Apollinaire Theatre Stages 'A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN NOVEMBER', Beginning Tonight

Apollinaire Theatre Company presents A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN NOVEMBER ON THE BANKS OF THE GREATEST OF THE GREAT LAKES by Kate Benson.

Thanksgiving preparations are underway at Wembly Kitchen, with a crack team of sports reporters calling the play-by-play and adding color commentary and a bit of historical perspective. In Kate Benson's short, darkly funny and distinctly unsweet farce about the ego-devouring aspects of family life, Thanksgiving dinner is a spectator sport played by four generations of the Wembly clan, that devolves into a blood sport when the herd of uncountable great-grandbabies get in the game.

Featuring: Liz Adams, Steve Auger, Dana Block, Ann Carpenter, Emily Edstrom, Jade Guerra, Michael Kelly, Mariela Lopez-Ponce, Jeff Marcus, Floyd Richardson, and Sylvia Sword.

Directed by Danielle Fauteux Jacques, 'A BEAUTIFUL DAY' has movement choreography by Danielle Rosvally, set design by Nathan Lee, costume design by Susan Paino, sound design by David Reiffel, stage manager John Scala and ASM Lucas Cardona.

Performances of A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN NOVEMBER ON THE BANKS OF THE GREATEST OF THE GREAT LAKES are tonight, Dec. 18, 2015-Jan. 16, 2016, playing Fri. & Sat. at 8:00 (no show Dec. 25), Sun. Dec. 27, Jan. 3 & 10 at 3:00. Press Night: Saturday Dec. 19, 8:00. Running Time: 75 minutes. Performances are at the Chelsea Theatre Works, 189 Winnisimmet St., Chelsea. Tickets are $25 at the door, $20 in advance, $15 students . Tickets can be purchased by calling (617) 887-2336 or on-line at www.apollinairetheatre.com.

Performances will be followed by a Reception with the actors in the Gallery.

Kate Benson is a writer and actor living in Brooklyn. Her plays include A Beautiful Day in November on the Banks of the Greatest of the Great Lakes (Obie Award 2015), [PORTO], Lee Miller, and Radium Now. She is a member of the Jam at New Georges, and a graduate of the Brooklyn College MFA Playwriting program. She has had readings and showings of her work at Dixon Place, 13th St. Theater, Jimmy's No. 43, and the Room at New Georges. As an actor, she has appeared at the Public, NYTW, the Flea, PS 122, the Incubator, and LaMama.

Apollinaire Theatre Company stages passionate plays at their elegantly restored theater in the Chelsea Theatre Works, as well as New England's only bilingual free summer theater in the park. Less than five miles from downtown Boston, our historic building is at the center of the burgeoning Chelsea arts community. Recent productions include Detroit by Lisa D'Amour, MidSummer by David Greig, Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov, Stupid F**king Bird by Aaron Posner, Invasion by Jonas Hassan Khemiri, Bocón by Lisa Loomer, and Songs of the Dragons Flying to Heaven by Young Jean Lee.

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