[Capdist-announce] THE LION IN WINTER - a historical drama - presented on Saturday May 1st by The Two Of Us Productions

[Stephen Sanborn]

WHAT:  The Lion In Winter - Virtual Staged Readings Series presented by The
Two Of Us Productions, the award winning theater company based in Columbia
County NY, in collaboration with The Copake Grange:

In a tale of sibling rivalry, adultery, & dungeons, The Lion In Winter by
James Goldman tells the story of the Plantagenet family locked in a
free-for-all of competing ambitions to inherit a kingdom.  The queen, and
wealthiest woman in the world of 12th century Britain, Eleanor of Aquitaine,
has been kept in prison since raising an army against her husband, King
Henry II.  The play delves into the inner conflicts of the royal family as
they fight over both a kingdom and King Henry's paramour during the
Christmas of 1183.  As Eleanor, who is let out of prison only for holidays,
says, "Every family has its ups and downs," and this royal family is no
exception.  

WHEN:  The Lion In Winter by James Goldman , a tale of intrigue & sibling
rivalry to inherit a kingdom.  Saturday May 1st, 2021at 7:30pm. 

HOW:  This show, the 6th show in 2021 for our ongoing Virtual Live-Staged
Reading Series, will be presented using ZOOM on-line videoconferencing.
Please go to www.TheTwoOfUsProductions.org
<http://www.TheTwoOfUsProductions.org>  for information and to send us your
RSVP.      

TICKETS:  This performance is free to the public, donations are gratefully
accepted.  For more information & RSVP please visit: 

             <http://www.TheTwoOfUsProductions.org>
www.TheTwoOfUsProductions.org or call 518-329-6293.   

These performances are supported with funds from Hudson River Bank & Trust
Foundation, Stewart's Shops, Bank of Greene County, Greylock Federal Credit
Union & Rheinstrom Hill Community Foundation.  This project is also made
possible with funds from the Decentralization Program, a regrant program of
the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew
M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature and administered in Columbia
County by the Greene County Council on the Arts dba CREATE Council for
Resources to Enrich the Arts, Technology & Education.

 


 


          "THE LION IN WINTER, a tale of intrigue & sibling rivalry


                             to inherit a kingdom - from The Two Of Us
Productions "


 

COPAKE, NY --The Two Of Us Productions, the award winning theater company
based in Columbia County NY, is pleased to present The Lion In Winter by
James Goldman on Saturday evening May 1st 2021, a Virtual Live-Staged
Reading starting at 7:30 pm.  

In a tale of sibling rivalry, intrigue, adultery, and dungeons, The Lion In
Winter by James Goldman tells the story of the Plantagenet family locked in
a free-for-all of competing ambitions to inherit a kingdom.  The queen, and
wealthiest woman in the world of 12th century Britain, Eleanor of Aquitaine,
has been kept in prison since raising an army against her husband, King
Henry II.  The play delves into the inner conflicts of the royal family as
they fight over both a kingdom and King Henry's paramour, the French
princess Alais Capet during the Christmas of 1183.  As Eleanor, who is let
out of prison only for holidays, says, "Every family has its ups and downs,"
and this royal family is no exception.  

To learn the rest of the story you'll have to RSVP to us at
www.TheTwoOfUsProductions.org <http://www.TheTwoOfUsProductions.org>  and
see it all for yourself.  

The Lion In Winter will be performed as a virtual staged reading on Saturday
May 1st, 2021 at 7:30pm.  This performance is free to the public, donations
are gratefully accepted.  To RSVP for your reservation please visit
<http://www.TheTwoOfUsProductions.org> www.TheTwoOfUsProductions.org or call
518-329-6293. The Two Of Us Productions is well known throughout the Hudson
Valley for presenting quality theater, both musicals and dramas.  Their
recent productions of Sweeney Todd, Chicago, Les Miserables, next to normal,
Deathtrap, Lend Me A Tenor and Jesus Christ Superstar were all recognized by
the Theatre Association of NYS with multiple awards, including outstanding
work by the company, outstanding performance by the orchestra, excellence in
direction, and many individual actor awards.   

 

 

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