If you’re in Hartford theweekend of June 2, you have to work hard to miss playwright Jacques Lamarre’sthree openings. He modestly refersto them as “Jacques-a-Palooza.”
The Unitarian Society of Hartfordas part of its Performing Arts Series will present the Herstory Theater Readingof his drama “PIERCE,” at 7 p.m., Saturday, June 2 at 50 Bloomfield Avenue,Hartford. This historical playdeals with the tragic life of Jane Means Appleton Pierce, the religious andreclusive wife of Franklin Pierce who was elected President at the brink of theCivil War.
Born in Lamarre’s hometown ofAmherst, New Hampshire, the Pierces have been extensively researched throughletters and archives. Will Jane beable to handle the rigors and responsibilities of being First Lady, a title shedesperately does not want to assume?
For tickets ($15, or $30 forVIP seating), call 860-233-9897, online at www.ushartford.comor at the door. The reading willbe followed by a Talk Back with the playwright and Herstory Theater castmembers.
The busy Mr. Lamarre willthen head off to the Gay and Lesbian Film Fest at Cinestudio, 300 SummitStreet, on the campus of Trinity College, in Hartford at 10:30 p.m., Saturday,June 2 for the screening of “Varla Jean and the Mushroomheads,” a film heco-wrote for drag queen performer Varla Jean Merman. The festival runs from June 1 to June 9. For information and tickets ($10,students and seniors $7), call the theater at 860-297-2463 or the festival at860-586-1136, or online at http://outfilmct.org/.
As if that isn’t enough,Lamarre’s new play “I Loved, I Lost, I Made Spaghetti,” a comedy he adapted from the memoir by GiuliaMelucci, will premiere this weekend at TheaterWorks, 233 Pearl Street, Hartfordand run through Sunday, July 8. Adelicious diva in the kitchen, Giulia hasn’t mastered the correct ingredientsfor true love. Share hertantalizing and tasty pasta, as she cooks up cures for a broken heart.
For tickets ($50-63 orspecial kitchen seating at $76 that includes a front row table with wine andfood), call the theater at 860-527-7838 or online at www.theaterworkshartford.org. Performances are Tuesday, Wednesday andThursday at 7:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m., with Saturday and Sundaymatinees at 2:30 p.m.
Come cheer for JacquesLamarre at any one of his trio of exciting events or join his fan club andattend all three.
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