
Anne Galjour in You Can't Get There From
Here.
photo by Clayton Lord
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a
world premiere by
ANNE GALJOUR |
directed by
JAYNE WENGER |
As part of a co-comission between the Z Space Studio,
the Hopkins Center at Dartmouth College, and the National Performance
Network, nationally known playwright and artist Anne Galjour spent
three years immersing herself in Dartmouth College’s physically
close, but economically divided rural New England backyard. Through
more than 100 interviews, Galjour has documented a marked class
divide in New Hampshire and Vermont that mirrors a national class
divide.
This play depicts a group of familiar characters,
people struggling with rent, mortgages, and keeping up appearances
amidst bewildering changes in their community. Galjour reveals deep
emotional centers and human complexities of their situations. She
captures the essence of divisions in a rural setting. Remarkably,
she engages us in a compassionate understanding of class through
the art of theater.
TOURING INFORMATION:
Galjour will perform her play at the Massachusetts
College of Liberal Arts in North Adams, Mass., Nov. 10 and 11; the
Flynn Center
for the Performing Arts in Burlington, Vt., Nov. 14 and 15;
and the Latchis
Theater in Brattleboro, Vt., November 17. Additional shows are
being scheduled for San Francisco and other U.S. cities.
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