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Welcome to ElderwiseIn-person, online, and hybrid classes Spring Term 2025 Registration is Open > Theater

PTD Theatre: Welcome to Paradise   

Online Pre-Play Class: Friday, May 9, 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
A Zoom invitation link will be emailed one day before the class begins.
Pre-Play Class Presenter
: Laura Bird

Matinee LIVE Performance: Wednesday, May 14, 2:00 p.m.
Riverside Arts Center, 76 North Huron Street, Ypsilanti, MI

Written by Julie Marino
Directed by Laura Bird
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Fees:
Members $27; Nonmembers $32

Includes pre-play class and one ticket to the performance.

Extra Tickets are $17 each.
Please contact the Elderwise office to purchase extra tickets. This cannot be done online.

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A chance meeting on a plane and a dizzy spell at the luggage carousel brings young Rory to Evelyn’s home in the Caribbean to stay for a few days. Evelyn and Rory, despite their generational age difference, find love and acceptance in each other. Rory gradually finds himself at ease and useful in Evelyn’s home and Evelyn is delighted to have a pleasant and helpful young companion. A relationship that seemed odd to them at first (and remains so for Evelyn’s family) leads to questions about whether there are boundaries to true friendship and affection. What, exactly, is the meaning and nature of love? Laura Bird is a retired theater educator, director, and designer. She earned her doctorate in Theatre History from Michigan State University in 1999. Laura was Associate Professor and Director of Theater at Concordia University, and taught at Greenhills School in Ann Arbor. She is currently on the Board of PTD Productions in Ypsilanti, and often works on their shows in one or more of a dozen or so capacities; however, she enjoys directing and scene design the most.

 

 
  • PTD Theatre: Welcome to Paradise 

  • Online Pre-Play Class: Friday, May 9, 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
    A Zoom invitation link will be emailed one day before the class begins.
    Pre-Play Class Presenter
    : Laura Bird

    Matinee LIVE Performance: Wednesday, May 14, 2:00 p.m.
    Riverside Arts Center, 76 North Huron Street, Ypsilanti, MI

    Written by Julie Marino
    Directed by Laura Bird
    _______________________________________________________________

    Fees:
    Members $27; Nonmembers $32

    Includes pre-play class and one ticket to the performance.

    Extra Tickets are $17 each.
    Please contact the Elderwise office to purchase extra tickets. This cannot be done online.

    ________________________________________________________________

    A chance meeting on a plane and a dizzy spell at the luggage carousel brings young Rory to Evelyn’s home in the Caribbean to stay for a few days. Evelyn and Rory, despite their generational age difference, find love and acceptance in each other. Rory gradually finds himself at ease and useful in Evelyn’s home and Evelyn is delighted to have a pleasant and helpful young companion. A relationship that seemed odd to them at first (and remains so for Evelyn’s family) leads to questions about whether there are boundaries to true friendship and affection. What, exactly, is the meaning and nature of love? Laura Bird is a retired theater educator, director, and designer. She earned her doctorate in Theatre History from Michigan State University in 1999. Laura was Associate Professor and Director of Theater at Concordia University, and taught at Greenhills School in Ann Arbor. She is currently on the Board of PTD Productions in Ypsilanti, and often works on their shows in one or more of a dozen or so capacities; however, she enjoys directing and scene design the most.

     

  • Fee: $32.00

  • Instructor(s): Laura Bird

  • Dates: 5/9/2025 - 5/9/2025

    Times: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

  • Sessions: 1

    Days: F

  • Building: Online Course

    Room: Online via Zoom

  • Live Performance: Wednesday, May 14, 2PM, Riverside Arts Center, Ypsilanti.

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