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Resident Artists and Theater Companies: Michigan Classical Repertory Theatre Some of our friends and colleagues: Ypsilanti Downtown Development Authority Ypsilanti Convention and Visitors Bureau Ann Arbor Area
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Riverside Arts Center, Winter, 2007, Newsletter Performance Previews How should one deal with aging parents? Adult children are often the primary parental caregivers. But at what cost? For middle-aged widower Gene (Larry Rusinsky), it is still not possible to ‘sing’ for his father (Jon Elliott) —to understand and be understood, accepted, and appreciated. His father, a difficult man and former mayor, does not easily show affection. He has already disowned his adult daughter Alice (Cassie Mann), because of her marriage to a Jew. Gene is faced with the responsibility of parental caregiver at a time when he is also facing a crossroads in life - he wishes to remarry and move to California. How much does he owe to his own parents and how much does he owe to himself? I Never Sang for My Father is a classic and dramatic examination of these and other family issues. Redbud’s cast also features Erica Dutton as the delicate mother with David Barker, Mary Franceschi, Thom Johnson, Jenny Pritchett, Emily Rogers, Hal Rothbart, Richard Sherburne and Alex Thomas as townspeople affected by the conflict. For Redbud’s staging of this classic drama, the cast used theater games, emotional recall techniques and events from their own lives to connect to the character’s emotions. Thurs. – Sat. evenings (8p.m.), Sat. & Sun. matinees (2p.m.). Tickets are $16 for adults; $12 for students & seniors - call 734-663-7167. Group rates are available as well as discounts for pre-show dining at Haabs Restaurant. Please call for more information or check out their website at redbudproductions.com MorrisCo Art Theatre A group of artists gather with their friends and family for a summer vacation at a home on a lake in 1890’s Russia. Everyone is in love with someone who is not quite in love with them. The artists (actresses and writers) discuss their creative difficulties. There are numerous crises. Most of it is very funny. $18, $15 students and seniors For more information: (734) 996-2549 or MorrisCoTheatre@hotmail.com P.T.D. Productions presents “A crazy gumbo of off-the-wall dialogue and nutbrain action. Very funny stuff.” Theatre Laurel Prompter. Written by the master of outrageous comedy, this sequel to The Butler Did It finds Miss Maple in a rented plantation house in the swamps of Louisiana. An indomitable publisher and socialite, she wants to introduce her latest literary discovery, Tuth Dice, who is author of Conversation with a Ghoul, to her guests who are all classic detective types from Chandler Marlowe to Louie Fan. Ruth has nothing but contempt for these has-been hacks and is the perfect candidate for murder, but it is the bizarre owner of the house who is discovered with a scalpel in his back. The flakey detective writers unravel the crime to chills, thrills, alibis, clues, motives, and dazzling plot twists. Nothing is what it seems in this spoof that is smoke and mirrors, fun and games from start to finish.
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