Mud Time Theater of Vermont will present Mildred Taken Crazy, a new play about a true New England crime, at the St. Francis Episcopal Historic Church in Stamford , CT on Friday, September 26 at 7:30 PM.
Mildred Taken Crazy is an original two-person play about the 1897 killing of one young lady by another over a man they were both engaged to. The case was a sensation throughout the eastern US, then disappeared from the public record for many decades. Only now has the eventual fate of its perpetrator come to light.
The play is 40 minutes long and spans five decades in epic fashion with two actors and a single chair. It uses a fresh combination of song, drama and storytelling to help the audience feel and think its way through a moment of violence with far-reaching consequences. Mildred has toured widely in Vermont (including at the Statehouse and in two state prisons) and has also been performed in Berlin , Germany and Krakow , Poland .
The cast and creators of Mildred Taken Crazy are Steve Friedman and Denny Partridge, who have worked together since 1970 on some 60 shows. Veterans of the San Francisco Mime Troupe and NYC’s Modern Times Theater, they have staged original plays and classics throughout the USA and in Europe, Asia, and Central America , winning numerous academic and professional honors, including two Fulbright fellowships. Together and separately they have been on the theater faculties of NYU, Antioch , Vassar, and Barnard/Columbia. They co-founded Mud Time Theater of Bellows Falls, VT in 2007, to create original plays for year-round Vermonters.
Mud Time Theater is featured in the 8/7/08 New York Times article “Eccentricity Fuels a Revival of Vermont’s River Towns †and the accompanying Multimedia slideshow/audio. For more information, visit www.mudtimetheater.com.
The St. Francis Episcopal Historic Church, which dates from 1835, is located at 503 Old Long Ridge Rd. in Stamford , CT 06903 . For directions, please visit www.stfrancisstamford.org. Tickets are available at the door. The performance is free of charge, although a suggested donation of $10 to defray costs from those who are able will be gratefully accepted. A reception with the actors will follow the performance.
