Woman with the Red Kerchief chosen for Russian Theatre Festival
Lement & Mostashari do it again
Firouzeh Mostashari on left, and Wendy Lement on rightWeston, Massachusetts. Woman with the Red Kerchief, a play about Leo Tolstoy by Regis College theater professor Wendy Lement and historian Firouzeh Mostashari, now of the University of Iowa, has been chosen to receive professional production at the New England Russian Theatre Festival in February.
The festival, which will also consist of ten-minute plays and a variety of workshops on Russian Theatre, will be held at Boston Playwrights' Theatre on February 19-21, 2010. One of only two plays chosen for full production, Woman with the Red Kerchief will open at the Boston Playwrights' Theatre on February 19, 2010 and be on the boards through February 21, 2010, directed by Melissa Penley.
Even the opening date is significant. February 19 historically marks the emancipation of the serfs in imperial Russia, and the play explores a little known chapter in Tolstoy’s life through the eyes of a young married serf on his estate.
Since the play’s off-campus premiere in the fall of 2008 at the Theater in the Open in Newburyport, Woman with the Red Kerchief has enjoyed increasing success. A scene from the play will be featured at the Our Voices Theatre Festival, which showcases works by women playwrights, co-sponsored by Image Theatre and the Regis College Theatre Company (Feb. 27, 2010), and Lement will also direct a full production at Regis between April 22-25, 2010.
Regis College is a Catholic co-educational community that prepares undergraduate, graduate and continuing education students for engagement and service in a changing world. In the School of Arts and Sciences and the School of Nursing and Health Professions, approximately 1,600 students are enrolled in 24 undergraduate majors; master’s degree programs in education, health product regulation, and nursing, and in communication, leadership and service, and public administration with a strategic focus on health care; and a doctorate in nursing practice. U.S. News and World Report ranks Regis in the top tier of universities with master’s programs in the North. The National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) lists Regis among benchmarking colleges for the quality of educational experience. The National League of Nursing recently identified Regis College as a Center of Excellence in Nursing Education. The College also provides accredited pre-school and kindergarten programs, and a Life Long Learning Program (LLARC) for retired seniors. Visit Regis on the Web at www.regiscollege.edu.
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