Mint Theater Company will revive their archival streaming program later this year with their recording of Hindle Wakes by Stanley Houghton.
The play, which will begin streaming January 20, will be in Mint’s free virtual theatre through March 16.
Since 2013, Mint has invested in creating professionally shot and edited full-length archival videos of their programming. These high-definition, three-camera recordings of live performances, captured live in the theatre, has preserved their programming for future study, and since 2020, these recordings have increased the international reach of the Mint.
This will be the second time the Mint has streamed their 2017 production of Hindle Wakes. In the play, a mill owner’s son and a young woman have a few days of fun in a hotel before they're discovered by their parents. When the play premiered in London in 1912, it was considered controversial, but was praised for its depiction of two young people seeking pleasure before marriage. The show also raised questions of ethics, class, and custom. The comedy was last revived in London in 2012, but prior to Mint's production, the play had not been seen in New York since 1922.
The streaming cast features Jeremy Beck, Rebecca Noelle Brinkley, Emma Geer, Jonathan Hogan, Sara Carolynn Kennedy, Ken Marks, Brian Reddy, Sandra Shipley, and Jill Tanner, under the helm of director Gus Kaikkonen.
For more information, visit MintTheater.org.