If you’ve never been to a Beechwood Arts Immersion Salon — or seen the namesake Beechwood farmhouse — here’s your chance.
This Sunday (October 14, 2 to 5 p.m.) marks the start of the 2018-19 series. Beechwood is both the name of Frederic Chiu and Jeanine Esposito’s 1806 renovated farmhouse, and the series there that brings artists, musicians and other creative types together in unique and compelling ways.
The intimate house setting encourages performances that could not happen elsewhere. That results in interactions between performers and audiences that are also impossible to replicate anywhere else.
Beechwood House, with its magnificent copper beech tree.
This Sunday, Beechwood presents sneak peaks into 2 works in progress. Chiu is particularly excited about “Romeo & Juliet: The Choice.” He co-created this re-imagining of the popular classical ballet. Innovative and immersive — just like the salon — it debuts in Philadelphia next month.
Chiu will play the piano version of Prokofiev’s beautiful score, while actor Samantha Rehr — a Weston native — does dramatic readings from the play.
There’s another sneak peek on Sunday too. This one is of a musical theater piece in creation. Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Madeleine Blais is turning her memoir “Uphill Walker” into a musical, in collaboration with singer/composer Sharon Spinettii.
If you can’t make it this Sunday, you’ll have other Beechwood opportunities. A Ben Franklin Dinner — where creative people share special ideas — follows on October 19. There’s also an Art Open House on November 1.
(Click here for tickets, and more information. Click here for an interview with Frederic Chiu about “Romeo and Juliet.”)