Umbrella Theatre
The theatre arts group at St. Paul’s Episcopal was founded as the St. Genesius Society in the spring of 2006 by several parishioners, with the original intent being to simply explore scripture through theatrical improvisation. In the course of these early experiments, one of the participants wrote an original play The Wine of the Reluctant Prince, which took on a life of its own and was presented as a full production on the labyrinth of the church that summer. The group has since produced several readers’ theatre presentations, including a ten-page play festival earlier in 2007, which attracted writers and actors from all over the community and from across the country. The theatre arts group at St. Paul’s recently changed its name to Umbrella Theatre to reflect, among other things, the playfulness of our productions and also the nurturing, sheltering, and embracing quality of the performing arts.
HOW CAN I FORGIVE? Live Theatre Presentation/Discussion
Saturday, Jan. 26, 2008, 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Ready to engage the senses while exploring the themes of forgiveness? As part of the course "How Can I Forgive" AND as a separate event open to everyone, two short but powerful play selections will be presented on January 26, 2008, at 11 a.m. in Parish Hall: First a selection from "I Never Sang for my Father," a play that probes the alienation which can exist between father and son, and then from "The Exonerated," a play based the true story of six death row inmates, who, in the face of new evidence, are exonerated before their execution.
The short reader's theatre presentation will be followed by group discussion and lunch.
Childcare provided. Please contact Denise Crawford if you wish to reserve a spot for childcare. (206) 282-2952 or e-mail: Denise_Marie_Crawford@Comcast.net.
Be on the Lookout For:
Umbrella Theatre will start its 2008 season around Easter with a puppet theatre presentation centering around the story of creation, starring the already celebrated Paramouse Players, the St. Paul’s Puppet Mice, and featuring the kids of St. Paul’s—if we can come to an agreement with their agents. We hope to have the kids and the mice back for the full production of Noah Way Out, which was a hit last August as a readers’ theatre presentation. This is a re-telling of the Noah’s Ark story in the setting of medieval England. And we are proud to announce that toward the end of the year, close to Christmas, we will present The Second Shepherd’s Play, with an original translation by Sean Patrick Taylor, and directed by Susanna Wilson. You won’t want to miss out on the joy, the laughter, the thought-provoking wit, and the pickles that will be incumbent with these productions, not to mention the water-cooler conversation they’ll undoubtedly generate, so we’ll soon announce exact dates and times.
Theatre Arts at St. Paul’s:
If you didn’t see our last production, you missed something.
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