Jones Theater August 2008 Live Events

The Historic Jones Theater • 119 Main Street • Westcliffe, Colorado 81252
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Friday, Saturday August I and 2 at 7:30 PM and Sunday August 3 at 2:00 PM

“The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds”
Our prize winning fourth play of the season. It is a family comedy/ drama that will make you laugh and tug at your heartstrings at the same time. Winner of the 1971 Pulitzer Prize, the Obie Award and the New York Drama Critics Circle Award as Best American Play of the season!

Frowzy, acid-tongued, Beatrice Hunsdorfer, is supporting herself and her two daughters by taking in a decrepit old boarder. She wreaks a petty vengeance on everybody about her. One daughter, Ruth, is a pretty but highly-strung girl subject to convulsions; while the younger daughter, Matilda, plain and almost pathologically shy, has an intuitive gift for science.

Encouraged by her teacher, Tillie undertakes a gamma ray experiment with marigolds that wins a prize at her high school—and also brings on the shattering climax of the play. And yet, as Tillie's experiment proves, something beautiful and full of promise can emerge from even the most barren, afflicted soil. This is the timeless lesson of the play and the root of its moving power and truth.

Tickets $10, available at Candy’s Coffee , included in your season ticket.

Thursday, Friday, Saturday August 14, 15, 16 at 7:00 PM, and Sunday Aug 17 at 2:00 PM

“The Mikado”

Youth Theater musical with music by Gilbert and Sullivan.
The Youth Theater Musical is performed by graduates of this year’s Creativity Camp and other local children and teens.

Gilbert and Sullivan's wit takes aim at an Oriental love story, complicated by class distinctions, an erratic legal system, and a befuddled government. Audiences will laugh at the many twists and turns our ill-fated couple must endure before they are allowed to marry. Enjoy such engaging tunes as "I've Got a Little List", "Three Little Maids from School” and “A wandering Minstrel I".

Tickets $10 adult $5 children 12 and under

Call the theater at 719-783-3004 for further information or for reservations.