KALAMAZOO – True to the old adage that "the show must go on," director Kristin Tyrrell will be stepping into the demanding role of Maria Callas in "Master Class," which is scheduled to play in the Parish Theatre March 30 through April 15. A family emergency has forced actress Jan Drake to withdraw from the show.
"With over 40 years experience as an actress, Kris Tyrrell is more than up to the challenge," said Artistic Director Morrie Enders. "The research she has done in preparation to direct the production will serve as a wonderful foundation as she works to create this complex character."
"The cast is so talented, and has been so supportive," said Tyrrell. "I'm sure we will all get through this together."
Once described as a "monstrous phenomenon," Maria Callas managed to reign over the world of opera without ever having a perfect instrument. Acting was her forte. Both moving and entertaining this Tony Award winning tour de force focuses on a short period towards the end of the aging diva's life when she was lured out of semi-retirement to teach a series of master classes at New York's famed Julliard School of Music. It was long after her postwar heyday and her tumultuous affair with Greek tycoon Aristotle Onassis but Callas was still the stuff of legend. As her students (or victims as she called them) sing for her we experience the intense drive for perfection that elevated Callas to the status of virtual divinity and the deep insecurity that haunted her private dreams and ultimately destroyed her.
"Master Class" plays in the Parish Theatre, 426 South Park Street March 30 through April 15.
Tickets can be purchased by calling the Civic box office at 269-343-1313 or visiting the Civic online at http://www.kazoocivic.com.
Director Kristin Tyrrell steps into role in 'Master Class'
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