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Wellesley Summer Theatre Company
Actors from the London Stage
A Midsummer Night's Dream
by William Shakespeare
September 23-25, 2010, Diana Chapman Walsh Alumni Hall
Returning for the fifth year, Actors From The London Stage (AFTLS) is a
theatrical tour de force beloved by the Wellesley community. This year, they
will bring Shakespeare’s comedy, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, with its
lovers and lunatics to vivid life in the spare, elegant and inventive style for which the company is renowned.
Wellesley Summer Theatre Company
The Guys
by Anne Nelson, directed by Nora Hussey
September 9-11, Ruth Nagel Jones Theatre
In the aftermath of September 11th, Nick and Joan, two people who under normal circumstances never would have met, jump the well-defined track of their own lives. In doing so, they learn about themselves, life and the healing power of human connection.
The Last Night of Ballyhoo
by Alfred Uhry, directed by Nora Hussey
January 6-30, Ruth Nagel Jones Theatre
In this second play by the author of Driving Miss Daisy, a family of Jewish southerners tries to come to grips with its identity in a pre-WWII Christian society. This story drives home the lesson that without a strong sense of self, one’s place in the existing social structure can constantly change or even cease to exist at all.
The Last Night of Ballyhoo
by Alfred Uhry, directed by Nora Hussey
May 19-June 19, Ruth Nagel Jones Theatre
Returning after its sold-out engagement in January; this play by the author of Driving Miss Daisy, is centered on a family of Jewish southerners trying to come to grips with its identity in a pre-WWII Christian society. It is December 1939 and the world is facing numerous grave challenges. The Freitag/Levy household in Atlanta is consumed with more immediate matters, such as the world premier of Gone with the Wind and whether or not Lala will secure a date for Ballyhoo, the highlight of the Jewish social season. Uhry turns a sharp and amusing eye on matters of assimilation and prejudice, identity and romance, in this rich family portrait of a family struggling to find its place. This story drives home the lesson that without a strong sense of self, one’s place in the existing social structure can constantly change or even cease to exist at all.
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Wellesley Summer Theatre Company box office to reserve tickets:
781.283.2000
