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Pontine Theatre to Present NEW ENGLAND UTOPIA, 2/6-8

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February 6-8, Pontine Theatre presents New England Utopia: Transcendental Communities. Performances are offered Friday @7:30, Saturday @4 & Sunday @2. Tickets are $24 and may be purchased online at www.pontine.org. Pontine's West End Studio Theatre is located at 959 Islington Street in Portsmouth NH. Contact Pontine: info@pontine.org / 603-436-6660

Presented as a cafe occasion, with informal seating and tasty refreshments, this program by Pontine's artistic directors, Greg Gathers and Marguerite Mathews, features scenes from their original production based on New England Transcendentalism and discussion centered around: Ralph Waldo Emerson and the community at Concord MA; and the utopian experiments led by Bronson Alcott at Fruitlands and by George Ripley at Brook Farm. Appetizers, drinks and desserts add to the enjoyment of this engaging and informative event.

Pontine Theatre Co-Directors, Marguerite Mathews and Greg Gathers, perform in New England Utopia: Trascendental Communities, February 6-8, at their West End Studio Theatre in Portsmouth NH.

Photo by Andrew Edgar

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