About Eating Rhode Island & When This Is Over
Eating Rhode Island examines the political insanity of 21st-century America and the small state of Rhode Island that dares to be different. Rhode Island's Governor McGruder attempts to create a moral utopia out of the tiny state and finds support from his eccentric constituents. Soon people across the country are heading to Rhode Island in search of a better life. Among them are Danny and his wife, Sarah. Once in Rhode Island, Danny and Sarah take to their new lives with enthusiasm, until one day when a technicality dictates Sarah's exile to Massachusetts. Danny is left to choose between his wife and his newfound happiness in Rhode Island. Eating Rhode Island asks these questions: 1) how much government intervention in our everyday lives is necessary, and 2) can too much morality be bad, and when does too much morality cross the line into insanity? At the outset, Danny and Sarah's move from Texas to Rhode Island seems to be a great thing. But as the truths about this "moral utopia" are revealed, you must decide whether Rhode Island is an enlightened and progressive state or one that is secretly oppressive and cult-like.
When This Is Over is a play about hope and the future. It’s about whether it’s possible to have hope when everything is moving so fast. When everything is chaos. It’s about the moments in your life when you realise how complex the world is. How scary it is. How little control you have - even though for your entire life everyone’s been telling you that it’s all down to you. It’s about all the things we tell children about the future. And all the things that we don’t.
Claremont High School
Claremont High School Theatre is an award winning, self-funded public high school theatre program which has performed at state and international festivals. Following legendary theatre directors Don F. Fruechte and Krista Carson Elhai, we embark on our 60th Anniversary Season with theatre director, Mohammed Mangrio with a nine show season including plays and musicals both classic and contemporary, student directed one-acts, and ComedySportz matches. Enjoy the show!