The Vokes Players of Wayland present the comedy Rapture, Blister, Burn by Gina Gionfriddo, directed by Michelle Aguillon. Performances will be held at Beatrice Herford’s Vokes Theatre, Route 20 in Wayland, MA from April 28 through May 14 Thursday-Saturday evenings at 8pm with a 2pm matinee on Saturdays, May 7th & 14th. For tickets and information call 508-358-4034, or order online via our website www.vokesplayers.org. Ticket prices are $18.00 for Thursday evenings, $19.00 for Saturday matinees, and $22.00 for Friday & Saturday evenings.
Warning: This show contains adult content and language.
Sometimes even when life turns out exactly as you’d planned it, you can still be horribly unhappy. That’s a bit of truth from Gina Gionfriddo’s biting comedy Rapture, Blister, Burn. Catherine has done well: she’s a well-known and well-respected feminist scholar working at a prestigious school, and much sought after as a speaker. But now she’s struggling with her mother’s recent illness and the fear that she will soon be alone in the world. During a sabbatical, she takes a job at her old college, and while teaching a class in her mother’s living room, Catherine explores the depths of her problems with an old college friend (who happens to be an old boyfriend’s wife), a young college student (the same old boyfriend’s ex-babysitter), and her mother. They explore feminism, argue about the influence of internet pornography and reality television on society, and then just argue. The intellectual becomes personal, moving each to examine her own life, wondering if she can “have it all” – whatever “having it all” really means.
The cast for the show includes: Lea Oppedisano (Hopkinton), Grace Sumner (Somerville), Alex Thayer (Maynard), Becca Leighton (Jamaica Plain), and Leslie Wagner (Carlisle). The director, Michelle Aguillon, is from Watertown.
The historic Beatrice Herford’s Vokes Theatre in Wayland is one of the truly unique cultural and historical resources in Metrowest. The Vokes Players is a non-profit theatrical organization. Rapture, Blister, Burn is the third production of our 2015-16 season; our 317th production to date. The theatre is wheelchair accessible. For more information about the Vokes Players, visit our website – www.vokesplayers.org.
