Pauline Productions Presents To Serve the Hive by Julia Byrne, a play performed by Theater Between Addresses Sat Dec 14 at 2pm at First Congregational Church of Ashfield. One Show Only.
The world is no longer plentiful, and the hive is growing restless. How do the bees survive starvation? How does a vain, aging queen accept the need for a successor? How far can a subservient go outside her bounds? To Serve The Hive is a queer political thriller and a climate crisis drama set in a beehive. All the characters are bees.
The play runs 80 minutes and will be followed by a discussion. This is a hybrid production with lights, costumes, and sound design with some sections script-in-hand.
This show was performed in Northampton for a two week run last March and audiences were impressed by the prescience of the material and its relevance to current events. Jeannine Haas, Artistic Director of Pauline Productions who plays the role of “Queen Bee,” proposed bringing it it to Ashfield as part of the First Congregational Church’s initiative—*Young Voices: Listening to Our Youth.“
With the exception of Haas, the cast is composed of young adults under the age of of 26, written by Julia Byrne, a 27 year old, and directed by Ezekiel Baskin, Artistic Director of Theater Between Addresses. It is suitable for teens and adults (some stage violence and adult references and themes).
TICKETS: Free (donate by cash or check at door) Reserve in advance: info@Paulinelive.com leave your name and number of tickets
WHERE: First Congregational Church of Ashfield, 429 Main St., Ashfield MA.
WHEN: Sat Dec 14 at 2pm MORE INFO: www.paulinelive.com
Directed by Ezekiel Baskin, Sound Design: Wynn MacKenzie, Costumes: Julia Whalen
Actors: Jeannine Haas, Hia Ghosh, Sophia Defayette, Cesca Hansen-DiBello, Aracelli Sierra
*To Serve the Hive is part of the Young Voices: Listening to Our Youth initiative at the First Congregational Church in Ashfield. This two year project is funded by the church’s Mission and Social Justice Committee, the Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts, and the Fred W. Wells Trust, UW-Protestant Churches, Bank of America, N.A., Trustee. Jeannine Haas of Pauline Production is hosting the play.
