[NEohioPAL]A compelling woman of more than ninety years old, reflects on her life in Edward Albee's Pulitzer Prize winning play, Three Tall Women
Chris White
news at cvlt.org
Mon Oct 17 12:02:44 PDT 2005
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Chagrin Valley Little Theatre
At The River Street Playhouse
Presents Three Tall Women
October 17, 2005:=20
Critics have noted autobiographical elements in several of Albee's =
plays, particularly Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf (1962) and A Delicate =
Balance (1966). By his own admission, however, Three Tall Women is =
Albee's most intentionally autobiographical work to date.=20
The protagonist of the play, a compelling woman of more than ninety =
years old, reflects on her life with a mixture of shame, pleasure, =
regret, and satisfaction. She recalls the fun of her childhood and her =
marriage, when she had an overwhelming optimism for her future. Yet she =
bitterly recalls the negative events that resulted in regret: her =
husband's extramarital affairs, the death of her husband, and the =
estrangement of her gay son.=20
The woman's relationship with her son is the clearest indication that =
Albee was working through some troubled memories of his own in Three =
Tall Women. The playwright was raised by conservative New England foster =
parents who disproved of his homosexuality. Like the son in his play, he =
left home at eighteen. Albee admitted to the Economist that the play =
''was a kind of exorcism. And I didn't end up any more fond of the woman =
after I finished it than when I started it.''=20
Besides exorcising some personal demons with the play, Albee regained =
some respect among New York theater critics. Many critics despaired that =
the playwright, who showed such promise during the 1960s and 1970s, had =
dried up creatively. In fact, Three Tall Women was awarded the Pulitzer =
Prize for Drama in 1994, as well as the Drama Critics Circle, Lucille =
Lortel, and Outer Critics Circle awards for best play.=20
Dede Klein (B) is pleased to be working with Bob Kmiecik again and =
doing a show on the River Street stage, (Steve's Place). Other shows =
she's done at CVLT include Night Watch, Lion in Winter, Moon Over =
Buffalo, and Lost in Yonkers. She has performed at Weathervane, Coach =
House, Aurora, Stow and Hudson. Some of her most memorable shows were =
Angels in America: Part I, Glass Menagerie, and she received the =
Chanticleer Award as 'best actress' twice for her performances in Blithe =
Spirit, and The Little Foxes. This Labor Day was a very special day for =
Dede. Her mother was inducted posthumously into the Ohio Community =
Theatre Association (OCTA) Hall of Fame, and she and her brother were =
honored to accept the award.
