[Capdist-announce] Our Own ProductionS presents "The Shadow Box" opening Friday

[Susan Ellis]

Our Own ProductionS, Inc.
Proudly presents
 
The Shadow Box
By
Michael Cristofer
 
Directed by:  Cecelia Gray
Assistant Director:  Jason LaSusa
 
Performance dates and times:
March 19-21 and March 26-28, 2010
Friday and Saturday nights:  7:30; Sunday afternoons:  2:30
 
Emmanuel-Friedens Church
218 Nott Terrace
Schenectady, NY12307
 
Ticket price:  $15
For tickets or more information:  356-2306, http://oopsny.tripod.com
or email us at: ourownproductionsinc at yahoo.com
 
A PORTION OF THE PROCEEDS TO BENEFIT COMMUNITY HOSPICE
(Additional donations may be made to Community Hospice on our website or at any of the performances)
 
The play revolves around a trio of terminally ill patients, each of whom lives in a separate cottage at a hospice. Each is being interviewed about the process of dying.  
 
The first dying person is Joe, a middle-aged, blue-collar family man. Joe seems well-adjusted and has accepted that he is dying. However, his wife Maggie is in denial and has not told their son Steve about his father's condition.
 
The second dying person is Brian, a bisexual English professor. He is being cared for by his lover, Mark. They receive a visit from Brian's flamboyant, slightly trashy ex-wife Beverly. Beverly's presence lifts Brian's spirits but rankles Mark.
 
The final dying person is Felicity, an elderly, cantankerous, somewhat senile woman, who is cared for by her long-suffering daughter Agnes. Felicity is in great pain but refuses to die because she remains hopeful that her favorite daughter, Claire, will return to her soon.
 
“An important, touching and courageous play.... Triumphantly turns up.... Cristofer writes with the compassion of the undamned. An extraordinarily good Broadway play with meaty roles for actors." -N.Y. Times 
 
"By far the finest play of the New York season, beautifully realized drama of sensitive perceptions often as funny as it is moving." -Washington Post 
 
"Extraordinary. An overwhelming emotional experience. Truly startling and in its uncompromising way, very funny." -Boston Globe 
 
Winner of a Tony Award for Best Play and a 1977 Pulitzer Prize. 


      
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