Directing the company’s production of the 17th-century French classic is 2011 graduate Blake Harris. He returns to Chattanooga after graduating with a Master of Fine Arts with a concentration in theatre directing from California Arts Institute.
Coffee Cantata’s plot is based on themes from Italian Commedia dell’Arte. When a father is concerned with his daughter’s scandalous habit of drinking coffee, he forbids her to marry unless she’ll change her ways. The daughter still finds a way to sneak cups of coffee into her marriage. Scenes from “Spamalot” and Lalo’s “Le Roid d’Ys” will also be featured.
