Coming to the Redfern: Rashomon
From Jackie Hooper, Redfern Arts Center:
An ancient Japanese murder mystery will receive a fresh hearing when the Keene State Theatre and Dance Department stages Rashomon by Fay and Michael Kanin at the Redfern Arts Center on Brickyard Pond. The play, directed by Keene State faculty member PeggyRae Johnson, explores four different viewpoints about the death of a samurai warrior and the rape of his wife. Based on a 1950 film directed by Akira Kurosawa, which received an Academy Award for best foreign film, the play opens as a priest, a woodcutter, and a wigmaker take refuge from a rainstorm in the remains of the Rashomon gatehouse. They begin recounting the trial of a bandit who allegedly attacked the samurai and his wife.
The beguiling mystery involving multiple versions of the truth will be staged at 7:30 p.m. from Tuesday, February 28 to Friday, March 2, with 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. shows on Saturday, March 3, in the Wright Theatre. Tickets are $10 for adults, $8 for senior citizens and youth, and $6 for Keene State students. For tickets, call the Box Office at 603-358-2168 or visit www.keene.edu/racbp.
For more on the production and its cast, see the full story at the keene.edu news site.