Cast: Bernice Bolek - Dede Klein - Emily West - Michael Murphy
Fridays & Saturdays @ 8 PM
October 21 - Nov 5=20
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Director: Bob Kmiecik
56 River Street Chagrin Falls, Ohio 44022
Right next door to The Chagrin Valley Little Theatre
Box Office: (440) 247-8955
Box Office Hours: 1 - 6 p.m. Monday - Saturday
Tickets $8
Please be sure to visit us at
www.cvlt.org or www.chagrinfalls-ohio.com
CVLT offers a very attractive dinner theater package with three of =
Chagrin Falls' finest restaurants. Make your theater reservations =
first, then call the restaurant of your choice to take advantage of =
their special dinner theater offering. Call one of these fine =
restaurants and enjoy dinner before the show. You should be prepared to =
show your theater tickets prior to seating at the restaurant.=20
Enjoy wonderful cuisine plus an entertaining evening at The River Street =
Playhouse
The Raintree 440-247-4800
Gamekeeper's Tavern 440-247-7744
Blake's Seafood Grille 440-893-9910
Chris White
Corporate Controller
M. Davis Management Services, Inc.
32100 Solon Road Suite 204
Solon, OH 44139
440-542-1724-Phone
440-542-1726-Fax
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<P class=3DMsoTitle style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 24pt 14pt 0in"><FONT =
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<P class=3DMsoSubtitle style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 24pt 7pt 0in"><FONT =
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size=3D5>At The River Street Playhouse</FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoTitle style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 24pt 14pt 0in"><FONT =
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color=3D#000000><FONT face=3D"Arial Black">Presents</FONT><SPAN><FONT=20
face=3D"Arial Black"> </FONT><FONT face=3DArial><EM>Three =
Tall=20
Women</EM></FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P><SPAN class=3DLead-inEmphasis><SPAN=20
style=3D"COLOR: windowtext; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial Black'"><FONT =
size=3D3>October 17,=20
2005</FONT></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class=3DLead-inEmphasis><SPAN=20
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<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D3>Critics have noted autobiographical =
elements in=20
several of Albee=92s plays, particularly <I>Who=92s Afraid of Virginia =
Woolf</I>=20
(1962) and <I>A Delicate Balance</I> (1966). By his own admission, =
however,=20
<I>Three Tall Women</I> is Albee=92s most intentionally autobiographical =
work to=20
date. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D3>The protagonist of the play, a compelling =
woman of=20
more than ninety years old, reflects on her life with a mixture of =
shame,=20
pleasure, regret, and satisfaction. She recalls the fun of her childhood =
and her=20
marriage, when she had an overwhelming optimism for her future. Yet she =
bitterly=20
recalls the negative events that resulted in regret: her husband=92s =
extramarital=20
affairs, the death of her husband, and the estrangement of her gay son.=20
</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D3>The woman=92s relationship with her son =
is the clearest=20
indication that Albee was working through some troubled memories of his =
own in=20
<I>Three Tall Women</I>. The playwright was raised by conservative New =
England=20
foster parents who disproved of his homosexuality. Like the son in his =
play, he=20
left home at eighteen. Albee admitted to the <I>Economist</I> that the =
play=20
=91=91was a kind of exorcism. And I didn=92t end up any more fond of the =
woman after I=20
finished it than when I started it.=92=92 </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=3DArial size=3D3>Besides exorcising some personal demons =
with the=20
play, Albee regained some respect among New York theater critics. Many =
critics=20
despaired that the playwright, who showed such promise during the 1960s =
and=20
1970s, had dried up creatively. In fact, <I>Three Tall Women</I> was =
awarded the=20
Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1994, as well as the Drama Critics Circle, =
Lucille=20
Lortel, and Outer Critics Circle awards for best play. </FONT></P>
<P class=3DMsoNormal style=3D"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT =
face=3DArial><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-size: =
10.0pt">Dede Klein=20
(B)<STRONG> </STRONG></SPAN><FONT size=3D3>is pleased to be =
working=20
with Bob Kmiecik again and doing a show on the River Street stage, =
(Steve=92s=20
Place).<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Other shows =
she=92s done at=20
CVLT include <I>Night Watch, Lion in Winter, Moon Over Buffalo, </I>and =
<I>Lost=20
in Yonkers.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></I>She has =
performed=20
at Weathervane, Coach House, Aurora, Stow and Hudson.<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Some of her most memorable =
shows were=20
<I>Angels in America:<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> =
</SPAN>Part I, Glass=20
Menagerie, </I>and she received the Chanticleer Award as =91best =
actress=92 twice=20
for her performances in <I>Blithe Spirit, </I>and <I>The Little =
Foxes.<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></I>This Labor Day was a very =
special=20
day for Dede.<SPAN style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Her mother =
was=20
inducted </FONT></FONT><FONT face=3DArial size=3D3>posthumously =
into the Ohio=20
Community Theatre Association (OCTA) Hall of Fame, and she and her =
brother were=20
honored to accept the award.</FONT></P>
<P>
<P></SPAN><SPAN=20
style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: =
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color=3D#000000><FONT size=3D3>Cast:<SPAN=20
style=3D"mso-tab-count: 2"> </SPAN>Bernice Bolek =
- =20
Dede Klein - Emily West - Michael=20
Murphy</FONT></FONT></SPAN></P></P>
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& Saturdays @ 8 PM<o:p></o:p></EM></STRONG></SPAN></DIV>
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21 - Nov 5 </EM></STRONG></SPAN></DIV>
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