Listen Fridays at 9:00am (replayed on Saturday also at 9am) to Paula Granquist’s “Art Zany: Radio for the Imagination”
Paula’s Guest/Topic this week: Paula’s guests today are from the Northfield Arts Guild theater production of The Dark at the Top of the Stairs. Terry Allen, the director of the show, professor emeritus of theatre arts and director of University Theatre at UW-Eau Claire, taught classes for 20 years in acting, stage movement, directing, playwriting and theatre history. The Dark at the Top of the Stairs is his first production for the Northfield Arts Guild. Rob Schanilec plays Rubin in this production. We recently saw him on the Guild stage as Titus in Curious Savage and he has performed in several other local plays. Outside of theater, he has 20+ years experience in the graphics and printing industry and is the owner of By All Means Graphics in Northfield. His company publishes the monthly Northfield Entertainment Guide.
The play The Dark at the Top of the Stairs, originally nominated for 7 Tony Awards, is a 1920′s drama that centers on Rubin Flood. While searching for a new job, Rubin Flood must deal with his wife’s unrealistic demands, his shy daughter, and bullies picking on his pre-teen son. A tragic event brings all their fears into focus and teaches them to shed light on their fears to dispel them.
Performances of The Dark at the Top of the Stairs will be April 8-10 and 15-17 in the Northfield Arts Guild’s Theater on 411 W 3rd St. Friday and Saturday performances are at 7:30PM and Sunday performances are at 2PM. Tickets are available at the Arts Guild’s Center for the Arts, by telephone at 507-645-8877, or through the northfieldartsguild.org website. If you need audio description service for the visually impaired, please call the office at 507-645-8877; the performance on Friday, April 15th will be ASL interpreted for the deaf and hard of hearing. If you require one of these services, please let the office know when you call for tickets.
