Heartbreak House at Vokes, May 1 – 17

vokeslogoVokes Players Announce Their Production of Heartbreak House

The Vokes Players of Wayland present George Bernard Shaw’s Heartbreak House, directed by John Barrett. Performances will be held at Beatrice Herford’s Vokes Theatre, Route 20 in Wayland, MA from May 1st through May 17th, on Thursday-Saturday evenings at 8PM with a 2PM matinee on Saturdays, May 10th and 17th. For tickets and information call 508-358-4034, or order online via our website www.vokesplayers.org. Ticket prices are $15.00 for Thursday evenings & Saturday matinees; $19.00 for Friday & Saturday evenings.

England 1918 – in a lovely country house, an intriguing assortment of beautiful, witty women flirt and dally with a bewildering – and bewildered – assortment of men, both gentlemen and ladies seemingly oblivious to “ The Great War ” raging just over the threshold. The elegance (and artificiality) of the Edwardian Age is breathing its last gasp, but here, in Heartbreak House, wit and whimsy still rule. George Bernard Shaw’s stunning masterwork brings to life a cornucopia of wondrous characters, some a little off-beat, some quite bizarre, but all delightful and all engaged in a grand unspoken conspiracy to shut out the rude realities of the larger world and live instead in a fanciful dream-world of their own creation. It’s a world full of cleverness and charm, of artifice and masquerade, of bright humor and wicked satire – a dream-world that cannot prevail against the coming cataclysm but lives brilliantly on stage for one last night of enchantment and, ultimately, enlightenment.

The cast for the show includes: Madeline Merenda (Winchester), Deanna Swan (Framingham), Robert Zawistowski (Medway), Kim Anton Myatt (Reading), Jonathan Ashford (Concord), and Andy Moore (Brookline), Richard Schieferdecker (Somerville), Christopher Lockheardt (Andover), and Shep Barnett (Wayland). The director, John Barrett, is from Bolton.

The historic Beatrice Herford’s Vokes Theatre in Wayland is one of the truly unique cultural and historical resources in Metrowest. The Vokes Players is a non-profit theatrical organization. Heartbreak House is the third production of our 2013-14 season; our 309th production to date. The theatre is wheelchair accessible. For more information about the Vokes Players, visit our website – www.vokesplayers.org.

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