DEAF REPUBLIC staged reading event

When

May 24, 2024    
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm

Where

The Parish Players
193 Academy Road, Thetford , Thetford, VT

DEAF REPUBLIC staged reading event

Please join us and tell your family and friends.
ONE WEEKEND ONLY!
Thetford’s Parish Players will present a staged reading of DEAF REPUBLIC, an acclaimed cycle of poems by Ukrainian American writer
Ilya Kaminsky. 
 
The reading is directed by Ulrike von Moltke, with set and puppets designed by Ria Blaas, and is performed by Antoinette Jacobson, Becky Bailey, Don Kollisch, Eve Wening, Frances Mize, Glennis Gold, Jim Schley, Lindsay Putnam, Ria Blaas, Robert O’Leary, and Vajl Adamkowski.
 
Deaf Republic shows what happens when the town of Vasenka suffers a military occupation and its citizens defy the authorities with ruse and resolve. With powerful reverberations from world events and also from close by, Deaf Republic explores how official brutality can be faced with communal resistance. Though
serious in import, Kaminsky’s text is audaciously upbeat—bawdy, hilarious, and defiant, demonstrating the power of lyric poetry to delight even while expressing outrage.
******* Friday, May 24 and Saturday, May 25 at 7:30 pm, with a matinee on Sunday, May 26 at 3 pm *******
Free admission, with donations gratefully accepted at the door. We recommend making reservations, since seating will be limited:
The Parish Players, 193 Academy Road, Thetford Hill VT 05074.  / 802 785-4344.