BCC Theatre Rep presents The Grapes of Wrath

Bristol Community College’s student theater troupe, BCC Theatre Rep, will perform The Grapes of Wrath, Thursday through Saturday, November 19, 20, and 21, 2009, at 8 p.m. in the Jackson Arts Center Theatre on the Fall River Campus.

The play, written by Frank Galati from the novel by John Steinbeck, is the classic story of hardship, devastation, and the effect of economic change on livelihoods. Set in the Great Depression, it focuses on one family’s efforts to gain jobs, a decent home, and a future. Steinbeck won the Pulitzer Price and the Nobel Price for Literature for his novel.

Artistic Director for BCC Theatre Rep, Rylan Brenner, professor of theater, chose the play as a way of addressing the current situation of economic disaster and job loss in America, he said.  “The play explores the devastation this has had on families, on confidence, on human dignity,” Brenn said.  “It leaves us with a bit of hope in each other –  in  people's ability to lift themselves up and strengthen themselves by having faith in the humanity and goodness of each member of society.  We hope this will open our audience to an understanding of our times through the perspective of this country's history.”

Tickets are available at the door or by calling 508-678-2811, ext. 2442. Prices are $6 for students or seniors and $15 for general admission. Bristol Community College’s Fall River Campus is located at 777 Elsbree Street, Fall River, MA.