Tom Stoppard's The Real Thing: A Play Reading

Location

Sacred Heart Hall, Studio Theatre

Free

The Real Thing by Tom Stoppard is a very witty, funny, and moving play about love, words, and what the real thing is in love, art, and life.

This is not a full production, but rather a music stand reading of one of the cleverest, funny, and yet moving plays by one of the greatest modern playwrights, Tom Stoppard. Henry is a playwright, married to Charlotte, an actress, but he is also attracted to Annie, also an actress, married to Max, and both Max and Charlotte are in Henry's new play, "House of Cards." Confused? So are they. But in the course of sorting this all out, Stoppard looks at how we know what the real thing is, in theatre, writing, food, music, love, anything. The play is a celebration of language, wit, humanity, and all the complexities that make life worth living. A great play that celebrates many of the reasons we have a Humanities Center and call ourselves the College of Arts and Sciences.

Featuring our own Rick Seer (Director, Graduate Theatre), Noelle Norton (Dean, College of Arts and Sciences), Scott Ripley (Chair, Department of Theatre), Shana Wride (Program Coordinator, Graduate Theatre), and three MFA acting students, Talley Beth Gale, Kevin Hafso-Koppmen, and Daniel Joeck.

Seating is limited, so please reserve your ticket through EventBrite.

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