Westmont College Festival Theatre/Lit Moon Theatre Company
Co-present

Peer Gynt

by Henrik Ibsen
Directed by John Blondell

Saturday, October 15

Part 1 at 3 p.m., Porter Theatre; Part 2 at 7 p.m., Center Stage Theater

Sunday, October 16

Part 1 at 3 p.m., Porter Theatre; Part 2 at 7 p.m., Center Stage Theater

Thursday, October 20

Part 1 at 8 p.m., Porter Theatre &

Friday, October 21

Part 2 at 8 p.m., Center Stage Theater

Saturday, October 22

Part 1 at 3 p.m., Porter Theatre; Part 2 at 7 p.m., Center Stage Theater

Sunday, October 23

Part 1 at 3 p.m., Porter Theatre; Part 2 at 7 p.m., Center Stage Theater

Tickets

$26 general admission ($13 per part)
$14 for students and seniors ($7 per part)

Center Stage Theater
www.centerstagetheater.org
963-0408
 
Note:  Center Stage Theater adds $1.50 facility fee to each ticket.  

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INNOVATIVE STAGING IN TWO PARTS AT TWO LOCATIONS

“Peer Gynt is full of great characters, marvelous language, fantastic and sometimes harrowing situations, wild humor, deep dread, and some of the most moving writing I have ever encountered.”

“The play brings together much of what I love about theatre – stories of mythic dimension that penetrate beneath consciousness and evoke the deep longings of what it means to be human.”

“We are in store for many fascinating conversations, challenging notions, and a rip-roaring good time in the theatre.”

– John Blondell, Lit Moon Artistic Director & Professor of Theatre Arts at Westmont College

Ibsen’s epic masterpiece Peer Gynt receives lavish treatment in a new, multi-part, multi-venue staging.  Students, alumni and faculty from Westmont College join forces with actors from Lit Moon Theatre Company to bring Gynt’s fantastic journey to vivid theatrical life.

This new production offers a rare opportunity to see one of drama’s most significant plays, staged nearly uncut, in a monumental two-part, four-hour production staged by John Blondell, one of the region’s most innovative directors.

In the innovative style he is known for, Blondell has cast three different actors to portray the character of Peer Gynt at three different ages. As with many Lit Moon projects, puppets also perform parts. There are two different scenic and lighting designers, giving each part a different tone and look.

The two separate, stand-alone parts are performed in two different locations: Part 1 is at Westmont’s Porter Theatre and Part 2 at the Center Stage Theater in downtown Santa Barbara.

There are five complete performances: four performances of both parts in one day, and one comprised of the two parts spread over two subsequent evenings.

Read more about what Blondell thinks about “Peer Gynt”

 
Peter Duda, seen here in Lit Moon’s “The Tempest,” is one of three actors portraying the title role in Lit Moon’s new staging of “Peer Gynt.”   Stan Hoffman, seen here in Lit Moon’s “Blue Tempest,” also portrays the title role in “Peer Gynt.”

 

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Lit Moon Theatre Company - John Blondell Artistic Director
P.O. Box 3163, Santa Barbara, CA 93130 info@litmoon.com