Oxford Resident to Narrate Play at Long Wharf Theatre

Quinnipiac University’s Theater for Community will present “The Caucasian Chalk Circle” from April 14-17 at Long Wharf Theatre, Stage II, in New Haven. Curtain time is at 8 p.m. April 14-16 and at 2 p.m. on Sunday, April 17.

Emily Seibert, a Quinnipiac student and Oxford resident, will narrate the play.

Written by Bertolt Brecht in 1945 in anticipation of the end of the Second World War, “The Caucasian Chalk Circle” is based on a 14th century Chinese play and combines two parables. One features a peasant girl who steals a baby but becomes a better mother than its natural parents, and the other depicts an incorrigible scoundrel who becomes a judge and brings justice to the people through his unconventional rulings. 

“This play is an adventure story and a love story,” said Director Robert Bresnick. “It is an extremely funny, very moving, very exciting and always astute and wry examination of the consequences of war.”

The ensemble cast of Quinnipiac students includes: Seibert, Kristen Campeta, Zach Connolly, Ashley DiFranza, Austin Demos, Elisha Dorsey, Alyssa Dunn, Juli McGourty, Sarah Moffitt, Jessica Lehman, Michael Lewis, Jessica Otterbine, James Pontillo, Michael Pray, Kasey Quinlan, Ashley Sadej, Henry Victor and Travis Weisse. Kristen Murcott is serving as stage manager and Jessica Kate Finger assistant stage manager.

Tickets are $12 general admission and $8 for students and senior citizens. For tickets, please call Crystal Brian, professor of theater at Quinnipiac, at 203-582-8394 or crystal.brian@quinnipiac.edu.

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