ADAMS, Mass. — The Adams Theater will present a multi-night engagement in collaboration with Great Barrington Public Theater, "Night at the Speakeasy," directed by Wendy Welch, from August 22-25. 

 

"Night at the Speakeasy" features the voice and acting skills of Janelle Farias Sando carrying the audience back to the days of bootleg clubs, flappers, dance marathons, zoot suits and freedom through music, song and intemperance, according to a press release. 

 

"Night at the Speakeasy" is a collaboration of Farias Sando, her accompanist Hudson Orfe and director Wendy Welch. 

 

"The 1920's saw the beginning of Prohibition, when people were unable to purchase alcohol legally. It was the time of glitter, high- living, underground clubs, secret doors, whispered passwords, bootleg champagne and the temptations of unbridled fun. Rules were there to be broken, and club music was suggestive, provocative," said Welch. "The songs in this show are not strictly from that time, but carry that feel from different eras. We chose songs to create a night of fun, desire, playfulness, some naughtiness, romance, love and power struggles. The show celebrates freedom that defined the jazz age and that audiences still love a century later."

 

Get tickets: www.adamstheater.org/present