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The Smith College Theatre Department will present encores of student-directed plays from its well received Festival of One-Act Plays for the benefit of our Commencement and Reunion guests and for those in the community who missed the performances in April. Featured are plays by nationally and internationally renowned authors as well as a new award-winning play by one of Smith College’s promising young playwrights., sophomore Lisa Meyers.
May 14 & 15, 8:30 p.m.:
Spring Decent , Senior Acting Recital with Chekov and Shakespeare. Performed by Tania Chelov-Snitow '09, directed by Alicia Maye '09.
Coser Y Cantar by Cuban-American playwright Dolores Prida, directed by Sophie Ragone ‘09—A Latina immigrant in New York copes with the pressure and desire to adapt and blend into her new world while remaining nostalgic for a past that cannot be restored.
The Open Couple by Nobel Prize winning Italian playwright Dario Fo and his wife Franca Rame, translated by Stuart Hood and Joe Farrell, directed by Sydney Rainville-Thomson ‘09—Farcical comedy about a philandering husband who encourages his wife to be unfaithful to him.
May 16, 8:30 p.m.:
Respect for the Electric Field of Horses by Lisa Meyers ‘11, directed by Jane Jones ‘09–Love stories for anyone who has ever started a new relationship shakily hoping for the best and wary of the pitfalls of the past.
The Gimmick, memoir play by Obie Award winner and Pulitzer Prize nominee Dael Orlandersmith, directed by Monique Robinson ‘09—Set against the backdrop of 1970’s Harlem, a young girl struggles to keep alive her dream of becoming an artist.
For more information:
Tel.: 413.585.ARTS
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8:30 p.m.
Theatre 14
Mendenhall CPA
See listings to the left for specific show dates. |
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Commencement Orchestra concert with the Smith College Orchestra and
soloists from the senior class, featuring works by Schumann, Mendelssohn, Tchaikovsky, Lukas Foss, Bartok, and others. |
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7:30 p.m.
Sweeney Concert Hall.
Free. |
