Herendeen is known for his leadership of the Contemporary American Theater Festival in West Virginia (which he founded in 1991) has produced 23 world premieres, and commissioned seven new plays. A graduate of Wesleyan University and the University of Paris, Conger appeared on the Walnut stage in 1985 as Oliver in As You Like It, and has appeared in dozens of productions nationwide. Rounding out the cast are Jeffrey de Picciotto (as Tony Caroli) and Dan Amboyer (Society President Tom Rockwell).Īuthor Eric Conger has translated works of Molieré and Feydeau The Eclectic Society is his first original work. Alex Brinson (as Darrell Freeman), David Raphaely (Alberto Barzaga), James Stover (Robert Bates III), Noah Mazaika (Douglas Crockett) and Julianna Zinkel (Tina Merriweather). Featured are University of the Arts graduates Paul Felder (as Sean O'Dey), Ed Renninger (Seth Flugelman), Brian Cowden (Oliver Nash), Carl Clemons-Hopkins (Floyd Wiggins) and Jamie Branagh (Loren Bishop). The cast of The Eclectic Society includes young actors new to the Walnut stage, most from the Philadelphia area. ![]() In the end, "new friendships are formed and others destroyed as 125 years of 'traditional thinking' comes in direct conflict with a brave new world." It's billed as "a complex and riveting story flowing from laughter and humor to gut-wrenching drama and back again." As the second African-American admitted to the Society (after three-sport athlete Floyd Wiggins, played by Carl Clemons-Hopkins), Darrell has his own hurdles to clear as he is welcomed by some with open arms…but not everyone." In other words: he comes from the wrong side of the tracks, and he's black. A scholarship winner from the ghettos of Cleveland, Darrell doesn't exactly fit the mold of membership. ![]() ![]() Sure, there are still Homecoming games to be won and pranks to be pulled on the incoming pledges, but things start to change with the arrival of Darrell Freeman (J. On a University campus somewhere in New England, the members of The Eclectic Society are caught up in a whirlwind of social change. Directed by Ed Herendeen, the play is billed this way: "It is early November, 1963.
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