[NEohioPAL]Dobama's 12th Annual Owen Kelly Adopt-A-Playwright Program

[MATILK at aol.com]

Two exciting staged readings of new works on TWO different weekends! =20


June 14 and 15 at 8 PM

MERCURY SEVEN WITH SIGNS FOLLOWING=20
by Mark Evans Bryan, directed by Maureen Ryan, performed by Sue Ott Rowlands

Mercury Seven With Signs Following was commissioned by Sue Ott Rowlands, who=
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co-conceived the project with writer Mark Evans Bryan. This trilogy of=20
one-woman plays: "Middle True," "Mud Nostalgia=94 and "New Concord" give voi=
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to Young Woman, Woman and Old Woman, all residents of Muskingum County, Ohio=
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The play was inspired by Dennis Covington's book, Salvation on Sand Mountain=
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a story about a woman whose involvement with a religious snake-handling grou=
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nearly led to her death. The three plays deal with faith and community and=20
are interrelated by language. =20



June 28 and 29 at 8 PM

IN THE HEART RISING        =20
by Margaret Lynch, directed by Seth Gordon

About her play, Margaret says, "As a writer, I am interested in how the=20
lessons of the past are transmitted through generations. In The Heart Rising=
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a young Irish couple marries and immigrates to America; in order to encompas=
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the sweep of generations, times and places, The Heart Rising unfolds as a=20
series of "snapshot" vignettes from key moments in the family's lives.  It's=
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a legend from Ireland's heroic past=96the story of Grace O'Malley, a 16th=20
century "Pirate Queen"--that resonates in various ways with the decisions=20
that the characters must make in much more straightened and seemingly less=20
heroic circumstances.  The stories from the past convey the spirit that=20
sustains the family despite their losses.    =20


NEW THIS YEAR!

June 29, 6 PM
Readings of two senior high plays that were unproduced winners of the 24th=20
Annual Marilyn Bianchi Kids' Playwriting Festival.=20
Breakable by Dan Kalafat (grade 12, University School)=20
Whatever Feels Write by Annie Miano (grade 9, Laurel School)