Holy Cross' Alternate College Theatre Presents The Baltimore Waltz

WORCESTER, Mass. – The Holy Cross Alternate College Theatre (ACT) will present The Baltimore Waltz, from Thursday, Dec. 2 through Sunday, Dec. 5, in Fenwick Theatre (O’Kane Hall).  Performances are nightly at 8 p.m., with 2 p.m. matinees on Saturday and Sunday.  Tickets are $7 for members of the Holy Cross community and $10 for the general public.  For additional information or to reserve your tickets call the ACT box office at 508-793-3536.

Brother and sister Carl and Anna take a whirlwind trip to Europe upon learning that Anna has ATD (Acquired Toilet Disease), a "fatal" illness she contracted from being an elementary school teacher.  The wacky disease is actually a metaphor for AIDS, and several clues alert the audience to the fact that it is really Carl who is sick.  Anna imaginatively creates the trip which she knows she will never have the chance to take in real life.

Though the audience follows the pair on their fantasy trip to Paris, Munich and Vienna, the entire action of the play actually takes place in a Baltimore hospital.  The preface to the play includes a very touching letter from the brother of Paula Vogel (playwright), who died of AIDS in 1987.