Sabbath Night in the Church of the Piranha
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Written by Edward Falco Directed by Haley Murphy |
Synopsis:
It is Sabbath Night in the Church of the Piranha — a church created by 15-year-old Chris Penrose as a way to prove to his mother, Una, that he is an adult and capable of running his own life. When Una’s mother Marilyn arrives for a surprise visit, the Sabbath ceremony takes a backseat to the drama that arises as Chris argues his independence from Una while Una attempts to maintain the emotional and physical balance she has worked so hard to keep in spite of Marilyn’s constant criticism and Chris’s teenage angst.
UNA: Marianne Meyers
MARILYN: Mary Lee
CHRIS: Wayne Jacques
PATTY: Allegra Joffe
Producer: Colleen Stock
Director: Haley Murphy
Stage Manager: Joan A S Lada
Assistant Stage Manager/Publicity: Michael Schaaff
Technical Director: Rick Wilson
Set Design: Kevin King
Set Dressing: Christine Spata
Scenic Artist: Cathy Reider
Assistant Set Painter: Sabrina Begley
Properties: Trevor Johnston
Lighting Design/Board Operator: Ian Claar
Light Board Operator: Brian King
Sound Design: Walt Reiker
Assistant Sound Designer: Liz Stock
Costume Design: Lillian Colquitt
House Manager: Pelin Belinder
What does it take to open up a wound again? Let’s say you step on a piece of glass. It’s too deep; it would be too painful to dig it out. So you let the skin close over it. On the outside it looks fine, no one would know it was there. Sometimes you even forget all about it. But you step on it again and the pain is still there. At what point do you face the greater pain of getting it out – with the hope of finally finding relief? Maybe you just accept it and live with the pain. What about other kinds of pain? Can you really bury the traumas of your life and pretend they never happened? You can look normal on the outside, but the damage never goes away. We can spend our entire lives avoiding that moment, and yet we cannot begin to heal until we face it. So, what does it take to open up a wound again and allow healing to begin?
–Haley Murphy
[...] If any of your readers are in northern Virginia this fall, they might consider going to see Sabbath Night in the Church of the Piranha. Sabbath Night is my first play (it had its first production in 2000) and it’s being produced by [...]
Here’s a working link to the VQR interview in which I mention Sabbath Night . . .
http://www.vqronline.org/blog/2010/05/05/8-questions-for-ed-falco/
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