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AN EVENING OF DOROTHY PARKER RETURNS!
Staged Readings Celebrating her Life and Work
Saturday, April 13 at 7:30 pm and Sunday, April 14 at 3pm, The Rogers Street Theatre, will welcome all Dorothy Parker lovers and those who just want to enjoy an evening of her short plays, monologues, poems - and quotes.
Mrs. Parker was known for her rapier wit. But this complicated, sometimes troubled woman was so much more. Deliciously vicious at times, she easily held her own at New York Citys Algonquin Round Table of wise-cracking men, including Robert Benchley and Alexander Woollcott. As an author, she created an impressive body of work: poems, award-winning short stories, Hollywood screenplays, monologues and, of course, all those scathing quotes.
Dorothy Parker came to epitomize the liberated woman of the 1920s. Much of her work explored womens struggle with identity and independence, and with finding their own voice. A Telephone Call is narrated by a woman waiting in desperation for a call from her lover. In The Waltz we see a woman who is loathe to tell her partner what an awful dancer he is.
She spent much of her life fighting racial injustice. Arrangement in Black and White presents a searing look at the patronizing attitude in a very racist woman.
Much of Dorothy Parkers work resonates as freshly today as it did in the 20s and 30s.
This staged reading of her work is a collaborative presentation by Carole Frohlich, David McCaleb, and Nick Neyeloff, with Sally Nutt and Lauren Ashly Suchecki. The performance begins at 7:30 pm Saturday and 3 pm Sunday at the theatre in downtown Gloucester, MA, across from the Harbor Walk. Tickets are $20, available online at rogersstreettheatre.org, or at the door. For more information on this and upcoming performances, please visit the theatres website: www.rogersstreettheatre.org
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LocationRogers Street Theatre (View)
68 Rogers Street
Gloucester, MA 01930
United States
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| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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