The Vokes Players soar into the 2017 season with Arthur Kopit’s Tony Award winning play, Wings, a fascinating journey into the shattered, ironic, mystifying and exhilarating world of Emily Stilson, a former airplane wingwalker. Wings’ stage director is David Berti. Performances will be held at Beatrice Herford’s Vokes Theatre, Route 20 in Wayland, MA from February 23 through March 11, Thursday-Saturday evenings at 8PM, with a 2PM matinee on Saturday, March 4 and 11. For tickets order online at www.vokesplayers.org, or call 508-358-4034. Ticket prices are $18-22.
In her younger days as a barnstormer, Emily Stilson performed stunts on the wings of airplanes. Her full life is changed as she suffers a debilitating stroke. A few months prior to his commission to write an original radio play by the NPR drama project Earplay, Wings playwright Arthur Kopit Kopit’s father suffered an incapacitating stroke. This inspired him to write this play about the language disorder and psychological perspective of a stroke victim. Wings follow Emily’s emotional, psychological and physical experience from the moment of the event to her re-emergence from inside her head. We make the uplifting discovery along with Emily, that while her body may be altered her essence is untouched. Wings is a unique play; a theatrical experience you will long remember.
The cast of Vokes’ production includes Deanna Swan (Framingham), Lea Oppedisano (Hopkinton), Alex Thayer (Maynard), Shelley Wood (Ashland), Michael Lague (Sudbury), Kathleen Dalton (Melrose), Brad Walters (Malden), Cheryl Salatino, (Sudbury) and Jordan DiGloria (Maynard) Director, David Berti, is from Waltham.
The historic Beatrice Herford’s Vokes Theatre in Wayland remains one of the truly unique cultural and historical resources in Metrowest. The Vokes Players is a non-profit theatrical organization. Wings is the second production of our 2016-17 season; our 320th production to date. The theater is wheelchair accessible. For more information about the Vokes Players, visit our website – www.vokesplayers.org.
