You have missed: Krapp's Last Tape by Samuel Beckett and The Human Voice by Jean Cocteau!
Stage East proudly returns to the theater with two in person offerings this June. Krapp’s Last Tape by Samuel Beckett and The Human Voice by Jean Cocteau will be played back-to-back June 4, 5 11 and 12, at 7 pm, and June 6 and 13 at 2 pm. Both plays are short one-person works that deal with themes of isolation and technology.
“They’re both quite funny, actually,” director Mark Macey said. “We wanted to offer people a balance: something substantial that speaks to this moment but isn’t an overwhelming downer. I think we’ve hit that target.”
The plays, which have been in rehearsal since late April, are being mounted by a vaccinated cast and crew with strict adherence to CDC guidelines to create a safe and enjoyable night of theater for attendees. Jenie Smith, a contact tracer with the Maine CDC and star of The Human Voice, helped craft the event’s protocol plan.
The production brings together many familiar faces from Stage East’s last in person show, Dear Elizabeth, including Mark Macey as director, Anne Moody as producer, Bernie Cecire as technical director, Don Bailey and Kim Vogel as light and sound operators, John Leavitt as graphic designer, and Brian Schuth and Jenie Smith as actors. The team is thrilled to be joined by lighting designer Lou Esposito, musician Alice Schuth, and Chris Grannis, who is helping broadly with set, props, and crew. Kieran Weston will assist as stage hand.
Schuth, who is also Stage East’s president, is excited for the theater to reopen. “A few months back, as we dared to hope we might be able to perform live again, I thought 'We need something to go in the theater just as soon as it is safe. But how to rehearse?' And then I remembered the Beckett, and that Jenie had been working on the Cocteau, and suddenly we had a plan. We didn't even realize at the time that both plays show people alone, using machines to help them make sense of their relationships, something that resonates with many of us much more now than it might have a year ago.”
Tickets may be purchased online at stageeast.org for $16. Tickets will not be available at the door. Attendees who would like assistance purchasing tickets can leave a message at the EAC box office, (207) 853-4650.
“They’re both quite funny, actually,” director Mark Macey said. “We wanted to offer people a balance: something substantial that speaks to this moment but isn’t an overwhelming downer. I think we’ve hit that target.”
The plays, which have been in rehearsal since late April, are being mounted by a vaccinated cast and crew with strict adherence to CDC guidelines to create a safe and enjoyable night of theater for attendees. Jenie Smith, a contact tracer with the Maine CDC and star of The Human Voice, helped craft the event’s protocol plan.
The production brings together many familiar faces from Stage East’s last in person show, Dear Elizabeth, including Mark Macey as director, Anne Moody as producer, Bernie Cecire as technical director, Don Bailey and Kim Vogel as light and sound operators, John Leavitt as graphic designer, and Brian Schuth and Jenie Smith as actors. The team is thrilled to be joined by lighting designer Lou Esposito, musician Alice Schuth, and Chris Grannis, who is helping broadly with set, props, and crew. Kieran Weston will assist as stage hand.
Schuth, who is also Stage East’s president, is excited for the theater to reopen. “A few months back, as we dared to hope we might be able to perform live again, I thought 'We need something to go in the theater just as soon as it is safe. But how to rehearse?' And then I remembered the Beckett, and that Jenie had been working on the Cocteau, and suddenly we had a plan. We didn't even realize at the time that both plays show people alone, using machines to help them make sense of their relationships, something that resonates with many of us much more now than it might have a year ago.”
Tickets may be purchased online at stageeast.org for $16. Tickets will not be available at the door. Attendees who would like assistance purchasing tickets can leave a message at the EAC box office, (207) 853-4650.
