Document Type

Grant Application

Project/Presentation Title

Wintertime

Organization

School of Performing Arts

Participants

Director: Tom Mikotowicz

Organization Officer: Marcia Douglas

Date

3-29-2006

Project Period

FY 2006 - 2007

Event Sponsor

Cultural Affairs and Distinguished Lecture Series

Project Abstract/ Summary

Charles Mee's Wintertime is an unusual piece, one of his re-creations of ancient plays. Mee believes firmly that nothing is original - Shakespeare borrowed from the Greeks, modern entertainment borrows from Shakespeare. He pulls together disparate elements from past theatrical works and meshes them with contemporary aspects, creating a play that is contemporary but never strays from its historical roots. As such, Wintertime is, by Mee's own description, "a sweet, dreamy, romantic comedy from the world of The Winter's Tale and The Cherry Orchard and Moliere and Magritte."

Repository Citation

School of Performing Arts, "Wintertime" (2006). Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series. 3.
https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/ca-lectureseries/3

Version

other