QUILTERSBY MOLLY NEWMAN AND BARBARA DAMASHEK
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ALL TICKETS MUST BE PICKED UP AT WILL-CALL THE NIGHT OF YOUR SCHEDULED
PERFORMANCE OR DURING REGULAR BOX OFFICE HOURS. BOX OFFICE HOURS ARE
5-9PM ON ALL SHOWNIGHTS. THANK YOU!
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OSTENSIBLY THE STORY OF A PIONEER WOMAN AND HER SIX DAUGHTERS,
QUILTERS BLENDS A SERIES OF INTERRELATED SCENES INTO A RICH MOSAIC
WHICH CAPTURES THE SWEEP AND BEAUTY, THE TERROR AND JOY, THE HARSH
CHALLENGE AND ABIDING REWARDS OF FRONTIER LIFE. ILLUMINATING STORIES
CONTAINED IN VARIOUS PATCHES OR "BLOCKS" WITH MUSIC, DANCE AND DRAMA,
THE ACTION DEPICTS THE LOT OF WOMEN ON THE FRONTIER: GIRLHOOD,
MARRIAGE, CHILDBIRTH, SPINSTERHOOD, TWISTERS, FIRE, ILLNESS AND DEATH.
BUT, WITH THIS, THERE IS ALSO LOVE, WARMTH, RICH AND LIVELY HUMOR AND
THE MOVING SPECTACLE OF SIMPLE HUMAN DIGNITY AND STEADFASTNESS IN THE
FACE OF ADVERSITY. IN THE END, WHEN THE VARIOUS PATCHES ARE ASSEMBLED
INTO ONE GLORIOUS, BRILLIANTLY COLORFUL QUILT, THE EFFECT IS BOTH
BREATHTAKING AND MAGICAL—AND A THEATRICAL MASTERSTROKE WHICH WILL
LINGER IN THE MIND AND MEMORY LONG AFTER THE HOUSE LIGHTS HAVE DIMMED.
ORIGINALLY DEVELOPED AND PRODUCED AT THE DENVER CENTER THEATRE
COMPANY, THIS JOYOUS AND MOVING CELEBRATION OF AMERICAN WOMANHOOD
BECAME A RECORD-SETTING REGIONAL THEATER SUCCESS BEFORE ITS
PRESENTATIONS ON BROADWAY AND AT THE EDINBURGH FESTIVAL. COMBINING
MUSIC, DANCE MOVEMENT AND SCENES OF VIVID DRAMATIC INTENSITY, THE PLAY
PAYS ELOQUENT TRIBUTE TO THE COURAGE AND SPIRIT OF OUR NATION'S
PIONEER WOMAN.
"WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT QUILTS, QUILTING—QUILTERS—HAD
SO MUCH JOY AND PAIN, LAUGHTER AND TEARS, SO MUCH LIFE, BEAUTY AND
DRAMA IN THEM?" —DRAMA-LOGUE.
"…AN UNQUALIFIED SUCCESS, AS BRIGHT AS THE COLORS USED IN
THE QUILTS THEMSELVES." —HOLLYWOOD REPORTER.
"QUILTERS IS A SHOW PIECED TOGETHER WITH LOVE AND STITCHED
WITH PRIDE…A THING OF BEAUTY, COMFORT AND JOY." —NY POST.
"…A TENDER AND MOVING THEATRE WORK, A HUMAN PATCHWORK
RIPPLING IN THE BREEZE OF MEMORY." —NEWSWEEK.
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