Outdoor theatre in 2020

In October 2020 Marianne was especially blessed to play the lead in a SAFE, live outdoor performance of a new play. Homeless Garden is an adaptation of Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard, set in a dystopian future when much of the world is uninhabitable due to the effects of climate change. Refracted Theatre Company came up with a creative production model for producing safe live theater during the pandemic. The audience and actors were masked, distanced, and listening to an audio version of the play through headphones. The live actors were physically and silently acting out their roles, and magically the audience came to believe that what they heard in their headphones was being spoken by the masked actors they see on the grassy stage in front of them.

We sold out both live performances - October 10th in Prospect Park and October 17th in Central Park. To read more about the production go to Refracted Theatre Co.