Lindsay Aromin
Lindsay Aromin
During my travels, I feel drawn to flowers for their vibrant colors, tones and fantastic textures. Going through my photos I realized I took more pictures of flowers than people. Only my museum shots outnumbered them. I have even stopped the car so I could go out and take pictures of some vivid colors that caught my eye along the roadside.
I wanted to tell a story about artists and how we worked and thought and planned before we picked up a brush. My paintings start with one of my photos and devolve into a small painting and then into an abstraction of that painting. They are happy paintings that come out of a difficult time in my life and also in our country's life. I believe that you have to look at the brighter side of things and art will take you there
My background in art is strange. I was told as a third-grader that I could not draw and I took music lessons and I never had an art class. After taking a drawing-one class in a local college at the ripe old age of 52 and then transferring to U Conn where I graduated with a BFA Summa Cum Laude at age 58 and then on to my MFA at Vermont College at 60 years. After school, I reached out to Norwich Arts Gallery and have been a member since then.
Fresh Hell — the Life & Times of Dorothy Parker
Friday, June 19
Saturday, June 20
7:00pm
Fresh Hell (The Life and Loves of Dorothy Parker) is a terribly funny, surprisingly poignant portrait of the famous “New Yorker” critic, poet, satirist, short story writer, screenwriter, playwright, and brilliant wit and wise cracker of the Algonquin Round Table.
Written by Eric Peterson, whose play, Frost Warnings, received an enthusiastic reception at the Donald L. Oat Theater last February, Fresh Hell examines Mrs. Parker’s life from her birth in 1893 through the “Roaring Twenties,” the war-torn Thirties, her time in Hollywood, and her death in 1967. Along the way, we learn of some of the men she loved and some who loved her.
Tina Falivene portrays Dorothy Parker in this solo performance tour-de-force. The play is directed by Gary Poe, who also directed Frost Warnings.
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If you have any young friends who aspire to become writers …the greatest favor you can do them is to shoot them now, while they're happy. – Dorothy Parker
Adults — $22.13
Senior/Military/Student — $20.03
Members — $18.98
Tina Falivene Tina is delighted to be part of Fresh Hell, The Life and Loves of Dorothy Parker, under the inspired direction of Gary Poe.
Some of her favorite past roles include M’Lynn in Steel Magnolias, Angela in Boom Town, Flo Manero in Saturday Night Fever, Chris Gorman in Rumors, and Maria in the long-running Joey & Maria’s Italian Comedy Wedding.
Tina extends her heartfelt thanks to her children, as well as her amazing family and friends for their unwavering love and support.
Eric Peterson has been with Oldcastle Theatre Company for 48 years. He has directed hundreds of plays, written many, and acted often. He has also written hundreds of newspaper columns, taught at the high school and college levels, and served as President of the Vermont Arts Council. He is lucky to be married to Deborah, the finest woman in the world and is the proudest grandfather on the planet.
Gary A. Poe (Director) made his professional acting debut with the New York Shakespeare Festival in Central Park in 1968. He spent two seasons with the American Shakespeare Festival in Stratford, CT. He has appeared on Broadway and Off-Broadway, in regional theatres and on television. Gary is the co-founder of Oldcastle Theatre Company, located in Bennington, VT. He has appeared with the Flock Theatre (New London, CT), the Colonial Shakespeare Company (Westerly, RI), Ivoryton Playhouse (Essex, CT) and the Globe Theatre in Hollywood, CA, among others. He is the creator and solo performer of the program, An Hour (or so) with the Poes, featuring the works of Edgar Allan Poe. Gary studied theatre at Kent State University and is a graduate of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.