Elements Theatre Company presents Alan Bennett's Talking Heads

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Elements Theatre Company presents Alan Bennett’s Talking Heads
A selection of 3 monologues

“Their professionalism and commitment to their craft are unmistakable.”
-- Broadway World

Rock Harbor, Orleans– Elements Theatre Company offers Cape audiences a rare treat; the opportunity to experience Alan Bennett’s award-winning Talking Heads, a series of monologues originally created for BBC television in 1987. These brilliantly composed scenes are considered a classic of contemporary drama.

In Bed Among the Lentils, a vicar’s wife discovers a semblance of happiness with an Indian shop owner. A man’s life begins to unravel when he discovers his aging mother has rekindled an old flame in A Chip in the Sugar. And in A Lady of Letters, a busybody pays a price for interfering in her neighbor’s life.

Brilliantly funny, revealing and gritty, these three snapshots are a riveting observation of humanity in all its humor and tragedy.

Alan Bennett is highly regarded as one of the finest playwrights in Britain. Best-known for The Madness of George III (1991) and The History Boys (2004); it was Talking Heads that earned him the first of six Laurence Olivier Awards and made him a household name.

The Performances will take place July 31- August 2 & August 7-9 at 7:30 pm, at Paraclete House at the Community of Jesus, Rock Harbor Orleans. (5 Bay View Drive) In addition, there will be a 3-course gourmet dinner served before the performance on the select nights of August 1, 7 and 8 at 6pm.
For reservations please call 508-240-2400 or go to www.elementstheatre.org.

About Elements Theatre Company
Elements Theatre Company is a non-profit, professional theatre ensemble of 16 artists in-residence who perform both classical and classically rooted modern works year-round in Orleans, Massachusetts. Founded in 1992, Elements has performed and studied at home and abroad, touring in North America, Europe, and South Africa. Performance highlights of the past decade include A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Twelfth Night, Cherry Orchard, Pillars of the Community, A Christmas Carol, God of Carnage, The Dining Room, Rumors, Lion in Winter, Lady Windermere’s Fan, and Julius Caesar. Most recently Elements toured New York and Chicago where they held panel discussions, workshops and performances centered on Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice.

The company maintains an active, ongoing training program, with intensive professional studies in London, New York, Chicago and at home. Past teachers include Patsy Rodenberg, Joanna Weir-Ouston, Glynn MacDonald, Sue Lefton, Louis Colaianni, Jane Nichols, Lenard Petit, Daniela Varon, Christine Adaire, Patrice Eggleston, Kestutis Nakas, Nick Sandys-Pullin and Rachel Slavick.

“As the company mission statement indicates, Elements Theatre Company is about more than entertainment: every piece they undertake explores the breadth of humanity — its horror, its loveliness, and its humor — with honesty. These actors hold up the mirror for themselves and in turn give us, the audience, the courage to look into that mirror too, and not shy away from what we find.” —JULIE HARRIS (Five-time Tony Award-Winning Actress and Elements Theatre Company Board of Reference)

About Elements’s Artistic Director, Danielle Dwyer, CJ
A founding member of Elements Theatre Company, Sr. Danielle Dwyer has either directed or performed in nearly seventy productions since the company’s inception. Classically trained but also skilled in contemporary drama, Sr. Danielle earned her Master of Arts Degree from England’s Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and the University of London. She also studied voice, acting, and writing with Joanna Weir at Central School of Speech and Drama (London, England); David Male of Cambridge University (Cambridge, England); and Shakespeare & Company (Lenox, MA); and studied Shakespeare at the Stella Adler Studio in New York City.