FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
This summer the Imaginary Beasts ensemble is on tour with their latest theatrical adventure:
The Pretentious Young Ladies
By: Molière
Directed and freely adapted by: Matthew Woods
Slapstick and social satire join forces in this scathing but scintillating send-up of high society. When two affected young ladies move to Paris, they hope to find a fast track into the fashionable set’s inner circle. But when they reject the proposals of two would-be suitors, they get more than they bargained for. Add to the mix not one, but two, outlandish valets who fancy themselves men of distinction, and you have a sure-fire recipe for mirth.
*This fashionable farce is fitting for the whole family!
First stop – Barnard, Vermont!
The Pretentious Young Ladies will be performed on August 27 at the First Universalist Church on Route 12 near beautiful Silver Lake in Barnard, Vermont. A wine and cheese reception will be offered at 6 p.m., and the performance will begin at 7 p.m.
Route 12 and Stage Road Intersection
Next stop – Salem, MA!
Performing at Salem Old Town Hall, 32 Derby Square in Salem, MA. Performances at the Old Town Hall will take place on September 2 and 3 at 8 p.m.
Tickets: $10.00
For more information about the Vermont performance or to reserve seating in advance, please call 802-234-9113, writeimaginarybeasts@gmail.com, or log onto www.imaginarybeasts.org.
For more information about the Salem performances or to reserve seating in advance please call 978-500-5553, writeimaginarybeasts@gmail.com, or log onto www.imaginarybeasts.org.
About Molière
Widely considered one of the greatest masters of Western comedy, Molière was a French playwright and actor who wrote during the mid-to-late 17th Century. Though he received great criticism from the Catholic Church and other moralists of the day, he was a darling in the court of Louis XV. Today, he is recognized as the grandfather of modern French comedy, and his plays are still widely performed the world over.
About Imaginary Beasts
Contact: Mathew Woods, Artistic Director
(978) 500-5553, imaginarybeasts@gmail.com
Mission
Imaginary Beasts is a non-profit, non-equity theatre company serving the greater Boston area and the entire North Shore community. We are committed to bringing innovative yet accessible theatrical performances to the general public and to reaching diverse communities through the projects we develop. At heart we are an artist-based theatre company and it remains central to our mission to offer our company members – both traditional and non-traditional performance artists – a unique chance to explore and develop exciting theatre in an ongoing studio environment.
History
Since its inception the company has gone on to experience an incredible period of development. Significantly, a core group of artists emerged to form an official founding company; our artistic output increased from one major production per year to one to two per season; our company membership and our audiences continue to grow; and our geographic reach has broadened, giving us wonderful opportunities to share our work with greater numbers of people.
We are proud also of our community outreach programs that have reached young people and their families throughout the North Shore, including Essex, Gloucester, Lynn, Lawrence, Topsfield, and South Hamilton.
In 2007 Imaginary Beasts began to travel its main stage productions to the Greater Boston area for extended runs. Since then we have been able to introduce a growing audience to our inventive approach to theatre, performing at venues including the Charles Town Working Theatre, the Arsenal Center for the Arts, the Stanford Calderwood Pavilion at the Boston Center for the Arts, and the Plaza Black Box Theatre at the Boston Center for the Arts. Beginning in the Fall of 2011, the company will begin a five-year initiative at the Boston Center for the Arts as part of their Emerging Theatre Company initiative.
