The Serpent: A Ceremony February 21, 2008

By Jean-Claude van Itallie in collaboration with the Open Theater and directed by Neil Scharnick. The 1960s were shaped by social and political turbulence punctuated by a series of terrible and dispiriting assassinations. These events prompted Joseph Chaikin and the members of the Open Theater to seek an explanation why humanity had fallen so low. This search led them back through history and myth to the beginning—to the Garden of Eden and mankind’s first sins. This inventive, Obie Award-winning retelling of the stories of Adam and Eve and Cain and Abel renders the biblical accounts strangely unfamiliar yet strikingly relevant to both 1969 and today. Tickets are $12 general / $8 seniors and students / $5 per ticket for groups of 10 or more. Call 262-551-6661 or e-mail theatretickets@carthage.edu to reserve tickets. Carthage College Wartburg Auditorium, located at the north end of campus in the David A. Straz, Jr. Center for the Natural and Social Sciences, 2001 Alford Park Dr, Kenosha, Kenosha County.

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