Taking Flight Theatre Company

Sabbath Night in the Church of the Piranha

Written by Edward Falco
Directed by Haley Murphy

SPECIAL EVENT: Talk back with the Author, Edward Falco, is scheduled for October 8th, immediately following the performance!

Location:
Waddell Theater on NOVA’s Loudoun Campus
1000 Harry Byrd Highway
Sterling, VA 20164

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.

This original work by Virginia Tech English professor Edward Falco is an intense character-driven piece that examines the relationship between parent and child as children strive to be independent from their mothers’ hold over them.

Cast:
UNA – Marianne Meyers 
MARILYN – Mary Jo Levesque
CHRIS – Wayne Jacques
PATTY – Allegra Joffe