Crossing Borders III: Voices
Struck Dumb by Jean-Claude van Itallie and Joseph Chaikin  

“…a rare, soul-baring theatrical experience…” - Atlanta Constitution Journal Performed by Gene-Gabriel Moore Directed by Del Hamilton March 14 - 18, 2007 Post-show Aphasia Symposium March 18

a co-production of Not Merely Players & 7 Stages, Atlanta, GA

Jean-Claude van Itallie and Joe Chaikin's classic solo about a day in the life of a man with aphasia, a condition characterized by the loss of speech communication ability. A triumphant tour-de-force for the seventy-two year old actor Gene-Gabriel Moore, Artistic Director of Not Merely Players (Atlanta, GA) who himself became aphasic after suffering a stroke. Struck Dumb is a co-production of Not Merely Players, 7 Stages and Pilgrim Theatre.

Sun. March 18 - post-show symposium with Gene-Gabrielle Moore, playwright Jean-Claude van Itallie, Jerome Kaplan and the Boston Aphasia Society, and Pilgrim Theatre.

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March 14 - March 18, 2007
Wednesday - Saturday at 8 pm; Saturday, Sunday at 2 pm
ASL Performance March 14

Boston Center for the Arts
BCA Plaza Black Box Theatre (wheelchair access provided)
539 Tremont Street in Boston's South End

Tickets: $18.50 - 23; $15.50 Seniors and Students.
Wednesday Special: Pay What You Can! (starts $5)

Reservations: www.BostonTheatreScene.com or by phone at 617-933-8600

Directions:  Orange line to Back Bay or Green line to Copley Square or Bus #43. Walk down Clarendon to Tremont Street. Paid parking available.

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Sponsored in part by:

The Massachusetts Cultural Council, and by a
Challenge America Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Pilgrim Theatre is a Resident Theatre Company at Boston Center for the Arts.