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Each little red star is a clickable link to additional information on whatever listing it appears beside. It might be a link to an article in a local newspaper, or it might be a press release the company has sent me.Pauline Productions Presents “Mayflower Plantation” Historic Northampton
Posted by Gail M. Burns - June 2010
presents Mayflower Plantation
a politically & historically incorrect comedy
Starring Lisha Brooks, Bill Dwight, Jane Haq, Gershon Eigner*, Steve Henderson*, Dan Robert, Anna Fox & many more local favorites!
*Member Actors Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers
RESERVE your TICKETS NOW at (413)268-3850 or via email at contactus@paulinelive.com
To be performed on the LAWN at Historic Northampton, rain or shine
47 Bridge Street (Rt. 9 across from Northampton Post Office)
Adults: $22
Seniors/Students: $18
Student Rush (5 mins. before opening): $12
ALL OPENING NIGHT TIX ONLY $15
Thursday – Friday JUNE 3-4 at 6:00 p.m.
Saturday – Sunday JUNE 5-6 at 4:00 p.m.
Thursday – Friday JUNE 10-11 at 6:00 p.m.
Saturday – Sunday JUNE 12-13 at
4:00 p.m.
for more info see www.paulinelive.com
a politically & historically incorrect comedy…
Pauline Productions – producer of the Valley’s recent smash hit “Parallel Lives” – presents this fresh, edgy satire by the talented young comedy duo Robert & Brooks. Hysterically funny, yet full of warmth, this is the irreverent tale of a historic re-enactment site gone terribly wrong.
This performance will take place at The Northampton Historic Society – as part of Pauline Productions’ mission to ‘ignite’ local venues as performance arenas…and bring cutting edge, top quality dramatic and comic theatre to the Valley.
Hilarious, no-holds-barred satire!
Mayflower Plantation by Dan Robert and Lisha Brooks is a hilarious peek into the goings-on both “on” and behind-the-scenes of a dysfunctional re-enactment “gone bad.” (Think Sturbridge Village gone awry). Watch the shenanigans unfold as the shoddy Mayflower Village, already a bit short on historical accuracy, comes under the legal scrutiny of a law-suit. The big-burly Lenard (played by Bill Dwight) has been accused of holding another re-enactor’s son upside down over a well “the way they used to punish children in those days” he decries.
The cast of characters include: Galinda, the matriarch of the reenactment (and the re-enactors) is sweet on the outside but opportunistically sadistic on the inside. Mac, her elderly husband in the re-enactment, is confined to a wheelchair and pretends to be mute so he doesn’t have to talk to her. Several of Galinda’s foster children are employed at Mayflower and can’t wait to get away! Jerome, an Israeli actor who has been hired to play the one Native American in the reenactment (“Hey, close enough”) is stationed at the Time-Out Teepee where the bad kids in the audience are marooned for the duration. Janice is the witch-of-sorts of Mayflower Village. She took up residence on the land during the “summer of love” 1969. Unable to get her to leave, she has been incorporated into the reenactment -unpaid, of course! And, in charge of keeping all these characters on-task and the Village running smoothly, is the mere 18 year old Ernnie. Overwhelmed, his speech impediment does not reinforce his authority.
About Pauline Productions
This theatre company was founded in 2006 under the Artistic Direction of Jeannine Haas, to foster strong roles for women in theatre while supporting local causes – and while using unusual local venues to present high-quality theatre productions.
Jeannine Haas, Artistic Director, graduated with honors from Smith College as an Ada Comstock Scholar in January 1988. She earned an Ed.D. from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst in 1996 and has been teaching, acting, and directing theatre professionally in the Valley for the past 22 years. Before that, her theatre credits were in NYC.
Pauline Productions
4 Wildwood Ln
Goshen, Massachusetts 01032
http//:www.paulinelive.com