Wild Nights With Emilyruns from Monday, June 17 thru Wednesday, June 19. It screens Monday to Wednesday at 7pm with an additional matinee screening on Wednesday at 4pm in Thalian Hall’s Main Theatre.
In the mid-19th century, Emily Dickinson is writing prolifically and enjoying a passionate, lifelong romantic relationship with another woman, her friend and sister-in-law Susan...yes this is the iconic American poet, popularly thought to have been a recluse. Beloved comic Molly Shannon leads in this humorous yet bold performance of Dickinson, drawing on her private letters. While seeking publication of some of the 1,775 poems written during her lifetime, Emily (Shannon) faces a troupe of male literary gatekeepers too confused by her genius to take her work seriously. Instead her work attracts the attention of an ambitious woman editor, who also sees Emily as a convenient cover for her own role in a bizarre love triangle.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u36bKgONkfI
Emily Dickinson? Funny? Oh yes! Her poems often have great wit! Why has her narrative been so limiting? This is the problem with being a woman who doesn't conform to the role society deems appropriate for her. Sheila O’Malley Roger Ebert
This is an irreverent film, but its lightness is meaningful. With each silly flourish, Olnek offers joy and companionship to a figure whose history was more conveniently presented to generations of readers as solitary. Teo Bugbee NYTimes
For ticket information, call the Thalian Box Office, Monday - Saturday, 2PM-6PM, 910-632-2285 or visit at 310 Chestnut Street. Advance ticket purchase available – no extra charge to purchase in advance by phone or in person at the Thalian Box Office. Tickets are also available at the Thalian Hall Website. Admission is $7 (+ tax and $1 ticketing fee).
