DO THE DEAD SING THE BLUES?

The Lakewood Cultural Center and Miners Alley Playhouse present Spoon River Anthology.

Heritage, Culture & the Arts Division
City of Lakewood, Community Resources Department
Lakewood's Heritage Center Washington Heights Arts Center Lakewood Cultural Center
480 S. Allison Pkwy., Lakewood, CO 80226
303-987-7876 FAX: 303-987-7250

Contact: Kim Kritz
Heritage, Culture & the Arts Marketing Coordinator
Direct: 303-987-7856
Mobile: 303-915-8655

August 22, 2003 -- The Lakewood Cultural Center and Miners Alley Playhouse (formerly Morrison Theatre Company) proudly present twelve performances of Spoon River Anthology opening September 5 and running through September 27, 2003. Performances are Friday and Saturday evenings at 7:30pm and Saturday matinees at 2pm. A special preview
performance will be offered Thursday, September 4 at 7:30pm.

Tickets are $17, ($10 for preview performance) and are available by calling 303-987-7845, online at www.lakewood.org or at the Lakewood Cultural Center Box Office, 470 S. Allison Parkway (Wadsworth and Alameda). Senior, students and group discounts available. Tickets purchased for opening night, September 5, also include the Post-Performance Opening Night Reception with the Director, Cast and Crew. Ample, free parking available.

Based on the poems of Edgar Lee Masters and adapted for the stage by Charles Aidman the dead of Spoon River, Illinois are now free to voice the secrets they guarded so well during their days on earth. Death being the great equalizer, they no longer fear the consequences that so often restrained them in life. The lawyers, prostitutes,
politicians, doctors, atheists, drunkards, housewives, preachers and scoundrels speak frankly, telling us of their lives, their pain and their pleasures. They only wish now to find the way to soothe their souls and move on to the next plain.

Director Robert Kramer has chosen purgatory as the setting from which these confused and embittered souls tell their tales. Musical Director Robert Louis Gale plays The Minstrel, the wandering soul who, through the use of numerous instruments, helps the ghosts of Spoon River sing the "Blues".

The Lakewood Cultural Center Theatre Series is generously supported by the Gay & Lesbian Fund for Colorado - Supporting community nonprofits while highlighting the contributions of gay men and lesbians, Sheraton Denver West - 303-987-2000 and the Rocky Mountain News - Closer to Home.

Lakewood Cultural Center programs are made possible in part through funding from the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD) - Metro Denver's unique commitment to its non-profit art, scientific and cultural institutions.

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