Uncategorized | April 4, 2008
The Cheyenne Little Theatre Players will present “The Grapes of Wrath” in its fourth Readers Theater production of the 2007-2008 season. One performance only, on Thursday, April 11, 7:30 p.m., at the Historic Atlas Theatre in downtown Cheyenne. Tickets are $10.
Keith Thomson will direct this adaptation by Frank Galati of John Steinbeck’s classic novel about “Okies” fleeing the Dust Bowl to California in the 1930s. Keith notes that readers theater is a bit different from traditional stage offerings. He said this in today’s Wyoming Tribune-Eagle story by Karen Cotton:
“This is similar to radio drama theater…. Your voice is your acting tool as opposed to using your physicality.
“In this show, people will be playing multiple characters. But the main leads will be playing their own characters.”
FMI: CLTP at 307-638-6543.
“The Grapes of Wrath” is funded by an American Masterpieces grant from the Wyoming Arts Council. The focus of these grants in 2008 is the 75th anniversary of President Franklin Roosevelt’s “New Deal” program during the Great Depression. For more info about these grants, contact the WAC at 307-777-7742.
The Wyoming Arts Council believes that experiencing the arts should be accessible for all, including people with mental and/or physical disabilities, older adults, military/veterans, people living in institutions and those who lack access to the arts due to geographic isolation, cultural difference and economic hardship.
