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Babcock Performing Readers

Lyrics as Monologues
2023-04-20 19:00:00 2023-04-20 20:00:00 America/Denver Babcock Performing Readers What if the lyrics of Frosty the Snowman had first appeared as a soliloquy in one of Shakespeare's plays? Or those famous lines from Hey Jude had originally been a speech in a Quentin Tarantino movie? Whitmore - Whitmore Meeting Room (Capacity 92)

Thursday, April 20
7:00pm - 8:00pm

Add to Calendar 2023-04-20 19:00:00 2023-04-20 20:00:00 America/Denver Babcock Performing Readers What if the lyrics of Frosty the Snowman had first appeared as a soliloquy in one of Shakespeare's plays? Or those famous lines from Hey Jude had originally been a speech in a Quentin Tarantino movie? Whitmore - Whitmore Meeting Room (Capacity 92)

Whitmore

Whitmore Meeting Room (Capacity 92)

What if the lyrics of Frosty the Snowman had first appeared as a soliloquy in one of Shakespeare's plays? Or those famous lines from Hey Jude had originally been a speech in a Quentin Tarantino movie?

This month we'll find out as we repackage the lyrics of popular tunes as dramatic, humorous, and always surprising theatrical monologues.

AGE GROUP: | General Audience |

EVENT TYPE: | Performance |

TAGS: | reading | performing | performance | literature | family | adults | adult |

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