[Capdist-announce] THEATER VOICES Staged Reading of THE RAINMAKER

[Theater Voices]

Theater Voices presents its second production of the 2010-2011 season,

THE RAINMAKER by N. Richard Nash, directed by Eileen Schuyler.

Admission free performances will be given at Steamer No. 10 Theatre,  
500 Western Avenue in Albany,

Friday, February 11 at 8:00 PM;
Saturday, February 12 at 3:00PM and 8:00 PM;
Sunday, February 13 at 3:00 PM.

           This 1954 play, set in the American West of the  
Depression, focuses on the Currie family: the father, his two sons,  
and their spinster sister, Lizzie. The Curries worry more about  
Lizzie’s marriage prospects than their own dying cattle until the  
arrival a confidence man named Starbuck and his promises to bring  
rain unleash a series of events that enable Lizzie to see herself in  
a new light.
           N. Richard Nash (1913-2000) was a novelist, screenwriter,  
playwright, and librettist. THE RAINMAKER, his most celebrated work,  
was filmed in 1956 starring Burt Lancaster and Katherine Hepburn. It  
was also made into a hit musical, 11O IN THE SHADE.

          The director of this production is Eilenn Schuyler. The  
cast features Kathleen Carey, Kevin Craig West, David Bunce, David  
Girard, Richard Lounello, Cornelius Geaney, and Chris Conant.



MORE INFORMATION AT www.theatervoices.org

  
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