[Capdist-announce] Press release/ Town Players/ May 11

[Laura G]

Town Players of Pittsfield in collaboration with The Friends of the Berkshire Athenaeum presents a selection of readings from "Spoon River Anthology" by Edgar Lee Masters, directed by John Trainor. 




"Spoon River Anthology", the only work for which Edgar Lee Masters is remembered, consists of over two hundred free verse poems, composed as epitaphs for the deceased inhabitants of the fictional town of Spoon River in central Illinois. Published in 1915, the work is an often haunting depiction of life in the 19th century and the first decade of the twentieth in what might be called middle America.  The poems focus on the frustrations, difficulties, cruelties and some successes of the wide variety of characters who rest in the cemetery on "The Hill."




The selections to be included in this staged reading (fewer than half of the total) have been made to give as complete a picture as possible of the wide variety of residents, young and old, rich and poor, lucky and unfortunate, who had some influence on the town, from town drunk to wealthy banker, deserted lover to aspiring politician.  Masters presents a serious look at what life might have been like and might make us think about what life still might be.




The cast includes: Jenn Smith, Wendy Power Spielmann, Kristin O'Connor, Derek Ormond, Kevin Wixsom and James Harris.




The reading is scheduled for 7pm on May 11 at the Berkshire Athenaeum , 1 Wendell Avenue in Pittsfield. This is a free event.

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