Central Square Theater (Cambridge, MA)
Tru Grace: Holiday Memoirs is a pair of heartwarming journeys into the foibles of the holiday season. A Christmas Memory by Truman Capote recounts the author's memories of his wildly eccentric older cousin and The Loudest Voice by Grace Paley is set at a Russian Jewish immigrant school that stages The Navity. It's a perfect holiday alternative with an intergenerational cast, puppetry, music and fruitcakes.
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Central Square Theater is a brand new state-of-the-art community-based theatrical arts facility. Audiences will find, under one roof, the distinctive repertoires of two award-winning non-profit professional companies as well as collaborative projects drawing on their creative synergy.
Website: http://centralsquaretheater.org/season/09-10/trugrace.html
A Christmas Memory by Truman Capote
The Loudest Voice by Grace Paley
Adapted for the stage and directed by Wesley Savick
Underground Railway Theater pairs two heartwarming journeys into the foibles of the holiday season. Joyful, whimsical, and rich with humor, both are told from the point of view of children - one a girl, one a boy - and set in the '30's - one in the Bronx, one in Alabama. In A Christmas Memory, Truman Capote recalls his close friendship with another social outcast, his wildly eccentric older cousin, and the enduring spirit for life they shared. Grace Paley's The Loudest Voice takes us to a Russian Jewish immigrant school where "without shame" gentile teachers annually staged the Nativity. The inspired Wesley Savick crafts the perfect holiday alternative with an intergenerational cast, puppetry, music, and fruitcakes.
The Central Square Theater is home to Underground Railway Theater (URT) and The Nora Theatre Company, two professional theater companies with a combined track record of over 48 years of excellence. URT has a 29 year history of connecting high quality professional theater with communities, performing new plays for young audiences, families and adults, and teaching through its rigorous education programming. Combining actors, puppetry and music, URT reaches out to and engages diverse audiences with performances of great beauty and compelling social content. During The Nora's 19 years, audiences and the media have recognized it for its exceptionally high quality work. Mission-driven to bring cutting-edge, thought- provoking, and contemporary productions to New England audiences, The Nora has introduced local audiences to Boston, New England, and/or world premieres.
