Workhouse Theatre Company continues 6th Season
By: Alissa Blaeser 01/01/2012
Workhouse Theatre Company (WTC) was hard at work this past December, and will continue to be busy bringing quality theatre to our very own Northside in 2012. Early on last month, WTC performed staged readings of The Polar Express as part of Camden’s Holiday on 44th celebration. The evening featured Northside resident Elizabeth Gjertson, Ryan Henderson, and WTC Artistic Director Alissa Blaeser.
A few Northside artists recently took part in WTC’s second show of their current season, The Eight: Reindeer Monologues. The show had a successful run in December at The Warren, and featured the talents of Anissa Brazill Gooch, Richard Jackson, and Northsiders Ben Tallen and Noë Tallen. The production was directed by WTC Executive Director Mark Webb, and stage managed by Duane Atter.
Next up on WTC’s agenda this season is Talley’s Folly, Lanford Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning story about Matt, a Jewish refugee, and Sally, the black sheep of the prosperous Talley family. A love story set on Independence Day in 1944, Matt has come to rural Missouri to woo Sally, but has been run off the place by her anti-Semitic brothers, and has taken refuge in the family’s dilapidated boathouse by the river. Sally sneaks away to tell Matt to leave her alone, but she may have another agenda. Over the course of a magical evening, the two of them begin to wonder if perhaps they’ll fit together. The production is WTC’s third this season, and is directed by Mark Hauck. The show runs February 24 through March 11, with shows on Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday matinees at 2 p.m. There will be a special pay what you can performance on Monday, February 27 at 7:30 p.m. For tickets and info visit www.workhousetheatre.org.
CAPTION: Staged readings of The Polar Express were performed by (l-r) Ryan Henderson, Elizabeth Gjertson and Alissa Blaeser.