Evensong

Synopsis

In 1991, I was awarded a creative fellowship to spend the summer at the Alden B. Dow Creativity Center, in Midland, Michigan.

I spent 10 weeks researching the lives of six U.S. citizens between the ages of 80 and 101, and wove their memories into a play that celebrates some of the hard working, lovable people who formed this country.

Each character went through the Depression and the Second World War. All were survivors who triumphed over adversity in ways that were important to them.

Reviews

"A valuable reminder never to define the elderly by their age"...New York Times

Production History

2007 Read at Ripley-Grier studios, 8th Ave, New York City, directed by Lewis Magruder

2006 Produced by Broad Horizons at TBG Arts Centre, W 36th St,, New York City, directed by Lewis Magruder

2005 Produced by Broad Horizons at the Abingdon Theatre, W. 36th St, New York City, directed by Lewis Magruder

2002 Boalsburg Community Theatre, State College, PA, directed by Dick Caram

2002 Read at the Manhattan Theatre Club, produced by Broad Horizons, directed by Dick Caram

1994 the American Theatre of Actors, W 54th Street, New York City, directed by Britton Payne

1991 Read at The Pennsylvania State University