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Upcoming... Murder in the Cathedral

1/13/2015

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"They know and do not know, what it is to act or suffer.
They know and do not know, that action is suffering
And suffering is action. Neither does the actor suffer
Nor the patient act. But both are fixed
In an eternal action, an eternal patience
To which all must consent that it may be willed
And which all must suffer that they may will it,
That the pattern may subsist, for the pattern is the action
And the suffering, that the wheel may turn and still
Be forever still."
- T.S. Eliot,
Murder in the Cathedral

PictureCanterbury Cathedral. (Photo by DAVID ILIFF. License: CC-BY-SA 3.0)
As I have hinted on Twitter and Instagram, I have just started rehearsal for Murder in the Cathedral by T.S. Eliot at Compass Rose Theater in Annapolis, MD.

If you're not familiar with the play (I didn't even know that T.S. Eliot wrote plays of this kind), do not mistake this for an Agatha Christie murder mystery. The play recounts the murder of Thomas Becket in Canterbury Cathedral in 1170, but it is much more than its plot. Written just before the start of World War Two, the piece ruminates on sacrifice, faith, challenge to authority, and inner motive.

I am playing one of the women of Canterbury. We are the greek chorus and emotional life of the play. We speak much of our text in unison, so this process will be a wonderful exercise in ensemble work. I am so excited to be delving into the poetic and emotional world alongside T.S. Eliot's Nobel Prize winning writing.

The show opens Friday, January  30th and runs through Sunday, March 8th. Our performances run Thursday at 7pm, Friday and Saturday at 8pm, and Sunday at 2pm. There is also a Saturday matinee at 2pm on January 31st, and it is pay-what-you-can. Seats are extremely limited, so I would recommend purchasing tickets ahead of time, here. The show runs around 75 minutes with no intermission.
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Priceless Gem: Public Reading #2

1/8/2015

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Hi, friends! I hope you all have welcomed in the New Year on a positive note. I'm freezing up here in DC -- wind chill is real -- and diligently crafting our script.

I'd like to invite you all our second public reading of Priceless Gem: An Athlete Story will take place on Monday, Jan 12th at 7pm in the Kenan Theater (UNC Center for Dramatic Art, Chapel Hill, NC). RSVP here. I hope you will be able to come to the reading and give your written feedback.

We're looking to mount a full production of the play in May of this year. If you are interested in being involved please let me know. Especially if you have grant writing experience or expertise. I'd love to speak with you.
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