Carleton’s Regional Carls Program

Carleton in the Capital

invites you to the world premiere of

I Wish You Love by the Penumbra Theatre Company
with remarks by
Carleton Professor Ruth Weiner
and playwright Dominic Taylor

Sunday, June 12, 2011

12 to 1:45 p.m. — luncheon and remarks
by Professor Ruth Weiner  and playwright Dominic Taylor
2 p.m. — I Wish You Love

at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Atrium and Foyers for luncheon

Please join alumni and parents of Carleton and Amherst Colleges for this special luncheon and world premiere of I Wish You Love by the Penumbra Theatre Company.  This play with music looks at the African American community of 1957 through the words and music of one of its heroes, Nat “King” Cole. The performance begins at 2 p.m. (Terrace Theater).  Attendees will hear from Ruth Weiner, Class of 1944 Professor of Theater and the Liberal Arts, and Playwright Dominic Taylor.  Special thanks to Carleton trustee Carol Barnett ’86 for making this opportunity possible!

Tickets $50 per person  (Includes one hot luncheon buffet and a seat at the matinee performance)

Please purchase your tickets by April 25 – space is limited.

Created in partnership with Penumbra Theatre Company, I Wish You Love is made possible by the Kennedy Center Fund for New American Plays. This play with music offers an intimate portrait of Nat “King” Cole, his music, and the dreams of a nation. As Minnesota’s only professional African American theater, Penumbra was founded in 1976 to make socially responsible art – art that provokes thought and action around issues of racism and social justice.  https://apps.carleton.edu/alumni/clubs/events/penumbraevent/

Please contact Club Chair Jessica Goad ’07 if you have questions.

Directions

The Kennedy Center is located on the banks of the Potomac River at 2700 F St., NW, Washington, D.C. 20566, at the intersection of New Hampshire Avenue, NW, and the Rock Creek Parkway. The Foggy Bottom/George Washington University Station (on the Orange and Blue lines, at 23rd and I streets, NW), is the stop closest to the Kennedy Center. From there it is a short walk via New Hampshire Avenue.