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From a story by Flannery O'Connor and created for the stage by Karin Coonrod, this is a tragic-comic interracial seat-shifting dance by whites and blacks on a bus in America's deep South.
Playing and speaking the original text verbatim, eight actors create all the characters and give us all the narration. Georgia's red earth is slammed up against the eternal and O'Connor's voice embodied in a company of performers carries the power of this apocalyptic comedy right into the audience.
2019 Performances
September 21 - 28, 2019
Fordham - Bronx
Loyola University - Chicago
Yale - New Haven
September 21st, 2:00 pm
Loyola University of Chicago
Newhart Family Theatre
1020 W Sheridan Rd, Chicago, IL 60660-1537
September 27th, 7:00 pm
Yale University, Institute of Sacred Music
Marquand Chapel
409 Prospect Street New Haven, CT 06511
Saturday, September 28th, 7:00 pm
Fordham University, Rose Hill Campus
The Curran Center for American Catholic Studies
Leonard Theatre (Fordham Prep School)
2691 Southern Boulevard, Bronx, NY 10458
Additional September Performances (all closed to the public)
September 18
St. Ignatius College Prep, Chicago, IL
September 19
Loyola Academy, Chicago, IL
September 22
Illinois Youth Center, Chicago, IL
September 23
Dept. of Corrections, Manhattan, NY
2015 Performances
On tour in the United States
Venues
Loyola University (Chicago)
Yale Institute of Sacred Art
St. John the Divine (NYC)
Actors
D’ambrose Boyd
Ayeje Feamster
Mary Christopher
Christopher McClinden
Randolph Curtis Rand
Gordana Rashovich
Carlton Terrence Taylor
Jessica Wagner
Creative Team
Oana Botez - costume design
Chris Akerlind - light design
Paul Vasile - music director
Misti Wills - assistant director
Kelly Ice - PSM
Brooke Rowzee - ASM
Alyce Dissette - administrative producer
Paula Court - photography
2014 Performances
On tour in the United States
Venues
Georgetown University
Emory University
Bowdoin College
LR/Elisabeth Irwin HS (NYC)
Actors
Jacqueline Antaramian
D’Ambrose Boyd
Ayeje Feamster
Abigail Killeen
Julienne Hanzelka Kim
Christopher McClinden
Randolph Curtis Rand
Carlton Terrence Taylor
Creative Team
Oana Botez - costume design
Chris Akerlind - light design
Misti Wills - assistant director
Larry Smiglewski - PSM
Paul Vasile - musical director
World Premiere
Venue
Convegno Internazionale su Flannery O’Connor
Pontificia Università Della Santa Croce
Rome, Italy - 2009
Actors
Ledlie Borgerhoff
Ayeje Feamster
Roderick Hill
Jeffrey Jones
Julienne Hanzelka Kim
Randolph Curtis Rand
James Stovall
Janet Zarish
Creative Team
Chris Akerlind - light design
Heidi Carlsen - assistant director
Paul Vasile - music director
Ashley Noronha - photography
From a story by Flannery O'Connor and created for the stage by Karin Coonrod, this is a tragic-comic interracial seat-shifting dance by whites and blacks on a bus in America's deep South.
Playing and speaking the original text verbatim, eight actors create all the characters and give us all the narration. Georgia's red earth is slammed up against the eternal and O'Connor's voice embodied in a company of performers carries the power of this apocalyptic comedy right into the audience.