December 10th, 2009
ALL PERFORMANCES ARE SOLD OUT
We at Sound Theatre Company are thrilled by the tremendous interest in this production and are sorry there were not enough tickets to accomodate everyone who wanted to see it. Please contact tthuman@yahoo.com to be put on the e-mail list regarding any new ticket availability or additional performances in the future.
Acclaimed solo-performer Maria Glanz portrays the poet Emily Dickinson in Sound Theatre Company’s production of The Belle of Amherst, by William Luce, January 22nd through February 6th at Stone Soup’s DownStage Theatre. 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 in the mid-nineteenth century remains a mystery. Her poetry, published after her death, reveals a contemporary sensibility which 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.
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
www.soundtheatrecompany.org
www.brownpapertickets.com
Produced by Special Arrangement with Samuel French, Inc.
ACCESSIBILITY: There is wheelchair accessibility in the theatre for the performance, but the restrooms require six stairs. If you would like to reserve wheelchair seating, please email Teresa Thuman at
tthuman@yahoo.com and indicate the date and time of the performance you are attending.
Maria Glanz
Maria Glanz is an award-winning actor, writer and teacher who has traveled the globe enriching audiences with her solo works. Locally, Maria has been seen performing at Bumbershoot, Seattle Fringe Festival, Seattle Mime Theatre, Open Circle, theatre simple, Stickfigure, On the Boards, and FringeACT at ACT Theatre. Her award-winning solo works See Me Naked and Pu’uhonua (place of refuge) garnered her critical acclaim and numerous local and international honors including “Best of Fest” in Edmonton and Winnipeg Fringe festivals, ”Artistic Pick” in the 1999 and 2001 Seattle Fringe Festivals, “Top Ten List” Montreal Fringe Festival and a coveted Artist Trust Theatre Fellowship. She has performed in the New York Fringe, Canada’s Montreal, Winnipeg, Edmonton, Saskatoon, and Vancouver Fringe Festivals, as well as theatres in New Jersey, Hawai’i, Edinburgh and Victoria B.C.’s UNO Festival of Solo Performance. Her full length drama VIC (Sprit Made Flesh) won the Richard Hugo House New Play Award and was produced at Open Circle Theatre. Maria has been also seen as Louise in Always, Patsy Cline and Karen in Dinner with Friends at Spokane Interplayers. A devoted educator, Maria has been Artistic Director of Playwrights Project in San Diego, CA and Rainier Valley Youth Theatre, a program of SEEDArts in Southeast Seattle, and has taught for Seattle Children’s Theatre, Youth Theatre Northwest, Seattle Public theatre, and numerous schools.
Brad Hawkins has taught cello and contemporary performance technique as well as other music related subjects at Seattle University, Portland State University, Indiana University, the University of Iowa, and at the Hochshule fur Musik in Freiburg, Germany. He is also a composer of works for choir, small ensembles, electronics, and full orchestra. Brad has performed with most of the orchestras in the area as well as jazz and contemporary performance groups. He was the founder and music director of the Seattle New Music Ensemble wherein he commissioned and performed numerous works by local and internationally known composers and continues to perform new works by himself and others. Currently, Brad serves on the faculties of Lakeside School and the Academy of Music Northwest, maintains a large teaching studio, and spends a lot of well deserved time with his two young children, Thorvald and Astrid, and his lovely wife, Claire.
Our Special thanks to the Seattle Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs for their support of Sound Theatre Company’s production of The Belle of Amherst.
Performs January 22 – February 6 Thursday, Friday, Saturday at 8pm, Sundays at 3pm.
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