You’ve heard the buzz, now see the show! The Carolingian Guild of Mummers will be presenting “King Lear” by Master William Shakespeare on March 20, 2004 at The Center for the Arts in Natick (TCAN). This will be a much richer production than is customary in the Society and we look forward to sharing our many months of labor with you all. The site will open at 3:00 pm so that theatre-goers might meet their friends and make merry. A supper-board with a Welsh theme (in honor of the subject of the play) will be prepared by the formidable Marian of Edwinstowe (late of Battlefield Bakery) and will be served tavern-style beginning at 4:30, for a mere $5. At 7:30, the show will go on!
Tickets for the show are being handled somewhat differently
than usual. They will be reserved seating, just like a real theatre. Because
our hosts will be advertising this show in their broadsides, their subscribers
will be entitled to purchase tickets also, so our evening show may have a few
foreigners who dress funny in amongst us. This will be an opportunity for our
arts to reach a much wider audience than usual. Tickets will be $12 in advance
and $14 at the door, and you will surely wish to get your tickets early. Your
mundane friends and relatives are encouraged to attend our public shows, on
Friday March 19, 2004 at 7:30 and Sunday March 21, 2004 at 2:00. To reserve
tickets, please contact TCAN at http://www.natickarts.org
or at 508-647-0097.
Up until January 1, 2004 you can also obtain tickets by sending in payment to our reservations clerk, Aleksander Yevsha (Alex Newman, 29 Dracut St, Dorchester, MA 02124, 617-288-9762, yevsha@carolingia.org). Make checks payable to “SCA, Inc. Barony of Carolingia.” We will assign you the best possible seats based on a first-come first-served basis. You will have the choice of receiving your tickets in the mail when they become available or picking them up at the gate when you check in.
There is no site fee, although donations are requested from those attending the event who do not also attend the performance.
For more information, contact the autocrat, Jehan du Lac (C.T. Iannuzzo, baronjehan@carolingia.org, 617-522-0965).
Site:
The Center for the Arts in Natick
14 Summer St.
Natick, MA 01760
Directions to 14 Summer Street, Downtown Natick
NOTE: Main Street in Natick is also known as Route 27 running north and south.
From Route 128 (known as Interstate Route 95):
Take Exit 20 - Route 9 West through Wellesley to Natick, to Route 27 South.
Take Route 27 South 1.3
miles to downtown Natick.
Upon coming over a small RR bridge and into downtown Natick, Summer St. will be
your third right (including a small second right which leads to a public
parking lot). The Firehouse is the first freestanding building on the left
after turning onto Summer St..
From the Massachusetts Turnpike:
Exit the Mass Pike at Exit 13 - Framingham /Natick.
After the toll booth bear left and cloverleaf around onto Route 30 East.
Continue straight on Route 30 about 2 miles to Route 27. Make a right onto
Route 27 South and continue straight about 2.6 miles into downtown Natick.
Upon coming over a small RR bridge and into downtown Natick, Summer St. will be
your third right (including a small second right which leads to a public
parking lot). The Firehouse is the first freestanding building on the left
after turning onto Summer St..·
From Rt.135: Take Rt 27 North at the lights in Downtown Natick.(When coming from Framingham & points west, this is a left before the Congregational Church; from Wellesley & points east, it is a right after the Congregational Church.)
After that turn, Summer Street is one block down on the left. The TCAN Firehouse is the first freestanding building on the left after turning onto Summer St.
Parking: There is usually ample parking on the street for evening events but if not, there is a public parking lot across the street from the Center.
Public transportation: The Center is just a block away from the MBTA commuter rail stop in downtown Natick - which leaves Boston from South Station.