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06/06/2019 12:01 AMMadison Lyric Stage, an award-winning, professional theater company serving the Connecticut shoreline, continues the Connecticut premier of the American musical drama Of Mice and Men through Sunday, June 9 at the historic Deacon John Grave House and Farm, 581 Boston Post Road on Academy Street, Madison. This will be an immersive production for a maximum of 40 audience members per performance.
Based on the classic John Steinbeck novella, Of Mice and Men is a chamber opera, in English, composed in 1970 by Carlisle Floyd. It tells the story of two migrant field workers - George, intelligent but uneducated, and Lennie, a bulky, strong man who is mentally challenged - who arrive in California during the Great Depression to work on a small ranch. Both men share a dream of buying their own piece of land, farming it, and much to Lennie's delight, keeping rabbits. Lennie's part of the dream is merely to tend and pet the rabbits, as he loves touching soft animals, but, unaware of his own strength, he often kills them. After being hired at a farm, the pair are confronted by Curley, the boss's small, aggressive son, and his flirtatious wife, to whom Lennie is instantly attracted.
Prior to each performance, chili and cornbread will be offered for sale. There also will be barber shop quartet singing and ranch hands working the Grave House land.
Friday and Saturday performances are at 7:30 p.m., with Sunday matinée performances at 4 p.m. Tickets are $40 and can be purchased at madisonlyricstage.org or by calling 203-215-6329.