Vermont Shakespeare Festival presents a Salon Series staged reading of
RED VELVET by Lolita Chakrabarti. Sunday, June 4th, 3 p.m. in the Farrell
Room in St. Edmunds Hall at St. Michael’s College. Refreshments
provided. Suggested donation $10. The play is based on the true story of
Ira Aldridge, who, in 1833, was the first black actor to play the role of
Othello on the London stage. In this VSF Salon presentation, Jolie Garrett
will appear as Aldridge. Garrett has worked for such critically acclaimed
theatre companies as The Negro Ensemble Company, Shakespeare
Theatre of Washington, D. C., Arena Stage, and the American
Shakespeare Center, as well as Shakespeare’s New Globe in London. Mr.
Garrett was the 2008 recipient of the Katharine Cornell Award for
excellence in the American Theatre, and appeared as Martin Luther King,
Jr. in The Mountaintop at Vermont Stage. There will be a discussion after
the reading. Special guest: Jane Williamson- Executive Director of the
Rokeby Museum.
To RSVP go to www.vermontshakespeare.org or call (877) 874-1911.

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