Tacoma Little Theatre Presents THE CEREMONY OF INNOCENCE

Tacoma Little Theatre presents The Ceremony of Innocence by Ronald Ribman, on Thursday, June 4, 2015 at 7:30pm.

As Michael Smith describes "... Ribman has plunged into history and written a play about eleventh-century England and its pacifist King Ethelred. Ethelred has negotiated a treaty with Sweyn of Denmark whereby England pays tribute in silver and Sweyn gives his daughter Thulja is hostage to guarantee the peace. But Ethelred has hawks to contend with-the belligerent Earl of Sussex, his own hot-headed son Edmund, and a blood-thirsty mother-in-law-as well as a frustrated and jealous queen and a grasping Bishop. Eventually the proud Edmund kills four Danish immigrant farmers, picks a fight with the Danish ambassador, and is himself accidentally killed. His grandmother, the old Queen Alfreda, kills Thulja in vengeance, and the Danes prepare to invade England. At the end of the play Ethelred, who has sorrowfully taken refuge in a monastery, is being urged by even his most dovish advisers to march against the Danes and defend his throne. He refuses." And so the judgment of history goes against him-this benevolent, moral man who wanted only to bring a better life to his people, and to free them from the tyranny of constant, senseless wars.

The Ceremony of Innocence is directed by David Domkoski, and features Lucas Smiraldo, Doug Mackey, Damien Gennette, Tim Hoban, James Venturini, David Wright, Wade Hicks, Kathi Aleman, Nicole Fazio, and Katherine Gbur.

Tickets for the June 4, 2015 performance at 7:30pm are $10.00 for non TLT Members, and FREE for those who are members. Tickets may be purchased online at www.tacomalittletheatre.com, or by calling our Box Office at (253) 272-2281.

TLT's OFF THE SHELF

This season we are pleased to announce that we will be offering a series of play readings to our audiences. We know that there is a tremendous amount of wonderful theatre that deserves to be heard but sometimes just doesn't get an opportunity. With "Off the Shelf", local directors and actors will be bringing some scripts to life that we hope you will find entertaining, challenging and educational to our stage. We hope that you'll sit back and enjoy an evening of theatre. You never know, you might see one of these shows on our mainstage in the future.