Dickinson College - News and Events - "The Ballad of the Sad Café" -- October, 27-30 2007

"The Ballad of the Sad CafÉ"
October 27-30, 2007

This year’s theatre production celebrated Edward Albee, the 2007 recipient of the Harold and Ethel L. Stellfox Visiting Scholars and Writers Program award. This adaptation of Carson McCullers’ novella is a haunting story about the nature of love. Mysterious and darkly comic, the play brings to life McCullers’ Southern gothic landscape in a startling and poetic way.

Read more about Edward Albee and the Stellfox award. More photos can be seen at Dickinson's Flickr page.

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Discussing the mystery guest are (from left) Cuyler Moon '08, Elizabeth Gekas '08 and Meghan Blickman '10.	Miss Amelia and Cousin Lymon played by Lacey Smith '08 and Zachary Garlitos '10. Left: The townsfolk (from left) James Herrick '11, Eric Rosenstein '11, Andrew Takoch '11, Christopher Bratton '10, Moon and Mark Gilroy '09 surround Cousin Lymon (Garlitos).
Henry Macy (Moon) and Miss Amelia (Smith) have a discussion on the stairs about what ails them.	Characters played by (at table, from left) Takoch, Blickman and Gekas and (standing, from left) Herrick, Yazmin Watkins '09, Jenna Embrey '08, Karen Frentrup '08 and Britney Hines '09 gossip in the cafe. Left: Miss Amelia (Smith) reluctantly agrees to marry Marvin Macy played by Craig McCarthy '09.
Miss Amelia (Smith) tells Marvin Macy (McCarthy), "One step closer and I'll shoot."	Bratton and Embrey observe the action. Left: Narrators (from left) Embrey, Watkins, Frentrup and Herrick look on.
Cousin Lymon and Miss Amelia prepare for the fight while the townsfolk look on.	Marvin Macy (McCarthy) is bested by Miss Amelia (Smith) during the fight. Left: The cast and crew pose for a photograph after rehearsal.

Photos by A. Pierce Bounds '71