Westport Community Theatre's ICE GLEN Runs Through 2/21

Joan Ackermann's ICE GLEN, directed by Ruth Anne Baumgartner plays its remaining performances at Westport Community Theater. 

Performance dates are: Friday, February 19 at 8:00 PM, Saturday, February 20 at 8:00 PM, Sunday, February 21 at 2:00 PM

You have only one more weekend to see the play our audiences are raving about - an evening of theatre that you'll long remember after the closing act. Beautifully written, wonderfully performed, Ice Glen is funny, warm, witty, moving and thought-provoking. The imaginative staging envelops a lovely play with a cast of rich characters that leave you with a lot to think about.

Set in the autumn of 1919 in the Berkshires, close to the Ice Glen, a Berkshire "cottage" estate is home to an eclectic household - Sarah, an earthy, fiery woman who is a gardener and poet living on a Berkshire "cottage" estate, the widowed lady of the house, an Irish cook, a chauffeur/butler/handyman, and a childlike young man. Into their circle comes the editor of The Atlantic Monthly, who wants to publish Sarah's poems, and an emotional storm ensues that upends all their lives. The nature of beauty, the purpose of art, the privacy of personal expression, the artist's responsibility to the world, and other mysteries of the human heart unfold in a story that is suspenseful, poignant, and highly satisfying. The cast features the talents of Samantha Burgan, Will Cohn, Mark Frattaroli, Linda Gilmore, Ann Kinner, Jim Perakis and Susan Vanech.

Critics have called this 2003 play "Beautifully written...a story of nature and change" Talkin' Broadway" ... A theatrical triumph." The Rogovoy Report ... "Ice Glen melts hearts and warms the audience from start to finish... a lovely Gilded Age love story that reveals shades as exquisite as a Massachusetts fall." The Mercury News.

"Terrific!", "Beautifully acted", "One of the best plays ever seen here," are some of the descriptives our audiences have bestowed on us.

You can find out more about Ice Glen in this month's Prompter (click here ), in an interview with Director Ruth Anne Baumgartner; you can watch the production evolve from casting to final rehearsal in the Director's Diary in Offbook, our online blog; and of course don't forget to visit us on Facebook and Twitter!

Produced by Joan Lasprogato, the play's inventive set was designed by Alexander Kulcsar, with a complex, fanciful lighting design by Jeff Klein, executed by Amy Louise Carter with Janet Adams on sound.

Don't miss this extraordinary production, which is WCT at its best!

Tickets range from $14 to $18. Groups of 10 or more enjoy a $2 per ticket discount, and there is a special "Student Rush" discount 15 minutes prior to performances for students of all ages with a valid student identification card.

For reservations, contact the Box Office at (203) 226-1983.
Go to www.westportcommunitytheatre.com for directions to the theatre.

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