Hotel Cassiopeia, The Life of Artist Joseph Cornell
Round House Theatre - Silver Spring (8641 Colesville Road Silver Spring, MD 20910)
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- $15.00
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- $7.50*
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All offers for Hotel Cassiopeia have expired.
The last date listed for Hotel Cassiopeia was Sunday June 13, 2010 / 3:00pm.
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More Information About Hotel Cassiopeia
Website
http://www.roundhousetheatre.org/performances/hotel-cassiopeia/
Description
Presented by The University of Maryland
Department of Theatre
in association with Round House Theatre
By Charles Mee
Directed by Blake Robison
Written by American playwright Charles Mee, Hotel Cassiopeia chronicles the life of Joseph Cornell through the exploration of the renowned modern artist’s creative assemblage boxes – collections of discarded souvenirs and mementos, buttons, feathers, marbles, corks, fake-birds, old maps, anything – which he constructed to visually portray his feelings brought on by the unique world he lived in. Having spent the entirety of his adult life caring for his disabled brother Robert while living in his mother’s basement in Queens, Cornell amassed an immense collection of correspondence and journals, each filled with observations and obsessions that reveal his desire to capture through his work the intense feelings of a hidden moment.
About the Ticket Supplier: Round House Theatre
Round House Theatre produces literary adaptations and contemporary works for the stage, conducts community-based education programs, and provides a home to diverse artists and arts organizations. Their work is expansive: they make art to explore big ideas, broaden minds, move hearts, exercise imaginations, and--ultimately--to build community through the shared experience of live theatre.