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From the 2017-2018 Season:
Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales
Playing August 25, 2018 to September 09, 2018
$15 General Admission Preview Thursday August 23, 2018
$20 General Admission Preview Friday August 24, 2018
$20 General Admission Preview Friday August 24, 2018
Join us for a medieval romp through boisterous and bawdy olde England. Drawing on the Celtic British influences of Geoffrey Chaucer's writing, this hilarious adaptation reintroduces the tales in forms ranging from classical to spaghetti Western!
Tales Presented:
Miller’s Tale
Wife of Bath’s Tale
Pardoner’s Tale
Nun’s Priest’s Tale
Merchant’s Tale
Reeve’s Tale
Join the cast and crew members for a lively Question and Answer session on Sunday September 2 after the show!
The plot of most of the stories in The Canterbury Tales centers on sex. While there is no nudity in the play, there are frequent moments of playful sexuality including sounds of comedic passion and a brief moment of erotic (clothed) dancing. Everything is performed tongue-in-cheek, no pun intended. Please take this into consideration if you are thinking of bringing children, sensible adults or a nun.
Director's Notes
Directed by Kati Grace Brown
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Duration
Act One: 60 minutes / 15 minute intermission / Act Two: 60 minutes (Show will end at approx. 10pm/9pm Sundays)
Show Roles
Performances August 25 - September 9, 2018
Cast:
Kirsten Chervenak
Laura Cole
Nicholas Faircloth
Rivka Levin*
Drew Reeves*
Adam King
Enoch King*
Kirstin Calvert
*Member of Actors’ Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States
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Bardometer Rating
How difficult is this Shakespearean play to grasp? On a scale of 1 to 10.What does rating this mean?
You may already know the story and what happens at the end. But even if you don?t, the play is light and the plot is easy to follow. Limited violence, limited bawdiness (see below). There are very few things ? historical, religious, or political ? that you need to know ahead of time. Just enjoy!
A note about bawdiness in Shakespeare: It exists. Despite what your English teacher taught you, Shakespeare wrote some pretty saucy lines and they pop up from time to time. While there is never any nudity on stage, our actors are trained to make the text clear. If we feel a show contains a plethora of Graphic Elizabethan Poetry (or is very bloody/violent/triggering) we will put that disclaimer in the blurb about the show. It won?t happen often. If this Bardometer lists a play as a 1 or 2, you can rest assured that it is an appropriate show for kids under ten.
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