Little Blue Theatre Company

Rehearsals: September 12, 19, 26 • October 3, 10, 24, 31 • November 7, 14, 21 • December 5, 12

Times: 9am-12pm

Indigo is our ensemble for ages 13 to 18 who want to push their craft and build something with other people. This semester they'll devise a new play, written entirely by them, based on the epic poem, Beowulf.

Story summary: For twelve years, something has come into the great hall at night. Nobody sleeps there anymore. Then a stranger arrives from across the water and says they will fight it with their bare hands. They do. They win. And then the thing's mother comes looking for her son.

Beowulf is the oldest story in English, but it is a poem, not a play. There's no script to work from. Over twelve Saturdays, the ensemble will learn the story, decide how they want to tell it, and shape it into an actual script. Then they rehearse it and put up a world premiere play.

Rehearsals are at Jones Paideia Elementary. The performances are at the Z. Alexander Looby Theatre, staged in a minimalist theatrical style.

Rehearsals: Twelve Saturdays, 9am to noon at Jones Paideia Elementary September 12, 19, 26 • October 3, 10, 24, 31 • November 7, 14, 21 • December 5, 12

Tech rehearsal: Tuesday, December 15, 5:00 to 8:30pm at the Looby

Performances: Wednesday, December 16 and Thursday, December 17, both at 7:30pm at the Looby

Every family gets five free tickets. Additional tickets are $15.