Accidents of Being
April 2, 2016 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
| $20.00Accidents of Being
based on the poetry of Mary Rohrer-Dann
adapted for the stage by Cynthia Mazzant
at The State Theatre
April 1-2, 2016
“Mold speckles the gilt mirrors and paintings.
The museum rooms echo and sigh.
A lone librarian dusts unopened books…”
A trunk discovered in a suburban Philadelphia estate and museum reveals a treasure trove of letters, journals, keepsakes, & poems, from 150 years of neighborhood residents. From the railroad tycoon whose ancestor came over with William Penn, to the housekeeper who married his only heir and left the estate to the people of Philadelphia. From a fugitive slave passing through while hidden in a casket, to immigrants from war-ravaged Europe, children who view the wooded park as a wilderness of dreams, frontier of possibility, farmers, factory workers, homemakers, artists, schemers, and one or two ghosts. We hear their voices in Accidents of Being.
Friday, April 1 8pm
Saturday, April 2 3pm and 8pm
$20 (includes $2 ticket processing fee)
For tickets go to www.thestatetheatre.org
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