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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