The Performances - Spring 2007Buffalo Bonanza - Part One
Indian Blood The Hudson Valley Premiere of A.R. Gurney’s charming new comedy. "A snow globe for the stage, in this case a memento of wintry Buffalo in the mid-1940’s. Written with delicacy and old-school craftsmanship, Indian Blood is a memory play that is endowed with a measure of emotional heft." Co-sponsored by Mayo Consulting Directed by Robert G. Miller Featuring Don Wildy, Christine Crawfis, Paul Coleman, Michael Frohnhoefer, TWO PERFORMANCES ONLY! A witty, warm, and thoroughly delightful comedy about family and coming-of-age. Young Eddie uses his Indian ancestry as a cause and an excuse for his adolescent attacks on the genteel world around him. Is it his ties to the Seneca tribe or his talent as a budding artist that cause his privileged world to turn upside down? "In the program notes, Gurney refers to his play's setting as a 'lost, but still heart-warming world.' Indeed. Take a walk down memory lane with this accomplished playwright, and let Indian Blood sweep you into a sweeter, more sincere time." Playwright A.R.Gurney's plays include Scenes from American Life, Children, The Dining Room, The Middle Ages, Sweet Sue, The Perfect Party, Another Antigone, The Cocktail Hour, Love Letters, The Old Boy, The Fourth Wall, Later Life, A Cheever Evening, Sylvia, Overtime, Let’s Do It (a Cole Porter musical), Labor Day, Far East, Ancestral Voices, and Buffalo Gal. His novels include The Gospel According to Joe, Entertaining Strangers and The Snow Ball. He is the winner of Drama Desk, N.E.A., Rockefeller Foundation, New England Theatre Conference, Lucille Lortel, American Association of Community Theatres, American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters awards and he holds honorary degrees from Williams College and Buffalo State University. Gurney was on the faculty of M.I.T. until 1996. He is the husband of one, father of four, and grandfather of six. |
