Fusion Theatre	Wells Theater

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Billy was born deaf into a hearing family. He was raised inside its fiercely idiosyncratic and politically incorrect cocoon. He has adapted brilliantly to his family's unconventional ways, but they've never bothered to return the favor. It's not until he meets Sylvia, a young woman on the brink of deafness, that he finally understands what it means to be understood.
"TRIBES made me excited about New York theatre again; I haven't been this knocked out by a play in a long time." —NYTheatre.com.

directed by Johnny Williams III

Fusion Theatre
230 S. Main St., Monmouth

7:30 pm Thurs.-Sat.
2 pm-Sun.

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The growing Christmas tree

The Silent Snow Ballet

The legend of the wonderful Nutcracker comes to life in this captivating play. At a gala Christmas Eve party, Clara's godfather presents her with an amazing Nutcracker in the form of a wooden soldier. Too excited to sleep, she suddenly finds the Nutcracker brought to life. He tells her he is a prince under the wicked enchantment of the Mouse King, and she joins him in a series of adventures in strange lands as he seeks to regain his throne. When she wakes, she finds the Nutcracker gone. Was it a dream or not? Then her godfather returns with his nephew—who just happens to look exactly like the prince! This charming play is enhanced with dances to the music of Tchaikovsky.

directed by Vanessa Campagna

Wells Theater

7:30 pm Thurs.-Sat.
2 pm-Sun.

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This extraordinary drama premiered to acclaim in a New York production directed by Joseph Chaikin. Night Sky theatrically explores what Steven Hawking has called the two mysteries remaining to us: the brain and the cosmos. When she is hit by a car, the brilliant and articulate astronomer Anna loses her ability to speak, a condition known as aphasia. What emerges from her mouth is a hodge-podge of unconnected words alternately confusing, funny, original and wise - and sometimes all four. In a series of brief, often comic episodes, the play follows Anna through her illness and ultimate acceptance of herself – a personal triumph, despite a continuing infirmity – and dramatizes the impact of her changed circumstances on her lover, her teen-aged daughter, and her professional life.

directed by Ellen Johnson and Jill Turley

Wells Theater

7:30 pm Thurs.-Sat.
2 pm-Sun.

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Aphra Behn (1640-1689) – Dramatist, novelist, spy and poet, she broke every
rule.  Her wit and beauty caught the eye of the court, and she was em-ployed by Charles II as a spy in the Netherlands. Unrewarded for her service and imprisoned for debt, she began to write to support herself. From 1670 until her death in 1689, she was com-mercially successful, published and produced.  She was well read, fluent in
French, Italian and Spanish, and often adapted work by older dramatists. Her versatility, like her output was immense. The Rover, her most popular play, is set in Naples during the misrule of carnival time. The Rover explores issues of love, trickery and deception, forced marriage, male power, fidelity, and the excesses of sexual passion.

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