ORFEO GROUP's FESTIVAL IN THE PARK!

 

Sunday, July 26th
10am 'til the fire goes out!

Schedule of Events:

10am Kids4Kids Presents...

Romeo and Juliet & A Midsummer Night's Dream

Co-productions of Playhouse Education & Stoneham Theatre and co-directed by Joy Lamberton, Artistic Director of Playhouse Education and Caitlin Lowans, Director of Education at Stoneham Theatre.

12pm Emperor Norton's Stationary Marching Band

www.ensmb.com

Emperor Norton's Stationary Marching Band is an instrumental ensemble with an eclectic repertoire that combines the rich musical history of the circus and the vagabond peoples of Europe with the raw energy of free jazz and the irreverence and fun of today's vaudeville for a sound that is somehow familiar yet like no other.

2pm Jason Ries & Karen Krolak of MONKEYHOUSE

A unique collection of dance performances from many of Boston's most celebrated choreographer/performers.

4pm Bill Barclay: MUSIC OF THE SPHERES

Featuring Members of Orfeo Group

A delightful blend of scientific fact, Shakespeare's text and live music, Bill's 90-minute presentation examines music's role in the cosmos via the Elizabethan World Picture. Mapping acoustics with astronomy, Kepler with Cleopatra, we will attempt to understand Shakespeare's critical role in the long-lasting view of music as the perfect metaphor for the order of the Universe.

6pm Prelude in the Park: Thea Hopkins

Acclaimed Boston singer-songwriter Thea Hopkins calls her music American Short Story Folk: concise, striking narratives, they tell of American romance and tragedy in modern terms. She is as inspired by great short story writers as she is by songwriters. Folk icons Peter, Paul & Mary, (who recorded her song "Jesus Is On The Wire" in 2004) described Hopkins as "one of the most literate, poetic and emotionally moving of the new singer-songwriters to arrive on the scene in the last few years".

6:45pm THE COMPLETE WOWS(a)!