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Taproot Theatre Presents A Civil War Christmas

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Taproot Theatre has closed up Bob Cratchit’s ledger book and snuffed out the lights in Scrooge and Marley’s offices to make room for a very different Christmas show. Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Paula Vogel debuted “A Civil War Christmas” in 2008, but it is finally having a local premiere featuring a large, talented cast working in Greenwood. The play’s subtitle is “An American Musical Celebration.” A collection of American folksongs, African American Spirituals and traditional Christmas ballads weaves it way through a busy but compelling narrative occurring on a frozen Washington D.C. Christmas Eve in the late stages of our Civil War.

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Albert Einstein Visits Greenwood in Taproot’s Relativity

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Taproot Theatre lays out a tough question with its local premiere of Relativity. Can a great man also be a good man? Do history’s heroes fail at being good human beings? Playwright Mark St. Germain attacks the conundrum with gusto in his three person period drama. He allows us to drop in on Albert Einstein in Princeton, New Jersey on December 9, 1949 at a time the genius had already earned a great name. Early in the play, characters reference the biographies of Charles Dickens and Sigmund Freud, noting how their domestic success as husbands and fathers falls far short of their meteoric career achievements. Does Einstein also belong in this category of severely flawed men? While the play does not provide a definitive answer, it does offer ample food for thought for its audiences.

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A Charlie Brown Christmas at Taproot Theatre

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The Taproot Theatre is again offering up a cute little stocking stuffer with its take on A Charlie Brown Christmas. The play recreates the warmth and good cheer Charles Schultz and director Bill Melendez first served up with their award winning television special back in 1965.

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“The God Game” Review

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The news cycle for the 2016 presidential race has been full of stories questioning candidates’ personal and political integrity. In the midst of this contentious political climate, Taproot Theatre presents Suzanne Bradbeer’s The God Game. This nuanced, compelling drama explores a politician’s struggle to balance his career, religious views, integrity, and family.

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Silent Sky

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Silent Sky opened at Taproot Theatre January 29. Written by Lauren Gunderson and directed by Karen Lund, Silent Sky dazzled

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Treat your Family to This Christmas at Taproot

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The opening funny scene is a harried waitress (Elise) calling to get cake inscription instructions correct. There’s a strong chance the inscription may read “Congratulations New Dog” which is not what Leah intended. The word she wanted did start with “d” as in “Dad.”

Then there’s Mark’s mother Helen who swoops back into their apartment claiming the flights out of Seatac were cancelled, a next door neighbor Patrick who hadn’t really introduced himself

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