Apollinaire Theatre Company Presents WINTERR SOLSTICE By Roland Schimmelpfennig

Fascism doesn't show up in jackboots and swastikas.

It arrives in the form of a polite older gentleman on Christmas Eve.

Schimmelpfennig's play about the failure of liberal intellectuals to confront the historic danger of extremism was written in 2015 in a German context, and it's universal relevance has only become more striking in 2017. Winter Solstice is a portrait of liberal impotence in the face of blind conviction. Will these well-meaning dedicated people take action when facism is entertaining them in their living room?

WInter Solstice is Apollinaire Theatre's second Schimmelpfennig US Premiere, the first being Peggy Picket Sees the Face of God directed by Megan Sandberg-Zakian in 2014. We also featured Schimmelpfennig's Arabian Nights in our Foreign Fest.

Performances of Winter Solstice are February 16-March 11, 2018Fri. & Sat. at 8:00, Thurs. March 1 & 8 at 8:00, Sun. March 4 & 11 at 3:00
Press Night: Saturday Feb. 17, 8:00

Performances are at the Chelsea Theatre Works, 189 Winnisimmet St., Chelsea.

Tickets are $30, $25 seniors, $15 students
Tickets can be purchased by calling (617) 887-2336 or on-line at www.apollinairetheatre.com
Information and directions at www.apollinairetheatre.com

Performances will be followed by a Reception with the actors.

February 16-March 11, 2018
Chelsea Theatre Works, 189 Winnisimmet St., Chelsea.
(617) 887-2336 • www.apollinairetheatre.com

Starring: Maureen Adduci, Lindsay Beamish, Ambjörn Elder, Brian McCarthy, Phil Thompson

Directed by Brooks ReevesCostumes: Elizabeth RochaSound: David ReiffelSets/Lights: Danielle Fauteux Jacques Stage Manager: Zaida Ramos Weiss

Running Time: apx. 1 hour 45 minutes

Roland Schimmelpfennig is one of the most produced European playwrights, and his plays have been translated into over 20 languages. In 2010, Schimmelpfennig was awarded the Mühlheimer Dramatists Award for his play The Golden Dragon, which has since received more than 20 productions worldwide. He just finished a commission for the Tokyo National Theater and the Burgtheater in Vienna. Schimmelpfennig is the recipient of the highest Playwriting Award in Germany, the Else-Lasker-Schüler-Prize, to honor his entire Oeuvre.

Apollinaire Theatre Company stages passionate plays at their elegantly restored theater in the Chelsea Theatre Works, as well as free summer theater in the park. Recently Apollinaire opened two new theaters at the Chelsea Theatre Works, the Riseman Family Theatre that houses their Apollinaire Play Lab program for children and youth, and the new BlackBox Theatre, a rental house for Greater Boston's performing arts community.Recent Apollinaire productions include Everyman by Carol Ann Duffy, Three Sisters and Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov, Stupid F**king Bird by Aaron Posner, A Beautiful Day in November on the Banks of the Greatest of the Great Lakes by Kate Benson, and Songs of the Dragons Flying to Heaven by Young Jean Lee.

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