Theater Production: Small Mouth Sounds
April 6th, 7th & 8th at 7:00pm
Emery Performance Space
Tickets:
Thursday, 4/6: Pay what you want (no one turned away for lack of funds)
Friday, 4/7 + Saturday, 4/8: $10 for adults, $5 for students with ID. Tickets will be on sale at the door, first come first serve. This show is recommended for ages 13+ due to adult themes and language. Doors open at 6:30pm.
Small Mouth Sounds is a critically acclaimed dramedy written by Bess Wohl with origins off-broadway, followed by a national touring show. Filled with awkward and insightful humor, this play follows six strangers as they grapple with immense personal challenges at a hippie-dippie silent retreat. They are asked to abandon the comforts of their previous lives, take a deep breath, and connect with one another on a deeply human level. The silence speaks volumes.
With a sold out run at Ars Nova, The New York Times called Small Mouth Sounds “an enchanting new play… as funny as it is quietly moving… a model of ingenuity” and the show was chosen as a “Best Of” critics pick in the New York Times, New York Magazine, The Hollywood Reporter, New York Post (2016).
Run time is around 90 minutes, without intermission. Thursday’s performance is pay what you want, Friday and Saturday- tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for students with ID. Tickets will be on sale at the door, first come first serve. This show is recommended for ages 13+ due to adult themes and language.
The cast is as follows:
The Teacher- Kyla Wheeler
Joan- Lis Carlson
Judy- Brianna Rush
Alicia- Michaela Carney
Ned- Peter Osborne
Rodney- Trevor Hall
Jan- Jeffrey Thomson
This show is directed by Gavin Pickering, LCPC, mental health counselor at UMF. Gavin studied theatre as a minor at UMF and explored drama therapy as a specialization in graduate school at UMaine Orono, where he received a M. Ed. in both School and Mental Health Counseling. Gavin explored using performance as a way to help both actors and audiences explore mental health and social issues. This included directing The Laramie Project in conjunction with his role as LGBT Services Coordinator at UMaine. He was also given special permission from the playwright, the late Rick Cluchey, to direct The Cage, the first play written and performed by a prisoner as part of the San Quintin Theatre Project. He has partnered with Emery Community Arts Center in the past, directing multiple iterations of The Vagina Monologues including a student written adaptation of this show. He has also performed in several shows at Emery including American Dreams, Death of a Salesman, and Into the Woods.
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