[Capdist-announce] Next Sunday ONLY: John & Abigail Adams "A Marriage of True Minds" at SCP
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Mon Feb 10 21:08:38 EST 2020
JOHN & ABIGAIL ADAMS LETTERS PROVIDE FOCUS OF
_A MARRIAGE OF TRUE MINDS_ AT SCHENECTADY CIVIC PLAYERS
SCHENECTADY – THE LETTERS OF JOHN AND ABIGAIL ADAMS, WRITTEN TO
EACH OTHER DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, PROVIDE THE FOCUS FOR THE
REVOLUTIONARY LOVE STORY, _A MARRIAGE OF TRUE MINDS_, A PLAY BY
MARTIN P. KELLY SCHEDULED FOR ONE SPECIAL PERFORMANCE SUNDAY,
FEBRUARY 16 AT 2:30 PM AT SCHENECTADY CIVIC PLAYERS, 12 SO. CHURCH ST.
SCHENECTADY.
OVER A PERIOD OF TEN YEARS, 1774 TO 1784, THE HEIGHT OF THE AMERICAN
REVOLUTION, JOHN AND ABIGAIL WROTE MORE THAN ELEVEN HUNDRED LETTERS
THAT STILL EXIST TODAY. AUTHOR AND PLAYWRIGHT MARTIN P. KELLY SEARCHED
THROUGH MORE THAN 200 OF THEIR LETTERS. HE EXCERPTED THEIR ACTUAL
WORDS, COMPRESSED FIVE YEARS OF TIME AND SPACE, AND WOVE A BRIEF
PORTRAYAL OF THIS MAGNIFICENT COUPLE THE PLAY REFLECTS AT LEAST 95% OF
THEIR ACTUAL WORDS.
DURING THOSE TEN YEARS, FUTURE PRESIDENT JOHN ADAMS -- AS A MEMBER
OF THE AMERICAN CONGRESS, AS A LEADER IN WRITING THE DECLARATION OF
LNDEPENDENCE -- SPENT ALMOST SEVEN YEARS SEPARATED FROM HIS WIFE,
ABIGAIL, WHILE CONDUCTING THE BUSINESS OF FORMING A NEW GOVERNMENT.
_A MARRIAGE OF TRUE MINDS_ FEATURES BILL HICKMAN (AS JOHN ADAMS) AND
RITA RUSSELL (AS ABIGAIL ADAMS) WHO HAVE PERFORMED THE PLAY THROUGHOUT
THE CAPITAL REGION AND THE NORTHEAST INCLUDING THE ADAMS’
BIRTHPLACE AND HOME OF QUINCY, MASSACHUSETTS.
ALL PROCEEDS FROM THIS PERFORMANCE BENEFIT SCHENECTADY CIVIC
PLAYERS’ CENTENNIAL FUND. THE $15 GENERAL ADMISSION TICKET INCLUDES
A COMPLEMENTARY POST-PERFORMANCE DESSERT RECEPTION IN THE GREEN ROOM.
OPEN SEATING. PURCHASE TICKETS IN ADVANCE ON-LINE AT
WWW.CIVICPLAYERS.ORG [1] OR AT THE DOOR BEFORE PERFORMANCE.
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_(NOTE: ATTACHED PHOTO SHOWS BILL HICKMAN AND RITA RUSSELL (AS JOHN &
ABIGAIL ADAMS) __ _
Links:
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[1] http://www.civicplayers.org/
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