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Wild About Wilder

An Evening of Thorton Wilder One Act Plays

"Infancy," "Childhood," and "The Happy Journey from Trenton to Camden," will be presented on the stage of the River Arts Center in Prairie du Sac.

"Infancy" is being prepared for a theatrical competition and will be performed in the same style as the American Association of Community Theatre's (AACT) Festival. The audience will experience, not only the plays themselves, but also the "set-up" and "strike" of the set!

The evening includes an optional dessert bar available during intermission for an additional charge (the brownies were awesome last time!).

"Infancy" written by Thornton Wilder, directed by William Cairns
Millie the nursemaid brings baby Tommy to Central Park in the hopes of a rendezvous with the handsome Patrolman Avonzino. Mrs. Boker soon arrives with baby Moe, and as the two ladies trade snacks and advice on child rearing, the infants compare notes on their parents' bad behavior and pitiful lack of understanding. Babies act like grown-ups and grown-ups act like babies in this comedy about fulfilling basic human needs. Infancy was first produced at the Circle in the Square Theater in New York January 10, 1962, as one of three plays grouped as "Plays for Bleecker Street". It was televised in 1966, and repeated in 1970.

"Childhood" written by Thornton Wilder, directed by William Cairns
In this provocative, sometimes chilling comedy, Wilder renders a child's-eye view of the grown-up world, as a father, a mother and their three children play a revealing game of make-believe in which the children pretend to be orphans. Startling truths emerge on both sides, as pretense challenges the family to discard the traditional roles of parent, spouse, child, and sibling--blurring the lines between perception and reality, artifice and innocence.

"The Happy Journey from Trenton to Camden" written by Thornton Wilder, directed by Mike Irwin

[From the web site: www.thorntonwilder.com] A father, mother and two of their three surviving children drive from Newark, New Jersey to Camden to visit their married daughter, who has recently lost her baby in childbirth. Their journey is punctuated by talk, laughter, memories (some mundane, some happy, some painful), and appreciation of the Now - ham and eggs, flowers, family, sunsets and the joy of being alive. In this family drama, nothing much happens-and yet everything important happens. As Ma Kirby says, "There's nothin' like bein' liked by your family."

The show runs at the River Arts Center in Prairie du Sac in February 2011: Friday, February 18 @ 7:30p; Saturday, February 19 @ 7:30p; and Sunday, February 20 @ 2:00pm. The box office opens one hour before the show.

Tickets go on sale on January 31, 2010. Advance: $13/$5 adult/student. At-the-door: $15/$7 adult/students. Tickets will be available online from Brown Paper Tickets or by contacting the Sauk Prairie Theatre Guild. Dessert Bar "tickets" are only available at the door ($8, all you wish to eat + coffee, etc.)

Sauk Prairie Theatre Guild is entering it's 20th year of community theater in the Sauk Prairie Area, located about 30 miles northwest of Madison, WI. This production is the first of the 2010-2011 season's three shows. The second show will be a holiday children's production in December. The third show will be a collection of one act plays--with the entire show being done "competition-style" in a black box theatrical style. Subscription tickets are available by contacting the Sauk Prairie Theatre Guild directly.

For more information on this show, or any of our productions, please check our web site (http://www.sptheatreguild.org), or contact the Sauk Prairie Theater Guild either by email (sptheatreguild@gmail.com) or by phone (608-448-6770).

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River Arts Center
105 Ninth St
Prairie du Sac, WI 53578
United States

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