Readers Theatre: Sonnets for an Old Century
Join us for an afternoon of Readers Theatre, introduced through the artfully dramatic technique of performative oratory, presenting both well-established and new intriguing literary works and playwrights. Produced and directed by Tammera Williams of Lantam Productions and by special arrangment with Broadway Play Publishing, Inc.
Sonnets for an Old Century by Jose Rivera
Could you tell your life story in the space of a moment; the length of a sonnet? Playwright Jose Rivera attempts to answer that question for several different individuals in a moving yet amazingly unencumbered play. In a moment somewhere between life and afterlife, these individuals are assembled. One man, who has been waiting for them, tells them that they have one final chance to tell their stories, and that their words will go out to the universe, building as each storyteller brings his or her own story to life. They focus power center-stage with their individual stories and what they learned from them. There is not a plot here; there are several individual plots. We as listeners are forced to face their ravaging emotions, even as we contemplate the death of the storyteller. This work is simple, and simply potent in its impact. For more information, please contact the West Las Vegas Library at 507-3989. Free and open to the public. For mature audiences.
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