Acclaimed solo-performer Maria Glanz portrays the poet Emily Dickinson in Sound Theatre Company’s production of The Belle of Amherst, by William Luce. One of the most beloved American poets, Emily Dickinson is known only through her letters and her vast collection of poems; much of her private, secluded life in Amherst, Massachusetts, in the mid-nineteenth century remains a mystery. Her poetry, published after her death, reveals a contemporary sensibility that transcends the limitations of her provincial life, her gender and her era. Accompanied by composer Brad Hawkins’ live original musical score, William Luce’s tour de force one-woman drama utilizes these writings to depict a witty, passionate, and conflicted woman wrestling with the largest questions of existence.
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The Belle of Amherst, by William Luce performs January 22nd through February 6th at Stone Soup’s DownStage Theatre. Thursday, Friday and Saturday performances are at 8pm and Sunday matinees are at 3pm. Tickets are $20 for General, $15 for Students and Thursdays are always “Pay What You Can” at the door, including the January 21st preview. A special Monday night INDUSTRY NIGHT performance is also PWYC, February 1 at 8pm. Presale tickets to all performances are available through www.brownpapertickets.com and seating is limited. See www.soundtheatrecompany.org for more information.
- The Belle of Amherst, By William Luce presented by Sound Theatre Company
- Performs January 22 – February 6 Thursday, Friday, Saturday at 8pm, Sundays at 3pm.
- Previews Thursday January 21 8pm and also performs Monday, February 1 at 8pm for Industry Night
- $20 General $15 Student Thursdays are PWYC
- Stone Soups DownStage Theatre, 4035 Stone Way N. Seattle, WA 98103
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Produced by Special Arrangement with Samuel French, Inc.
Since 2006, Sound Theatre Company has brought Puget Sound audiences Tempest In the Lake, a site-specific production of Shakespeare’s The Tempest presented in the water and on the shore of Lake Sammamish; the post-apocalyptic tale Further Adventures of Anse and Bhule in No-man’s Land; Jason Robert Brown’s contemporary musical The Last Five Years, Caryl Churchill’s agitprop drama Top Girls and Shakespeare’s satire of the Trojan war, Troilus and Cressida which performed in a former military hangar and was the subject of an article in the journal Shakespeare Newsletter.
SOUND THEATRE COMPANY presents highly theatrical work inspired by language and music while showcasing professional and emerging talent in the Seattle area. Sound Theatre Company is an associated program of Shunpike. www.soundtheatrecompany.org
SHUNPIKE is a 501(c)(3) non-profit arts service organization whose mission is to strengthen the Seattle arts community by partnering with small and mid-size arts groups to develop the business tools they need to succeed. Working in close partnership with these groups, Shunpike helps solve problems quickly and impart vital skills in finance, organizational management and arts administration. www.shunpike.org
