[NEohioPAL] Joanna Rush and Tony Award-nominated Lynne Taylor-Corbett to Hold Residency at LCCC

[Kimberly Carrasquillo via NEohioPAL]

Students in Lorain County Community College's Theatre department will be
featured in the premiere performance of "Accidental Mummies" at LCCC on
Saturday, October 15. 

 

The performance is part of a week-long residency with actor/playwright
Joanna Rush and Tony Award-nominated director and choreographer Lynne
Taylor-Corbett. The week will include the world premiere of Rush's new
play, "Accidental Mummies," a performance of "Kick," a play about sexual
assault and recovery, and a workshop on building a community free of
sexual assault. 

 

The residency will be held Monday, October 10 through Friday, October 15
at LCCC. During the week, Rush and Taylor-Corbett will also present
workshops with high school students and LCCC students. For more
information about the residency, visit www.stockerartcenter.com 

 

Events that are open to the public are:

 

"Kick the Ignorance!" will be held from 12-1 p.m., Tuesday, October 11
in College Center Commons in the College Center building on the LCCC
campus. This workshop aims to help build a community free from sexual
violence and its impact.  The workshop is presented in partnership with
the LCCC Theatre program, Women's/Men's Link. Utilizing excerpts from
her one-woman show "Kick" and interactive conversation, Rush-- herself a
victim of rape-- and Taylor-Corbett share some of the techniques Joanna
used to overcome so she could move on.  Today, she is not only a gifted
and very funny performer, but an inter-spiritual minister who now
counsels victims of sexual assault. 

 

The one-woman play "Kick" will be performed at 8 p.m., Friday, October
14 in the Stocker Arts Center Cirigliano Studio Theatre. Tickets are $9
for adults and $8 for LCCC students, staff and faculty; children 18 and
under; and seniors over 65. Tickets are available at
www.stockerartscenter.com. 

"Kick" was written by Rush and is directed by Taylor-Corbett. The play
takes the audience through 30 years and the whirlwind of emotion,
laughter and tears needed to heal scars inflicted by religion and sexual
assault. Note: Kick contains mature subject matter and may not be
appropriate for all.  

 

The play "Accidental Mummies" will be performed at 8 p.m., Saturday,
October 15 in the Stocker Arts Center Cirigliano Studio Theatre. The
event is free. LCCC students will have roles in this new play.

Written by Rush, the play follows life-long New Yorker Beverly Beckman
on a journey to reinvent herself after the 2007-2009 recession forces
her and her husband to downsize and re-evaluate their lives.

 

 

The residency and performances are presented with the support of a
Campus Grant from the Lorain County Community College Foundation and the
Beth K. Stocker Trust.

 

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