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HUMBLE BOY
May 29-31, June 4-7, 11-13
A play by Charlotte Jones
Directed by Leslie A. Murray
Appeared in print: Monday, Jun 1, 2009, page D4 "This whole Humble crew should be proud. There is a bittersweet delicacy to Very Little Theatre’s production of “Humble Boy” — a thoughtfulness and creative sensitivity that actually strengthen Charlotte Jones’ already compelling tale of life and longing.
The story is overflowing with metaphor and accented with inspired, original music by Brandon Rumsey, a University of Oregon student.
Director Leslie Murray has orchestrated a harmonious production that will tickle your funny bone in the most wicked ways and conjure a tear or two from even the most cynical." Click here to read the entire review at www.registerguard.com...
The fourth show in our 80th season is a fascinating play, Humble Boy, by Charlotte Jones. Winner of the Critic’s Circle Award for Best New Play in 2001, it cleverly weaves death, gardening, and quantam mechanics into a wonderful tapestry that includes moments of broad comedy along with more subtle, poignant touches.
The story is about emotionally damaged astrophysicist Felix Humble, who must deal with the sudden death of his beekeeper father, come to terms with his overbearing mother, and face reconciliation with his childhood love. Flora Humble is his fashionable but self-conscious mother; George Pye is the family friend who cannot wait to take his place in Flora’s life; Rosie Pye is Felix’s spurned love interest who is now a nurse and mother to a 7-year-old daughter; Mercy Lott is the dotty character who provides much of the play’s comic relief and some of its wisdom; and Jim, the gentle gardener who minds his business and sticks to plants. One reviewer described the play as “...rich, original, intelligent, funny, and touching, bursting with ideas and characters that you come to care about deeply.” Note: this production will also be a part of the Earth Matters on Stage symposium on the UO campus.
Director Leslie Murray has a superb cast to play these interesting characters: Felix Humble is played by Wade Hicks; Tami Keller is Flora Humble; Dan Pegoda is Jim, the gardener; Nikki Pagniano is Mercy Lott; Don Aday is George Pye, and Cate Wolfenbarger is Rosie Pye.
VLT's Humble Boy is one of the Community Partner Presenters of EARTH MATTERS ON STAGE, the national Ecodrama Festival and Symposium happening at University of Oregon May 21-31. www.uoregon.edu/~ecodrama
Humble Boy opens May 29, 2009; directed by Leslie A. Murray.
An Opening Night Gala will follow the May 29 performance, with the audience invited to enjoy free refreshments with the cast in VLT’s Stage Left.
Box Office opens Friday, May 22. Phone: (541) 344-7751.
Directions to the Theatre
Auditions
Mainstage: RUMORS by Neil Simon. Auditions June 1, 6:00 pm
Rumors auditions will be held in VLT Mainstage, Monday, June 1 at 6:00 pm. Callbacks are by invitation only, Tuesday, June 2 at 6:00 pm. The show opens October 2009. See The VLT Auditions page for more information. (NOTE: The advertisements that ran last week were incorrect; there is one open audition day, June 1, 6:00 pm. June 2 callbacks are by invitation only.)
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