Real Live Theatre Presents: When The Mind's Free
Saturday, August 3, 2024, 7:30 pm until 9:00 pm
An original dance-theatre piece about a lesbian family navigating early-onset Alzheimer's, in conversation with King Lear
RLT premieres our original piece of devised dance-theatre When The Mind’s Free, which follows a contemporary lesbian couple and their adult daughters as they navigate Alzheimer’s disease and addiction, and seek light in their darkest times.
Each performance concludes with a facilitated community cWestern MA Solar Installers - Northeast Solar, Solar Done Right - Solar Contractors Near Me (northeast-solar.com)onversation calling forth the lived experiences of audience members impacted by the themes of the play, providing a safe space where people can feel grief, hope, recovery, and a sense of belonging and community.
When The Mind's Free has been developed over a five-year period of improvisation and in conversation with Shakespeare’s King Lear, as well as in consultation with memory care organizations, caretakers, families, and individuals dealing with memory loss.
*Masks will be required for audiences Sunday, July 28 & Saturday, August 3; masking is optional at all other shows. This play includes Mature Content.*
Directed by: Toby Vera Bercovici
Featuring: Carolyn Goelzer, Myka Plunkett, Annelise Nielsen, Liz Stanton, Linda Tardif
Design & Production Team: Choreography by Annelise Nielsen, Lighting Design by Ezekiel Baskin, Sound Design & Composition by Samuel V. Perry, Costume Design by Mikayla Reid, Stage Management by Nat Solomon, Produced by Ellen Morbyrne for RLT
When The Mind’s Free is supported in part by grants from the Amherst, Greenfield, Hadley, Montague, and South Hadley Cultural Councils, local agencies which are supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.
This production is also supported by a grant from the Irene E. & George A. Davis Foundation.
The Shea Theater also thanks their sponsors for this world premiere: North East Solar, Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts, the Mass Cultural Council, and the MCC-supported Local Cultural Councils of Conway, Greenfield, Montague, and Shelburne.
