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Stuart Bousel's Pastorella is an acerbic, witty love/hate letter to small theater and the artists-idealists to egotists (often the same person)-who keep them alive. Gwen is a recent college graduate who has been cast as Chloe in a small theater production of Tom Stoppard's Arcadia. Hanging around backstage, she befriends Warren, who is playing Valentine, and is involved in a stormy romance with Josh, the company's leading man, who announces a few days before opening that he has a "better" opportunity with a touring production of a new musical based on the animated film Fern Gully: The Last Rain Forest. Amidst the antics of fellow cast-mates Cliff, Toby, Bettina, Electra, and Roy, Warren and Josh's relationship implodes, Gwen gets her dream role, and the show, as always, goes on.
Stuart Bousel's Pastorella is an acerbic, witty love/hate letter to small theater and the artists-idealists to egotists (often the same person)-who keep them alive. Gwen is a recent college graduate who has been cast as Chloe in a small theater production of Tom Stoppard's Arcadia. Hanging around backstage, she befriends Warren, who is playing Valentine, and is involved in a stormy romance with Josh, the company's leading man, who announces a few days before opening that he has a "better" opportunity with a touring production of a new musical based on the animated film Fern Gully: The Last Rain Forest. Amidst the antics of fellow cast-mates Cliff, Toby, Bettina, Electra, and Roy, Warren and Josh's relationship implodes, Gwen gets her dream role, and the show, as always, goes on.
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