The second mainstage performance of Oddfellows Playhouse’s Teen Rep Company is The Farnsworth Invention. It is directed by Marcy Arlin, Founder and Artistic Director of the OBIE Award winning Immigrants’ Theatre in New York City. Arlin is also a Fulbright Senior Specialist and member of the Lincoln Center Theatre.
Written by Aaron Sorkin, whose credits include The Social Network, The West Wing and A Few Good Men, The Farnsworth Invention enjoyed a successful run on Broadway. It is the story of two men and their race for the rights to one of the greatest inventions of the 20th century, the television.
“I am impressed by the high bar that is set for the kids,” said Arlin. “The texts are difficult; there is tricky staging, and deep, intelligent and meaningful themes. That is rare and should be encouraged and developed.”
Opening night is set for tonight, Thurs. Apr. 28 with additional performance on Apr. 29th and 30th and May 6th and 7th. All performances begin at 7:30 p.m.
Tickets are available at (860) 347-6143 or at www.oddfellows.org.
Oddfellows programming is made possible through the generous support of the CT Department of Education, the CT Commission on Culture & Tourism, Pratt & Whitney, The Stare Fund, The Franklin Conklin Foundation, the Middletown Commission on the Arts, the J. Walton Bissell Foundation, the Irving Kohn Foundation and the Daphne Seybolt Culpeper Memorial Fund. Media support is provided my Comcast.
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