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Portland Stage Company and Portland Public
Library invite you to join us for a thought-provoking series of sneak
previews designed to augment Portland Stage Company's Mainstage
season.
These stimulating
interactive discussions offer revealing social, cultural, and historical
information about each play to enhance the theater experience. Members
of Portland Stage Company lead the discussion (usually a combination of
the Education Director, Director, Assistant Director, and
Actors). Presented
on Tuesdays at 12:15 pm in the Rines Auditorium. Page to Stage
is free and open to the public.
Questions about our Page to Stage, send
us an e-mail!
 2008 Schedule
 Page
to Stage is held in Rines Auditorium, 12:15 - 1:15, Free, all are
welcome
Tuesday, January 29, 2008, Fully
Committed by Becky Mode "Solo Performance and
Contemporary Comedy" In this wildly comic
tour-de-force, a single actor plays Sam, a reservations operator, and
more than 30 other characters from inside and outside a fashionable
Manhattan eatery. Over the course of one hysterical day, Sam faces
an outrageous influx of calls from his lonely father in South Bend, the
temperamental chef, snooty Maitre D', annoying assistants, scheming
socialites, and many, many more.
Tuesday, March 4, 2008, Much Ado About
Nothing by William Shakespeare "Shakespeare's Lessons on
the Complexity of Love" Sparks fly in one of
Shakespeare's best-loved romantic comedies in a fast-paced, yet
intricate tale of wit, jealousy, and romance. Reunited in the
Italian countryside, old flames Beatrice and Benedick are tricked by
their friends into believing that each is in love with the other.
Their "merry war" leads to both a sharp examination of
dishonesty and deception, and a boisterous celebration of the
overwhelming power of love.
Tuesday, April 8, 2008, Magnetic North by
William Donnelly "Intimacy, Infidelity and Defining a
Marriage" In this world premiere production, a
young husband meets a woman from his past during a period of crisis in
his marriage, bringing half-forgotten desires and uncertain intentions
suddenly to the surface. Told with warmth, humor, and startling
honesty, Magnetic North is a charged tale of intimacy,
temptation, and the shadowy border between flirtation and betrayal.
Tuesday, May 6, 2008, Doubt by John
Patrick Shanley "People of Faith Under Scrutiny and
Suspicion" In a Bronx parochial school in
1964, a young nun brings suspicions of a popular priest's wrongdoing to
light. Sister Aloysius, a strict school principal and
traditionalist nun, faces the decision of a lifetime. Does she
openly accuse a priest and give voice to her fear of his sinful actions,
or does she bury her suspicions and leave room for doubt?
Free and open to the public. For more
information regarding these discussions, please call Portland Stage
Company's Education Department at 774-1043, Ext. 104.
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