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Dec/20

OUT OF THE BOX FOLLIES

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Dec/20

Who: Stephanie Byer, J. D. Brookshire, Georgia Buchanan, Susan Case, Susan Courtney, Kelly Gilmore, James Harter, Larry Stephen Hines, John Christopher Jones, Colleen Kennedy, Laurel Lockhart, Susan McBrien, Phil Mougis, Ward Nixon, Woody Regan, Joseph Rose, Betsy Ross, Gloria Sauvé, Sally Sherwood, Lin Snider, Jennifer Sherron Stock
What: Online streaming benefit
Where: Out of the Box Theatre Company
When: December 4-6, $20-$1,000
Why: Founded in 2006 by the late Scott Robinson, Out of the Box Theatre Company is a nonprofit that’s mission is “to feature working professionals at their peak and in their prime: seasoned actors, directors, and designers primarily past fifty years of age . . . and to present new interpretations of period plays and contemporary classics: works written in the last century and earlier.” Because of the pandemic lockdown, its annual fundraiser has moved online, where it will be streamed December 4-5 at 8:00 and December 5-6 at 3:00. “Out of the Box Follies” will consist of songs, sketches, poems, and more, including such tunes as “Vodka” by the George Gershwin, “Smile” by Charlie Chaplin, and “And I Was Beautiful” by Jerry Herman, a new skit by Susan Courtney and James Harter, who starred last year in Harvey, and an excerpt from William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. The show is directed by Lin Snider, with music direction by Woody Regan. “The pandemic has presented so many challenges and hardships to performing artists,” producer Halina Malinowski said in a statement. “We decided that we wanted to give the our company members — the average age of the performers in this show is over sixty years old — a chance to perform when it’s not safe for many of them to leave their homes.” Tickets are $20 and up, depending on what you can afford.