Black Mountain Center for the Arts Theatre
Theatre for and with the
People of Western North Carolina
Let It Be Art!
by Ronald Rand
North Carolina Premiere
25th Anniversary Year
Starring Ronald Rand
April 25 • 7pm
Tickets $20 (adults), $15 (youth, up to 17)
The moment Ronald Rand takes the stage as Harold Clurman in his famous one man play, LET IT BE ART! Harold Clurman's Life of Passion, embodying Harold Clurman, through voice, gesture and size, we are immediately thrust into a world of boundless passion for the theatre, and taken on an inspiring journey that lingers within our consciousness for a very long time.
Mr. Rand as writer and performer captures the essence of who Harold Clurman was and what he stood for. His creation instills in the audience an unforgettable experience of passion, courage and inspiration.
In this inspiring one man show, we follow Harold Clurman from his beginnings on the Lower East Side, through his education at the Sorbonne in Paris with Aaron Copland as his roommate, his initiation into the theatre through The Provincetown Players and The Theatre Guild, his friendship with Lee Strasberg, and their decision with Cheryl Crawford, to found The Group Theatre, as well as his relationships with Stella Adler, Clifford Odets, Edward Gordon Craig, Alfred Stieglitz, Marlon Brando and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, among several others.
Red
by John LOgan
May 9-18
Fri & Sat 7pm, Sun 2pm
Set in New York City in 1959, RED is an explosive exploration of the creative process. The play takes place during a crucial moment in the career of renowned Abstract-Expressionist artist Mark Rothko as he prepares for his greatest commission, a series of murals in New York’s prestigious Four Seasons restaurant. A two-person show, RED reveals Rothko and his assistant Ken as Rothko struggles to fulfill his vision of creating a sacred space for his deeply emotional paintings in the temple of “status and conspicuous consumption” that is the Four Seasons. What follows is a series of clashes between the fiery and domineering Rothko and his young, impressionable assistant. RED is produced by Mockingbird Theatre Productions, the company that brought Birds of North America and Popcorn Falls to the BMCA stage. Veteran actor John Hall portrays the combative and creative Rothko!