Doorway Arts Ensemble Presents HERCULES IN RUSSIA, 2/10-3/4

Doorway Arts Ensemble presents Hercules in Russia, a World Premiere play by Allyson Currin, co-produced with Arts Alive Theatre Artistic Director, Perry T. Schwartz as part of the Arts Alive Theatre Series of Montgomery College Silver Spring.  This production is suitable for all ages. 

"In Hercules in Russia, award-winning playwright Allyson Currin crafts a memory play based on historical fact, weaving a poignant, complex and evocative tale of love and loyalty in the face of government oppression. Born into slavery in Alabama, Jim Hercules found a life of privilege as a Royal Guard to Tsar Nicholas II in Russia. Based on his true story, Currin’s play finds Jim at the royal court on the eve of the Russian Revolution. As the specter of violent change looms over his adopted country, Jim is forced to confront his own deadly past, weighing his love and loyalty for the royal family against his growing awareness of the cruel and oppressive world the tsarist system has created. This intimate tale, played out against the epic upheavals of the age, asks powerful and disturbing questions about the nature of courage versus the need to survive and the very nature of personal responsibility in the face of profound injustice.”

HERCULES IN RUSSIA is supported in part by funding from the Montgomery County government and the Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County. 

Runs February 10 through March 4, 2012

Performances: Friday Feb 10 (opening), Thursday-Saturday Feb 11,16,17,18,23,24,25 and Special Performance Monday, Feb 20 at 8pm and Sunday Matinee 2/12, 19, 26, and 3/4/12 (closing) at 2pm

Special Events

Saturday Feb 11 – Press Night (press are welcome to all performances)

Q&A follows performance featuring the dramaturg, director, playwright and actors.

Sunday Feb 19 - Post-Show Community Forum and Panel Discussion: "Extraordinary Journeys" – African Americans after the American Civil War.; In this conversation following the show, we will discuss the journeys of "Freedmen" post-Civil War in America. Hercules in Russia dramaturg Sonya Robbins will moderate. 

TICKETS: $20 for general admission/$10 for students and seniors/$5 for MC Students, Faculty and Staff. Call 240-567-5775 or order online at tickets.com (enter Hercules in Russia in the search engine. Click on the link under events). All performances opening weekend and special performances are Pay What You Can. Questions: DAE ADM:  Call 301-530-4349. Visit www.doorwayarts.org for more information.

LOCATION: Theatre 2 Cultural Art Center Montgomery College Silver Spring

7995 Georgia Avenue Silver Spring, MD 20910 

DIRECTIONS: Cultural Arts Center Montgomery College Silver Spring.  Click on Map It.