A Celebration of Adrienne Kennedy
Saturday, January 25 at 8 pm
FREE
FREE
Join JACK for a very special evening of stellar actors reading all of groundbreaking playwright Adrienne Kennedy's "Alexander Plays," as a culminating event of our production of SHE TALKS TO BEETHOVEN (the first "Alexander Play").
FREE ADMISSION
It'll be a real casual evening, with beer and wine available for purchase at dirt-cheap prices. The evening will begin at 8 pm (following the 6 pm and 6:45 pm performances of SHE TALKS TO BEETHOVEN), and will include:
THE OHIO STATE MURDERS (in a special one-woman performance by Stacey Robinson).
THE DRAMATIC CIRCLE (featuring Sipiwe Moyo, Stephanie Weeks and others)
THE FILM CLUB (a monologue featuring Rachael Holmes)
ADRIENNE KENNEDY (Playwright) Since the first production of her 1964 play, Funnyhouse of a Negro, Adrienne Kennedy's work has had a profound influence on American playwrights. Her plays include The Owl Answers, Ohio State Murders, A Movie Star Has to Star in Black and White, An Evening With Dead Essex, The Film Club, A Lesson in Dead Language, She Talks to Beethoven, and A Rat's Mass. Ms. Kennedy is a three-time OBIE-award winner and her work was featured in the Signature Theatre’s 1995/1996 season. Among her many honors are the Guggenheim fellowship, the American Academy of Arts and Letters award, PEN/Laura Pels Award for Master American Dramatist, and Anisfield-Wolf Book's Lifetime Achievement Award.
FREE ADMISSION
It'll be a real casual evening, with beer and wine available for purchase at dirt-cheap prices. The evening will begin at 8 pm (following the 6 pm and 6:45 pm performances of SHE TALKS TO BEETHOVEN), and will include:
THE OHIO STATE MURDERS (in a special one-woman performance by Stacey Robinson).
THE DRAMATIC CIRCLE (featuring Sipiwe Moyo, Stephanie Weeks and others)
THE FILM CLUB (a monologue featuring Rachael Holmes)
ADRIENNE KENNEDY (Playwright) Since the first production of her 1964 play, Funnyhouse of a Negro, Adrienne Kennedy's work has had a profound influence on American playwrights. Her plays include The Owl Answers, Ohio State Murders, A Movie Star Has to Star in Black and White, An Evening With Dead Essex, The Film Club, A Lesson in Dead Language, She Talks to Beethoven, and A Rat's Mass. Ms. Kennedy is a three-time OBIE-award winner and her work was featured in the Signature Theatre’s 1995/1996 season. Among her many honors are the Guggenheim fellowship, the American Academy of Arts and Letters award, PEN/Laura Pels Award for Master American Dramatist, and Anisfield-Wolf Book's Lifetime Achievement Award.