Brook Mordenga of Scottsville is in the cast of The Nazareth College Foreign Languages Department play Gardenias, an original, multilingual play by department faculty member, Dr. Candide Carrasco, that will be performed in English with some French, Spanish, and Italian. The performance is recommended for audience members age 12 and up. Gardenias runs Friday, February 26, 2016, at 8 p.m. and Saturday, February 27, at 2:30 p.m., in the Callahan Theater at the Nazareth College Arts Center.
Mordenga portrays Ada in the show.
Tucked away in an old Parisian passage built in the mid-19th century is a secret antique shop. It is Christmas Eve and an older gentleman from Havana visits the shop, looking for a magical gift that will put a smile on the lips of his sick grandchild. When midnight strikes, all the objects in the store come alive-music box, puppets, dolls, stuffed animals, toy soldiers, and dancers-to help the man save the child.
Of the play, Carrasco says, “Gardenias is a beautiful and musical love letter to Paris, and links the events of last November with what happened 70 years ago when the ‘wolves’ entered the city of lights. The memory of a six-year-old Jewish boy hiding in an antique shop will help Senor Alejandro in his quest to save his grandchild. Fantasy, dreams, and fabulous toys will provide a magical escape from reality.”
For tickets, call or visit the Nazareth College Arts Center Box Office: 585-389-2170 or order online at artscenter.naz.edu. Regular box office hours are Monday-Friday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., and for one hour prior to curtain time for the Foreign Languages Department performances.
