Pittsburgh in the Round: Pittsburgh’s oldest amateur theatre company, The Duquesne Red Masquers opens its 105th season with Orphie and the Book of Heroes. This season’s selection of shows co-ordinates with The National Conference of 18th Century Women Writers that will be hosted by Duquesne University, and what better way to kick off the season than a girl-empowering musical by Duquesne alumnus Christopher Dimond? The playwright wanted to focus on a teenage girl in ancient Greece since there are little or no female heroes in ancient Greek mythology.
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This article is comforting in two ways. First off it is great to see a small amateur theatre, The Duquesne Red Masquers in its 105th season. In a capitalistic society that is quickly extinguishing local business, it is nice to a smaller amateur theatre survived. It is sickening to think of how even the theatre industry has commercialized so much that many of America’s population can’t see it. Secondly, it is amazing to see the show that they are producing. Orphie and the Book of Heroes is about a teenage girl in ancient Greek time who seeking out a myth that highlights a female hero.It provides a story that shows the empowerment of young females. This is so timely, especially after just reading “The Other Canon: 10 Centuries of Plays by Women, it good to see a show with a strong female protagonist as well as female director. The show choice shows that smaller companies are willing to take risks with shows. Since they don’t always have to worry about paying actors and such things that larger scale theatre need to worry about, they make risky show choices sometimes. This is a comforting idea and I wish best of luck to The Duquesne Red Masquers.
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