There Is a Happiness That Morning Is WORLD PREMIERE!
Written by Mickle Maher
Presented by Theater Oobleck
April 14, 2011 — May 22, 2011
Storefront Theater
Pay-what-you-can, $15 suggested donation
Playwright Mickle Maher debuts this comedy in rhymed verse told via two lectures on the poetry of William Blake: one given in the morning by Bernard, a middle-aged, barely published poet of scant scholarship, on the Songs of Innocence, and the other in the afternoon by his lover, Ellen, a reputable Ph.D., on the Songs of Experience. Having engaged the evening before in a highly inappropriate display of public affection on the main lawn of their rural New England campus, the two undergraduate lecturers must now, in class, either apologize for their behavior or effectively justify it if they want to keep their jobs.
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Post-show Discussion
Thursdays, April 21 and May 19
Post-show panel discussion
Sunday, May 15
Following the performance, there will be a panel discussion, “Talking Funny: a discussion of verse, rhyme, lecture, the songs of Blake, and the heightened language of performance,” moderated by performance scholar and Oobleck member Terri Kapsalis. With playwright Mickle Maher and University of Chicago faculty members Heidi Coleman (Theater and Performance Studies) and Bradin Cormak (English).
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AUDIENCE ADVISORIES: There is NO LATE SEATING for this production. This production also contains offensive language, sexual content, and is intended for mature audiences
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