(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – A series of four one-acts called Q W E R T Y; Typewriter Plays by Joan Ackermann receives its world premiere staging at Mixed Company beginning Thursday, October 3, 2013, and running Thursdays through Sundays at 8pm through Sunday, October 27.
“Q W E R T Y” is comprised of four one-acts that delve into the charms, strengths and beauty of manual typewriters. “Typewriters engage the mind in a whole different way,” says Ackermann, who likes to write on an old IBM Selectric and a Royal manual as well as her laptop. Communication, the lost art of letter writing, voice and expression, and some of the ramifications of modern technology are some of the themes explored in the one-acts.
Stephanie Hedges
Directed by Ackermann, the cast includes Thom Whaley, Gillian Seidl, Larry Zingale, Caroline Fairweather, Deborah Morris, Gray Simons, Enrico Spada, Ryan Marchione, Stephanie Hedges, Karen Lee, and Adam Sugarman.
“Frankly, when it comes to typewriters, I’ve barely scratched the surface,” says Ackermann, who has had a lifelong passion for typewriters and who plans to write more one-acts about them.
Shows will run through October 27 every Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday evenings at 8pm. Tickets are $20 and are available at Crystal Essence on Railroad Street. Mixed Company is located at 37 Rossetter St. in Great Barrington. To make a reservation, call 413.528.2320.