In the novel Carol starts off as a bit of a ditz, but Isbell fast-forwards through that part and Schulz gives us a Carol, who is a shade smarter and more aware than almost anyone she meets, which is what makes her story tragic. Lewis’s hometown of Sauk Centre).Īs soon as Thressa Schultz appears on stage in her gorgeous green dress, you know this is her story.
In his 1920 novel “Main Street,” Carol Milford Kennicott collides with the small-town mentality of the folks of Gopher Prairie (a.k.a. Lewis, who lived in Duluth in the early 1940s, was the first American author to win the Nobel Prize for literature. Opening night was woefully under-attended. This is a brilliant adaptation of the novel, creatively staged, and providing every cast member multiple moments to shine on stage. On Friday night a new staging of Sinclair Lewis’s “Main Street” adapted and directed by Tom Isbell had its World Premiere on UMD’s mainstage.
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