America's Very First Play! (And the Immediate Trial Thereafter)
Category: Event Calendar
Date and Time
- Sat, May 22, 2027 - Sun, Jun 13, 2027
Location & Parking
History Theatre
30 10th St E
Details
May 22-June 13, 2027
by Four Humors Theater
directed by Laura Leffler
World Premiere
Virginia, 1665. Three early American colonists stand trial before their community. The charges? Wickedness. The reason? They’ve written and performed the very first play to be staged in the American colonies. But what did the creators of the innocently titled “The Bear and The Cub” intend when they wrote it, and more importantly, do artistic intentions even matter? And even more importantly, is this even an appropriate time to be doing theater, given all the challenges facing the colony, what with the tyrannical king and all? The actual plot of Ye Bär and Ye Cub has been lost to time, but, luckily, the trial documents about the ensuing controversy still exist. From the minds of Four Humors Theater comes a reimagining of every actor’s dream: performing in a hit play, followed swiftly by every producer’s nightmare: to be arrested on suspicion of witchcraft. Four Humors Theater features Mandi Johnson, Jon Kirchhofer, Ryan Lear, Brant Miller, Matt Spring, and Allison Vincent.
