{"id":5059352,"date":"2023-04-19T07:05:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-19T11:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ctlatinonews.com\/?p=5059352"},"modified":"2023-04-19T07:05:00","modified_gmt":"2023-04-19T11:05:00","slug":"new-theaterworks-hartford-play-celebrates-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/latinonewsnetwork.com\/ctln\/2023\/04\/19\/new-theaterworks-hartford-play-celebrates-art\/","title":{"rendered":"New TheaterWorks Hartford Play Celebrates Art"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
HARTFORD\u2014A tribute to the power and influence of preserved art, THE REMBRANDT, premieres Friday, April 21, at TheaterWorks Hartford in partnership with the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhen I was putting together the 22\/23 season, this play presented an exciting opportunity to tell an unexpected and moving story \u2013 it also created space to partner again with our friends at the Wadsworth,\u201d shared Artistic Director Rob Ruggiero. \u201cTogether, we\u2019ve collaborated on some terrific programming that not only brings our audiences together but celebrates a powerful theme: connecting through art.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
THE REMBRANDT\u2014written by award-winning playwright Jessica Dickey\u2014 is set in a modern-day art museum, following a journey that explores centuries of human experience when a museum guard decides to touch a famous Rembrandt painting. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAt its core, I\u2019m looking at this play through the lens of an art maker. A theater maker. And so the idea that one can be provoked, inspired and compelled by a work of art in a meaningful, challenging and life affirming way speaks to me,\u201d Director Maria Mileaf commented. \u201cThese characters are all seeking or avoiding something. They are forced to discern what their journey is going to be and they are, by interacting with art, given the chance to make purposeful choices.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Director Mileaf also shared her excitement working with TheaterWorks Hartford and its talented cast and crew for the first time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI am also really buoyed by the opportunity to be in a rehearsal room with this astonishing and bold group of actors and designers,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The cast includes Ephraim Birney as Dodger\/Titus, Bill Buell as Simon\/Homer, Michael Chenevert as Henry\/Rembrandt, Brandon Espinoza as Jonny\/Martin, and Amber Reauchean Williams as Madeline\/Henny.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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