FAIRFIELD, CT - It’s a whole new metrosexual gender equality society as vulnerable men will share their heartfelt stories of breakups, bad dates and relationship calamities in MouseMuse Production, "Love Hurts,” on February 9th at Fairfield Museum and History Center’s (www.fairfieldhistory.org) last Stories on the Green show. The program, which begins at 7 p.m. and will include food and a cash bar for the ticket price of $20 ($15 for Museum members).
“The Love Hurts theme has been inspired by Valentine’s Day and the role of Cleopatra performed by Katharine Hepburn at the American Shakespeare Theater in Stratford, CT (featured in the Bravo! theatre exhibition),” according to Kathleen Motes Bennewitz, director of exhibitions and programs for the Fairfield Museum and History Center. “Anthony and Cleopatra’s agonizing and calamitous love affair changed history. However, the Love Hurts stories will emphasize true tales of breakups, bad dates and smaller calamities that get in the way of more mundane folks like us.”
For Stories on the Green, under the guidance of Bill Bosch of Oxford, Ct. story master, and MouseMuse creator, Ina Chadwick of Westport, five men between the ages of 30 and 65 will bare their vulnerabilities, insecurities and missteps in matters of the heart. There will be stories of cheaters who nearly ruined their lives, guys who had no idea how to “score,” a court delay in the break up of an anniversary-day divorce and a boxing match over a fantasy girl in high school who didn’t even know her suitors. The women, one of whom is 19 has each had a tryst with aphrodisiacs.
Storytellers will include Tom Lawlor of Fairfield, Max Westhelle of Rowayton, Jeep Halo of Milford, Arch Currie of Norwalk. To round out the roster, Shannon Walsh and Maureen Hallock of Westport.
To purchase tickets, visit http://www.fairfieldhistory.org/event-calendar/ or call 203-259-1598. Reservations are recommended.
“This is our third event at the Fairfield Museum and the first two, back in October and December were hugely successful,” reported Chadwick. “MouseMuse has been producing Storytelling events for a number of years at several locations throughout Fairfield County and the audience response is always incredible.”
The format is designed for each storyteller to have 10 minutes to tell his or her tale. Award- winning storyteller, Bill Bosch, auditions and coaches potential storytellers throughout the year and those that make the cut become members of the storytelling troupe. Bosch, a member of MouseMuse’s production team, has been telling stories for years and was a finalist in New York’s fabled storytelling venue, The Moth, eventually making it to Grand Slam, a high honor for storytelling in New York City.
Members of the audience will also have a chance to tell their story. Anyone in attendance can throw his or her name into a hat during intermission. Three names will be chosen to share a three-minute story on the travel theme that evening. “I’m always amazed at what happens during this part of the show,” Chadwick says. “We’ve asked several of those three-minute storytellers to become full-fledged members of our troupe.”
