Director of A Beautiful Day in November on the Banks of the Greatest of the Great Lakes and third-year M.F.A. in Theatre candidate Caley Chase sits across from a camera, eagerly recounting her collaborations with actors and designers, the ways the script encourages original choreography and movement, how the set and live sound effects draw audiences into the play. Chase’s excitement for the spectacle of this production is palpable. She shared all of this and more in a recent interview about Kate Benson’s A Beautiful Day in November on the Banks of the Greatest of the Great Lakes, on stage in the Oscar G. Brockett Theatre October 10-20, 2024.

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A Beautiful Day in November on the Banks of the Greatest of the Great Lakes is, most simply put, a Thanksgiving play called by sports announcers. Traditions are part of every family holiday, and every family holiday is full of strife and joy. Kate Benson’s play invites us to join the family at Wembly Stadium as they play the game called Thanksgiving Day: a day of gratitude in which we watch some people knock some other people down in order to get the ball over the line. Meet the incredible group of artists bringing this athletic and bold dark comedy to the Oscar G. Brockett Theatre.

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