News Release from. . .

 

YOUR THEATRE, INC.

136 Rivet St., New Bedford MA 02744-1814

Telephone: 508 993 0772   Fax: 508 993 1396

 

For information contact:

  Edward J. Maguire, Publicity Manager

  E-mail: ytinc@verizon.net

 

Opening July 26 Ray Veary Play

tells story of local fisherman’s widow

 

            NEW BEDFORD, MA ---Ray Veary’s play, The Water Widow, ushers in Your Theatre, Inc.’s highly anticipated 61st Season on July 26 for a limited four performance run. Directed by Susan Fournier of Dartmouth, the play runs Thursday through Saturday July 26-28, with a matinee Sunday, July 29. Curtain time is 7:30 p.m. for all shows except the 3:00 p.m. Sunday matinee.

 

           The play, a type of monument and a tribute to all the brave wives of the fishermen who risk their lives at sea, tells the tale of a local Portuguese Woman, born in 1911, who falls in love, marries a local fisherman and eventually suffers his loss at sea. The play has been crafted in the style of a Japanese Noh Drama making use of such devices as masks, basic music, dance, stylized movement and costumes in telling the story.

 

            The Water Widow was originally commissioned by Culture*Park, and culled from C*P interview tapes with the New Bedford fishing community who participated in C*P’s Fathoms oral histories project. It premiered as a Culture*Park production, in the New Bedford National Park, in summer, 2004, directed by C*P Artistic Director Patricia A. Thomas and again at the 1st New Bedford Working Waterfront Festival.

 

              The YTI cast consist of Lucy Bly (Old Woman/Young Woman), Elizabeth Rapoza (Narrator), Marie Averie (The Stranger) all of New Bedford. The choral dancers are Margo Wilson Beauregard of Fairhaven, Rosemary Ann Correia of Taunton, Rachel Fouts and Andrea Cantin of New Bedford and Paula Lauzon of Dartmouth who also choreographed the choral interludes. The musicians are Elizabeth Rapoza of New Bedford (flute), Ed Rooney of Westport and Johnathan Gillespie of New Bedford (percussions).

 

               For 2007-2008 YTI subscribers, ticket prices are $7.00, subscribers guest pay $8.00, non-subscribers $10.00 and children (under 12) $5.00. Senior citizens and student discounts available.

 

               For more information or to make reservations call the theatre at (508) 993-0772 or E-mail your request to: ytinc@verizon.net