Jane Austen's PERSUASION - Majestic Theatre Management August 21, 2009

MAJESTIC THEATRE MANAGEMENT presents
a summer 2009 performance series
August 21st-September 5th, 2009
BRUCE STARKER ARTS PARK
Corvallis, Oregon

featuring...

PERSUASION
a play adapted from Jane Austen's novel
by Pamela Whalan
with outdoor direction by Jonathan Pedersen

At twenty-seven, Anne Elliot is no longer considered young. Eight years earlier, having been "persuaded" to break off her engagement to Frederick Wentworth, a naval captain with neither fortune or title, the daughter of a once fashionable family now finds herself with few romantic prospects. What happens to Anne and those around her when fate brings the now experienced and eligible Captain back into their lives is movingly told in Jane Austen's last completed novel. "Persuasion" is a smart satire of vanity and pretension - a love story tinged with the heartache of missed opportunities, and laced with hope for second chances.

This version has been adapted for the stage by Pamela Whalan and is guest directed by Jonathan Pedersen ("CHICAGO the musical", "Little Women", "Annie Get Your Gun") with intimate outdoor staging for families to enjoy together under the summer sky.

PERFORMANCES:
FRI AUG 21 (7:00), SAT AUG 22 (7:00), SUN AUG 23 (2:30 matinee)
THURS AUG 27 (7:00), FRI AUG 28 (7:00), SAT AUG 29 (7:00), SUN AUG 30 (2:30 matinee)
THURS SEPT 3 (7:00), FRI 4 FRI (7:00), SAT SEPT 5 (7:00)

Tickets: $10 adults (children under age 11 free w/ paid adult admission) - on sale July 14th online www.majestic.org and box-office 115 SW 2nd St. Corvallis 541-738-SHOW

(Bring-your-own-chair (w/ legs 6'' or less) or blanket-style seating)
Resource: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/persuasion (PBS movie)
Produced in arrangement with David Spicer Productions (Australia)

Questions? Contact the Majestic Business office or the director at pedersj@yahoo.com

the summer continues with ...
All The Great Books (abridged)
by Reed Martin and Austin Tichenor
with additional material by Matthew Croke and Michael Faulkner

starring John Carone, Jonathan Pedersen, and Kevin Christensen

Class is in session! A wild, irreverrant, and comedic stab at presenting you, the "student", with eighty-nine of world literature's greatest works in ninety-minutes, acted out by an ulikely trio with all of the seriousness of a skit played out on late night television.

Tickets: $10 adults (children under age 11 free w/ paid adult admission) - on sale July 14th online www.majestic.org and box-office 115 SW 2nd St. Corvallis 541-738-SHOW

(Bring-your-own-chair (w/ legs 6'' or less) or blanket-style seating)
PERFORMANCES:
SAT AUG 22 (2:30 matinee), SUN AUG 23 (7:00),
SAT AUG 29 (2:30 matinee), SUN AUG 30 (7:00),
SAT SEPT 5 (2:30 matinee)
Produced in arrangement with Broadway Play Publishing, Inc.
Note: some content may not be appropriate for younger children

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NOTES:
Directions: http://www.ci.corvallis.or.us/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=584&Itemid=525
Both theatrical events are bring your own low-rise stadium chairs (6'' legs or shorter) or blanket and first-come first-seated. Flat areas closest to stage is reserved for blankets.
Seating areas will open 45 minutes before each performance.
Refreshment, including food and limited alcoholic beverages will be available for purchase at the event. Small coolers and food/drink are allowed, but outside alcoholic beverages are not.
Majestic Theatre Management does not encourage the consumption of alcoholic beverages and the operation of motorized vehicles.
For the safety and enjoyment of others, MTM reserves the right to request staff or authorities to move or dismiss any individual from the Bruce Starker Arts Park during events, unruly or otherwise.
Not Allowed: photography/video during performances, outside alcohol, radios, umbrellas or other view-obstructive items, chairs w/legs taller than six inches, weapons or knives other than plastic, large hats, large coolers- coolers and bags are subject to search.