office for walk-up sales.
?
Trouble in Mind performance dates:
Sunday, September 2 7:30 p.m. 1st Preview
Tuesday, September 4 7:30 p.m. Preview/ ?Technically Talking? post-show discussion
Wednesday, September 5 7:30 p.m. Preview
Thursday, September 6 7:30 p.m. Preview
Friday, September 7 8:00 p.m. Opening Night with post-show lobby party
Saturday, September 8 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, September 9 2:00 p.m. ?InSight Series? post-show discussion
Sunday, September 9 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, September 11 7:30 p.m. ?Pay-What-You-Can? performance
Wednesday, September 12 7:30 p.m. ?Pay-What-You-Can? performance
Thursday, September 13 7:30 p.m. ?PostScript? post-show discussion with the cast
Friday, September 14 8:00 p.m. Pre-Show Wine Tasting event
Saturday, September 15 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, September 16 2:00 p.m.
Sunday, September 16 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, September 18 7:30 p.m. Sign Interpreted performance
Wednesday, September 19 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, September 20 7:30 p.m.
Friday, September 21 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, September 22 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, September 23 2:00 p.m.
Sunday, September 23 7:30 p.m. Closing performance
VN:F [1.9.18_1163]
Rating: 0.0/5 (0 votes cast)
Source: http://triangleartsandentertainment.org/event/trouble-in-mind/
martin luther king jr mlk mlk school closures being human being human chicago news
No comments:
Post a Comment
Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.