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Machinal

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Dates: Feb 18 & Feb 20 at 7:30pm

By Sophie Treadwell
Brian MacDevitt, director

Written and set in New York City during the Prohibition Era, Sophie Treadwell’s Machinal is based loosely on the trial of Ruth Snyder, who murdered her husband in the 1920s. The story traces the life of a young woman navigating the twisting corridors of mental illness in an increasingly mechanized world. This production’s cinematic, expressionistic storytelling alternates between feelings of darkness and oppression and expressions of love, light and beauty.

“...a rare and disturbing beauty.”—Ben Brantley, The New York Times

FREE. Tickets Required. CLICK HERE for VIMEO.

Note: All COVID-19 safety protocols are followed in this production. Rehearsals and performances take place completely virtually.

Earlier Event: February 20
Afro-Cuban Live
Later Event: February 21
Organ Recital by David Lang