Play Reading
at The Lind House
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 NUACT and
The Lind House
present
The Alice Lind Play Reading Society
Our next play reading will be on June 12th at 7:00 pm at the Lind House located at 622 Center Street, New Ulm, MN. Admission is $5.00. Reservations are strongly recommended as a limited number of scripts will be available. Refreshments will be served. Play readings involve amateurs and play lovers alike. Parts will be offered to volunteers who read aloud from the scripts provided.
The Crucible is set against the backdrop of the mad witch hunts of the Salem witch trials in the late 17th century. It is about a town, after accusations from a few girls, which begins a mad hunt for witches that did not exist. Many townspeople were hanged on charges of witchcraft. Miller brings out the absurdity of the incident with the theme of truth and righteousness. The theme is conveyed through the struggles of Miller’s main character, John Proctor. Arthur Miller was an American playwright who was born in 1915. He grew up in New York to a Jewish family. He graduated from the University of Michigan in 1938 where he began to distinguish himself as a playwright. His first plays were Honors at Dawn (1936) and No Villain (1937) which won the University of Michigan Hopwood Awards. His Death of a Salesman won the Pulitzer prize in 1949. Miller wrote The Crucible in 1953 during the McCarthy period when Americans were accusing each other of Pro-Communist beliefs. Many of Miller’s friends were being attacked as communists and in 1956, Miller himself was brought before the House of Un-American Activities Committee where he was found guilty of beliefs in communism. The verdict was reversed in 1957 in an appeals court. Miller married Marylin Monroe in 1956 but divorced her in 1961.
To attend please make a reservation at (507) 359-9990. You may bring cash or a check made payable to the Lind House. No credit cards will be accepted.
"Mr. Warshauer plays Reverend Parris in the Linkville Playhouse production of "The Crucible" in 1992.
Suggestions for future plays from the public are encouraged.
The series is named after the former Governor’s wife, Alice Lind who was a supporter of social causes and literacy.
June 12: The Crucible
July 10: Pygmalian - (Shaw)
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Dogs In the Hot Moon |
Dogs in the Hot Moon or Behind the Barricades
The US Dakota War Told from the Vantage Point of Children
Created and Directed by Paul Warshauer
Assistant Director: Jared Schwab
Produced by Judy Sellner
Three Performances ONLY at the District 88 Auditorium, State and Center Streets
August 23 at 7:00 pm, August 24 at 2:00 pm and 7:00 pm
How does one explain the complicated story of the 150th Commemoration of the US- Dakota War to children? If told as a story to an audience, using children and adults as performers in the play, will the experience be more powerful? Will it avoid the political issues and biases that other works have engendered?
The process to create the show begins with workshops four weeks prior to the performance. Guest lecturers and historians will be asked to join the rehearsal process and present information. Hopefully all sides will be represented.
At the Performance: Performers will wear “neutral” costumes consisting of blue jeans and tee shirts with the “150th Commemoration” logo on them. A very simple set consisting of platforms, and various sized boxes. The performers are adults and children. Adults sit on boxes in front of groups of children. The adults serve as “elders.” As the “questions” are asked, the performers play the roles of historical persons who explain the story in dramatic scenes. The groups merge to tell the stories, frequently playing the roles of the Dakota and New Ulm residents alike. Images, words, illustrations, and maps are all projected on the massive scrim (a large piece of fabric) behind the actors.
- How do people who live in a “tribe” differ from those who live in a “city?”
- What is the concept of “ownership” in different cultures?
- What if people see an issue in different ways?
- What happens when people promise something and then break those promises?
- What happens when not all people in a group agree about something very important?
- Why does one group of people try to kill another group of people?
- What happens to those who do not want to fight?
- What do the words “vengeance” “justice” and “reconciliation” mean? (What happens if we add the prefixes “in- and “ir-” in front of justice and reconciliation?)
- How do we tell a story and learn from it?
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