Health & Fitness
'The Shadow Box' at the Thomaston Opera House Arts Center
Presented by Backyard Theater Ensemble
The Shadow Box
by Michael Cristofer
Directed by Donato D'Albis
Oct 12, 13, 19, and 20, 2012 at 8:00 pm
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October 14 and 21 at 2:00 pm
at 8:00 pm in the Thomaston Opera House Arts Center
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158 Main Street, Thomaston Box Office 860 283-6250
Adults $15
Seniors/Students $12
Backyard Theater Ensemble presents:
The Shadow Box is a poignant play which deals with the lives of three separate groups of people living at a hospice in the woods of northern California. The Tony and Pulitzer prize winning play by Michael Cristofer is influenced by Elizabeth Kuebler-Ross’ seminal work On Death and Dying which deals with the 5 stages of grief a terminal patient goes through upon learning of their condition. We watch as the families and patients exhibit and deal with anger, denial, depression, bargaining and finally acceptance.
While the play deals which this serious subject, it has lighter moments and humor as they are an inherent part of life and how we deal with the human condition and spirit. The play is finally an affirmation of life and living, reminding all of us how precious each moment and breath we take is. This is summed up in the line of one of the characters who says, “They tell you you're dying and you say all right. But if I am dying... I must still be alive."
