Date: 5/3/2022
Subject: Penn's Village Players Present: "Trifles"
From: Penn's Village

“Trifles,” by Susan Glaspell

A One-Act Play Featuring the Penn’s Village Players!

Wednesday, May 25, 2022 from 2:00-3:30 pm via Zoom

The Penn’s Village Players are back with “Trifles,” first performed by the Provincetown Players at the Wharf Theatre in Provincetown, Massachusetts, on August 8, 1916. The play is loosely based on the murder of John Hossack in 1900, and the subsequent arrest and trial of his wife for the killing. The play is frequently anthologized in American literature textbooks, because of the playwright’s use of the new mystery genre: all members of the audience come to understand each piece of the puzzle through the perspectives of the women sleuths as they grapple with the evidence.

Susan Keating Glaspell and her husband George Cram Cook founded the Provincetown Players, the first modern American theatre company. First known for her short stories, Glaspell also wrote nine novels, fifteen plays, and a biography. Her 1930 play Alison's House earned her the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. She was also noted for discovering playwright Eugene O’Neill. Glaspell is today recognized as a pioneering feminist writer and America's first important modern female playwright. Her one-act play Trifles is frequently cited as one of the greatest works of American theatre.

LOCATION

This will be an online event hosted via Zoom Conferencing. You do not need a Zoom account but you will need to download and install the Zoom app on your computer or mobile device to join the event. Please email us at tech@pennsvillage.org in advance if you need assistance installing the Zoom app or check our new Zoom Instructions. If you cannot join the event using your computer or mobile device and the Zoom app, you can join the event via teleconference and hear the audio portion.

You will receive an email a few days before the event as well as on the day of the event with a link to the meeting, the Meeting ID, call-in telephone numbers and instructions for joining the meeting.

RSVP

Self-registration is now available on the Penn's Village website! Please review our

Self-Registration Instructions and register here: Penn’s Village Players Present “Trifles” You can also register by emailing info@pennsvillage.org or calling 215-925-7333. If you cannot attend, please cancel your reservation to make room for others.

This program is free of charge to our members and volunteer partners.

Guests are welcome to attend up to three programs per calendar year before being required to join and/or volunteer with Penn’s Village, or they can pay $10 per additional program. Refunds will be generated if a guest registration is cancelled in advance.

Group photos may be taken during this event.

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