"Phrenology: Quackery or the Science of the Mind? [30 Minutes]
A 30-minute historically costumed dramatization, including "reading of cranial bumps" on one or two (volunteer) heads, begins this presentation, followed by a discussion of the history and enduring legacy of this once-popular pseudo-science.
Thomas D. Kelleher 610 Cronin Road, West Brookfield, MA 01585 (413) 436-5029 tkelleher@osv.org
Other presentations: "Phrenology" "Early Baseball" " Blackstone Canal" "Dentistry" sundry craft demonstrations
Peddling Your Wares: A Look at Itinerant Merchants In Early 19th Century New England [Length Adaptable]
This program can be either a lecture with an optional 20-minute dramatic encounter with a historically costumed peddler; or just a longer, story-filled visit with the "peddler" with no lecture.
Thomas D. Kelleher 610 Cronin Road, West Brookfield, MA 01585 (413) 436-5029 tkelleher@osv.org
Other presentations: "Phrenology" "Early Baseball" " Blackstone Canal" "Dentistry" sundry craft demonstrations
Zelda, Musings from the First American Flapper [Length Adaptable] Equipment Req: Outlets
Rita Parisi brings to life Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald in this original one woman play about her life. Based on research and first person accounts, this presentation pays tribute to a woman who was more than the beautiful muse and mentally unstable wife of F. Scott Fitzgerald, famed author of the "The Great Gatsby".
Rita Parisi Waterfall Productions 43 Merrimac Street, Amesbury, MA 01913 (978) 430-1357 ritaparisi@waterfallproductions.com www.waterfallproductions.com
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Electrical outlets are needed for stage lighting. A raised platform or stage is highly recommended.
Gothic Victorian Tales by Candelight [40 Minutes] Equipment Req: Electrical Outlets
Sarah Orne Jewett is one of the finest New England regional writers of the 19th century. Her stories mirror the everyday lives and landscapes of New Englanders during that earlier time. Miss Jewett's best known works include "A White Heron" and "The Country of the Pointed Firs". Rita Parisi has adapted three of Miss Jewett's weird tales into an eerie theatrical presentation perfect for the Halloween season. Appropriate for mature teens and older.
Rita Parisi Waterfall Productions 43 Merrimac Street, Amesbury, MA 01913 (978) 430-1357 ritaparisi@waterfallproductions.com www.waterfallproductions.com
Other presentations: Zelda, Musings from the first American Flapper,
Electrical outletsare needed for stage lighting. A raised platform or stage is highly recommended.
Teas in Time [60 Minutes]
During the Belle Epoque (1900-1914), the afternoon tea was the social forum for ladies. They would often engage in lively discussions about the latest fashions and social concerns. Rita Parisi has taken the tradition of the ladies afternoon tea and created interactive, first person presentations called "Teas in Time". They feature Mrs. Gordon, a fictional middle class housewife who enlightens her guests (audience) during an afternoon tea with stories of her life at the turn of the 20th century.
Rita Parisi Waterfall Productions 43 Merrimac Street, Amesbury, MA 01913 (978) 430-1357 ritaparisi@waterfallproductions.com www.waterfallproductions.com
Other presentations: Zelda, Musings from the first American Flapper, Gothic Victorian Tales by Candelight
Several different themed "Tea programs" are also available for Valentine's Day, Mother's Day, Mother/Daughter Teas, Summertime, Halloween and Christmas. New England Foundation for the Arts grant funding available.
Civil War Living History: Company F, 14th Connecticut Vollunteer Infantry
Company F portrays one unit of the most famous of the regiments Connecticut sent to the Union armies in the Civil War, the 14th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry. They participated in every major battle in which the Army of the Potomac's Second Corps saw action from September 1862 through the end of the war.Members authentically portray Union Soldiers in both living histories and full battle reenactments. Battle reenactments are held both locally and on a much larger scale with thousands of re-enactors in Virginia, Pennsylvania and Maryland.
2011 began the 150th Commemoration of the Civil War that will continue over the course of the next four (4) years. If you have any interest to hold a living history event with a Civil War theme, We are scheduling events for 2012 and beyond.
Irving Moy 99 Grandview Avenue, Wallingford, CT 06492-4647 irvingmoy@yahoo.com www.cof14thcvi.com/
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