Mount Holyoke Presents Mac Wellman’s A Murder of Crows

Mac Wellman

Mount Holyoke's Department of Theatre Arts, with support from the Center for the Environment, presents Mac Wellman’s A Murder of Crows, directed by professor of theatre arts Roger Babb, October 26–29 at 8 pm and October 29–30 at 2 pm in the Rooke Theatre. A panel discussion on theatre and the environment will take place following the 2 pm performance on October 29.

A Murder of Crows is an environmental tragic comedy that features a young teenage heroine who is fervently involved with the weather. She is surrounded by an unusual family that includes a brother who has become a golden monument to the first Gulf war, an avaricious aunt and uncle who secretly transport shopping bags full of money, and a father who returns from a gruesome death of being buried headfirst in a sludge pit. Throughout this fast-paced and very funny piece, Wellman employs his signature verbal pyrotechnics. Critic David Savran has written, “Wellman creates a language-driven mis-en-scène that pulverizes the syntax of traditional theatre.”

Tickets are available at the theatre box office beginning October 24, from 3 to 6 pm, Monday through Friday, and two hours prior to performance. Phone reservations will be accepted prior to October 24. For reservations, call 413-538-2406.

On Saturday October 29, shortly after the matinee performance of A Murder of Crows, there will be a panel discussion on the theatre and the environment with playwright Mac Wellman. The panel will include theatre scholar Una Chaudhuri, ecologist Martha Hoopes, and panel cochairs Lauret Savoy, director of the Center for the Environment, and Erika Rundle, dramaturge and assistant professor of theatre arts. Although free and open to the public, separate reservations are required for the discussion at 413-538-2406.

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