BROADWAY’S TREGONEY SHEPHERD PREMIERS ONE-WOMAN-SHOW “SHIRLEY VALENTINE” TO RAISE FUNDS FOR THE MESA COMMUNITY COLLEGE THEATRE DEPARTMENT WITH TWO PERFORMANCES JANUARY 22 - TO BENEFIT THE PROGRAM AND STUDENTS IN 2022
SHIRLEY VALENTINE , the Tony and Olivier Award winning play by Willy Russell, will be revived in a new production this January at Mesa Community College, starring Broadway’s TREGONEY SHEPHERD (Les Misérables, Phantom of the Opera, WICKED, Mary Poppins). Shepherd is directed by star of stage and screen, New York’s HARRY BOUVY (Silence! The Musical, A Man for All Seasons, SPAMALOT, The Producers, WICKED).
The show runs for 2 performances at 2 pm and 7:30 pm - on January 22, 2022. Tickets start at $18 and additional donations can also be made to the Theatre program and department.
https://www.mesacc.edu/arts/event/2022-01/shirley- valentine
Shirley Valentine, a comedy about a middle - aged Liverpool housewife trapped in a loveless marriage, first appeared in 1986 at the Liverpool Everyman Theatre before transferring to the West End where it won two Olivier Awards, and then to Broadway where it won a Tony Award, a Drama Desk Award, an Outer Critic’s Circle Award and the Theatre World Award for Outstanding Broadway Debut. It is
probably more commonly known for the 1989 film starring Pauline Collins and Tom Conti, however, the original play is a one -woman show in three acts.
"It is a simple and brilliant idea...the profound and perennial point of the comedy is the problem we seem to have contemplating the idea of a woman alone - in a pub, on a beach, in a restaurant. This is what Shirley learns to combat as she unravels her own sexual and social identity. The play is not only
funny, it is also moving." Michael Coveney, Financial Times
Dr. Tregoney Shepherd is on faculty at Mesa Community College where she gives private instruction and teaches Theatre Production, Audition Techniques and more. She holds her Masters in Musical Theater and Opera Direction and her Doctorate in Vocal Performance. She is a private vocal coach, teaches master classes in mu sic t heatre throughout the US and runs musical theatre programs for youth. She has been a Broadway performer for over two decades.
The MCC Music Theatre Department Presents: Shirley Valentine!
Starring BROADWAY'S Tregoney Shepherd as Shirley
January 22, 2022 at 2 pm & 7 pm
MCC Theatre
Shirley Valentine is a bored, middle-aged housewife, trapped in a stale, loveless marriage. Her children are all grown up and she frequently talks to the wall in her kitchen while preparing her husband’s regular evening meal of egg and chips. Shirley feels stuck in a rut and finds solace in her daily glass of wine as she muses over the lack of excitement in her life.
*Per Maricopa Community College District policy we will be requiring everyone to wear a face covering when inside any of our college facilities. We are also currently running our venues with a reduced capacity to allow for physical distancing.
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