Adapted for the stage by EbzB Productions
CAST: David zum Brunnen and Serena Ebhardt
DESCRIPTION: Original staged readings inspired by Dickensian and twentieth-century literature for special events.
Dickens' Food and Froth: A dramatic, delicious, and mouth-watering taste of Charles Dickens’ greatest meals. Audience members will salivate as they laugh. The best part? There are no calories to work off!
Marriage Vows and Modern Verbiage: A journey of romance from courtship to widowhood taken from popular texts of the twentieth century. This timeless piece celebrates the ups and downs of couples who have vowed for better or for worse.
Sketches of Young Couples: Before he was a household name, Charles Dickens refined his ability to create characters through a series of works called “sketches.” This humorous look at archetypal couples will have audience members looking through Dickens’ later novels with a newfound recognition. If they are married, couples will spend the evening laughing at themselves and trying to identify their own archetype.
The Tender Nights of F. Scott Fitzgerald: The decadence of the Jazz Age is personified by F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald, some of America’s greatest public intellectuals. In this one-man show, audience members witness a struggle of love and hate between the Fitzgeralds and Ernest Hemingway framed by American history and two world wars.
THEMES: 20th-Century American Literature, Alabama, Charles Dickens, Christmas, Couples, Food, Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Marriage, Minnesota, New York, North Carolina, Literature, Romance, Victorian England, Zelda Fitzgerald.
AUDIENCE: General Adult