November
Theatre Highlights
11/15
THROUGH 18: THE FOREIGNER, BY LARRY SHUE, At SUNNY ULSTER (UCCC)
At STONE RIDGE- The Foreigner, a comedy by Obie Award-winner Larry
Shue demonstrates what can happen when a group of people mistakenly
believe they can speak without restraint around someone who doesn’t
understand their language. Although the play is a comedy, it deals
with a serious theme—what it means to be an outsider—with
a light touch. Its appealing characters and happy ending have made
it an audience favorite, suitable for the whole family. The Foreigner
is the first production by Jerry Bradley, director of SUNY Ulster’s
new Theater Arts Program. Rte.209, Stone Ridge, www.sunyulster.edu,
Th-Sa 11/15,16,17 at 8 PM, Su 3 PM
FRI/SAT
11/23,24: KING CORN/ FOR THE BIBLE TELLS ME SO at TIME AND SPACE
LTD, HUDSON- Much is happening this month at TSL, with James Ivory
(of Merchant/Ivory fame) in Conversation on Sa 11/10 (4 PM), and
the Opera Gala, which funds the live hi-def TV feed from the Metropolitan
Opera in NYC, Sa 11/17 (6 PM). But later in November, a pair of
timely and nationally resonant documentaries should not be missed.
King Corn (dir. By Aaron Wolf) is the story of two college friends
from the East Coast who go into the heartland, and with modern-day
technical help grow a bumper crop of America's most-productive,
most-subsidized grain (corn, that is) on one acre of Iowa soil.
When they try to follow their pile of corn into the food system,
what they find raises troubling questions about how we eat and how
we farm. For The Bible Tells Me So (dir. by Dan Karslake) brilliantly
reconciles homosexuality and Biblical scripture, in the process
reveals that Church-sanctioned anti-gay bias is based almost solely
upon a significant (and often malicious) misinterpretation of the
Bible. 434 Columbia St., www.timeandspace.org,
518.822.8448. King Corn: Fr 11/23, 7:30 PM, Sa 11/24, 6 PM; For
The Bible Tells Me So: Sa11/24, 8 PM
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