The Drawer Boy
by Michael Healey
for Old Town Playhouse
director: Harriett Mittelberger
producer: Ralph Mittelberger
Auditions: August 8 & 9 at 7 pm
Tickets on Sale: August 22, 2011 at 10 am
Performances:
October 14-29, 2011
Performance
Dates |
October 14 - 8 pm
October 15 - 8 pm
October 16 - 3 pm
October 20 - 8 pm
October 21 - 8 pm
October 22 - 8 pm
October 23 - 3 pm
October 27 - 8 pm
October 28 - 8 pm
October 29 - 8 pm |
Aging farmers Morgan and Angus have a precarious balance in their solitary world. Tough and stubborn, Morgan cares for Angus, whose gentle spirit and damaged memory captures the young actor Miles, who is visiting to document and study the rituals and habits of the world of farming.
Reminiscent of the themes of seclusion and caring found in Of Mice and Men, The Drawer Boy is based on an actual 1970’s project, when a group of actors headed into the rural heartland of southern Ontario and, interviewing local farmers and their families, created a landmark Canadian theatrical event, The Farm Show.
As Miles learns the truth of Angus’s injury, and the painful past which Morgan and Angus share, the audience is pulled into this tender, eloquent story about the power of storytelling to interpret reality, and how those stories can transform lives.
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