Happy Days , by absurdist playwright Samuel Beckett, puts both actor and audience to a challenging test. For the actor it can be the formidable task of learning interminable, disjointed lines or specifically timed gestures. For the audience the challenge can be just staying at attention. For both, it's figuring out just what the playwright intended.
Donna Barnes -
Will you as audience share Winnie's optimism that "This will have been a happy day " ? Kultur.com describes Winnie as the embodiment of humankind's nobler virtues: wise, just, majestic. Director Burnett says Winnie is a Shirley Valentine who never went to Greece.
Friday, Saturday May 16,17 7:30 $10
Sunday, May 18, 2:00 $10, $8 Seniors and Students
Reservations 715-