The Acting Company in
Moby Dick Rehearsed
by Orson Welles
Wednesday, April 23, 2008, 7: 00 p.m.
Tickets: $29.50 - $5
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"The Acting Company endures as the major touring classical theater in the United States." - Mel Gussow, The New York Times
“More than any other professional theatre company, The Acting Company has become America’s national theatre!”
A cherished literary classic with the most outrageous twist!
It has been said that only a fool—or perhaps a genius—would adapt one of the greatest American novels for the stage. It has also been said that Orson Welles was a bit of both. And for those of you who either secretly or openly prefer to have their literature served up in delightful dramatic adaptations, there is much to enjoy in this splendid hybrid of Herman Melville’s story adapted to draw a parallel between King Lear and Captain Ahab.
Set in an empty theater, a tyrannical actor–manager leads his crew and transports audiences to Captain Ahab’s fateful voyage across the open seas aboard the Pequod in search of the great white whale, Moby Dick.
Web site: www.theactingcompany.org
Celebrating 30 Years of Touring and Teaching
The Acting Company promotes theater and literacy by bringing a touring repertory of classical productions, talented young actors and teaching artists into communities across America, particularly those where live performance and theater arts education is limited or non-existent.
Performing each year in over 50 cities to audiences of 70,000 and reaching more than 25,000 students with its arts education programs, The Acting Company:
- Develops the best young American actors by giving them an opportunity to practice their craft in a repertory of classic plays and new works
- Builds a discerning national audience for the theater by playing exceptional productions on tour nationwide for diverse audiences
- Educates middle and high school students in under-served and disadvantaged communities, which have little or no access to the arts and have been hardest hit by cuts in arts education
Founded in 1972 by John Houseman and current Producing Director Margot Harley with members of the first graduating class of Juilliard’s Drama Division, The Acting Company has performed 122 productions for over 2 million people in 48 states and nine foreign countries. The Company has given a generation of actors the opportunity to master their craft. Alumni members include Kevin Kline, Patti LuPone, David Schramm, Jessie L. Martin, Keith David, Lorraine Toussaint, David Ogden Stiers, Mary Lou Rosato, Lisa Banes, Derek Smith, Frances Conroy, Dennis Boutsikaris and Jeffrey Wright.
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